To Catalina and Rhonda in particular - regarding excersize and weight loss

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

I haven't been doing too well. I seemed to have gone up on the scale

but that is no surprise since I have not really been watching my

calories but not really overdoing anything either. Nor have I

visited the gym recently.

I know there are a few on here in particular Catalina and Rhonda that

I know of.. that have lost lbs!

Catalina, if I am correct, is it true you don't really excersize that

much? Just wondering.

Rhonda, thanks for sharing your pics. They are nice. I thought you

were a redhead though? Also, congratulations on the weight loss!

Dianne

[Guest guest]

I try to do those little things you always hear - park further away,

and so on, but otherwise, you're right, I have not yet incorporated

exercise into my routine. Why? Well, because I'm an idiot. =+) Oh,

don't be alarmed, I'm mostly amused by myself, and I love me. I don't

know if you saw my post about having a pretend alter-ego as a Super

Hero (yes, it is possible to be your own imaginary friend, haha)

called Chaos Girl. Well, Chaos Girl is still learning to use her

SuperPowers, which in reality-talk means I still inadvertantly create

little (and sometimes not so little!) disasters in my world. This

week's little piece o' chaos is: as a result of leaping excitedly at

opportunity, I overextended myself to the degree that as soon as I

finish this post, I will *begin* on 4 writing assignments I have due

at noon today. (8 hours, 41 minutes) And that's just the beginning of

my day's wacky hijinks, leaving no time at all into which I could

cram real exercise. (Like I said, *idiot*!) =+) So yes, I've lost my

55.2 pounds without good and proper exercise, thus it's possible to

lose weight by only modifying one's eating, but I *don*t* recommend

it. These past 2.5 weeks, I've been slipping (gained .6 of a pound

last weigh-in, and haven't even hit the scale yet to account for the

second slippage week, and a good chunk of the reason is my

frustration at looking in the mirror and seeing so very little

difference in my body. Because I'm not doing it the smart way, aka

regular exercise, I'm not toning and shaping my muscles, resulting in

less visual loss. It's also going to be harder for me once I do start

(oh, I will, and the sooner the better, but it won't be today)

because I didn't combine the changes to my eating and activity early

on. If you're contemplating, for example, either re-attacking your

eating goals *now*, then tackling exercise after Christmas, OR

waiting till after the holidays to recommit to both, then, yes,

definitely, jump in now with food and follow it with exercise in a

couple weeks. But I strongly encourage (you and everyone else) to

incorporate exercise as soon as you're able, let me serve as the bad

example, and trust me that you'll look *and* feel better with regular

workouts - even if you see the scale move more slowly sometimes -

than trusting your weight loss to food intake changes alone. OK, I've

dawdled enough to make that noon deadline scarier, hehe. Hope I

helped!! (and good to see a post from you!!)

Catalina

> Hi All,

>

> I haven't been doing too well. I seemed to have gone up on the

scale

> but that is no surprise since I have not really been watching my

> calories but not really overdoing anything either. Nor have I

> visited the gym recently.

>

> I know there are a few on here in particular Catalina and Rhonda

that

> I know of.. that have lost lbs!

>

> Catalina, if I am correct, is it true you don't really excersize

that

> much? Just wondering.

>

> Rhonda, thanks for sharing your pics. They are nice. I thought

you

> were a redhead though? Also, congratulations on the weight loss!

>

> Dianne

[Guest guest]

I try to do those little things you always hear - park further away,

and so on, but otherwise, you're right, I have not yet incorporated

exercise into my routine. Why? Well, because I'm an idiot. =+) Oh,

don't be alarmed, I'm mostly amused by myself, and I love me. I don't

know if you saw my post about having a pretend alter-ego as a Super

Hero (yes, it is possible to be your own imaginary friend, haha)

called Chaos Girl. Well, Chaos Girl is still learning to use her

SuperPowers, which in reality-talk means I still inadvertantly create

little (and sometimes not so little!) disasters in my world. This

week's little piece o' chaos is: as a result of leaping excitedly at

opportunity, I overextended myself to the degree that as soon as I

finish this post, I will *begin* on 4 writing assignments I have due

at noon today. (8 hours, 41 minutes) And that's just the beginning of

my day's wacky hijinks, leaving no time at all into which I could

cram real exercise. (Like I said, *idiot*!) =+) So yes, I've lost my

55.2 pounds without good and proper exercise, thus it's possible to

lose weight by only modifying one's eating, but I *don*t* recommend

it. These past 2.5 weeks, I've been slipping (gained .6 of a pound

last weigh-in, and haven't even hit the scale yet to account for the

second slippage week, and a good chunk of the reason is my

frustration at looking in the mirror and seeing so very little

difference in my body. Because I'm not doing it the smart way, aka

regular exercise, I'm not toning and shaping my muscles, resulting in

less visual loss. It's also going to be harder for me once I do start

(oh, I will, and the sooner the better, but it won't be today)

because I didn't combine the changes to my eating and activity early

on. If you're contemplating, for example, either re-attacking your

eating goals *now*, then tackling exercise after Christmas, OR

waiting till after the holidays to recommit to both, then, yes,

definitely, jump in now with food and follow it with exercise in a

couple weeks. But I strongly encourage (you and everyone else) to

incorporate exercise as soon as you're able, let me serve as the bad

example, and trust me that you'll look *and* feel better with regular

workouts - even if you see the scale move more slowly sometimes -

than trusting your weight loss to food intake changes alone. OK, I've

dawdled enough to make that noon deadline scarier, hehe. Hope I

helped!! (and good to see a post from you!!)

Catalina

> Hi All,

>

> I haven't been doing too well. I seemed to have gone up on the

scale

> but that is no surprise since I have not really been watching my

> calories but not really overdoing anything either. Nor have I

> visited the gym recently.

>

> I know there are a few on here in particular Catalina and Rhonda

that

> I know of.. that have lost lbs!

>

> Catalina, if I am correct, is it true you don't really excersize

that

> much? Just wondering.

>

> Rhonda, thanks for sharing your pics. They are nice. I thought

you

> were a redhead though? Also, congratulations on the weight loss!

>

> Dianne

[Guest guest]

I try to do those little things you always hear - park further away,

and so on, but otherwise, you're right, I have not yet incorporated

exercise into my routine. Why? Well, because I'm an idiot. =+) Oh,

don't be alarmed, I'm mostly amused by myself, and I love me. I don't

know if you saw my post about having a pretend alter-ego as a Super

Hero (yes, it is possible to be your own imaginary friend, haha)

called Chaos Girl. Well, Chaos Girl is still learning to use her

SuperPowers, which in reality-talk means I still inadvertantly create

little (and sometimes not so little!) disasters in my world. This

week's little piece o' chaos is: as a result of leaping excitedly at

opportunity, I overextended myself to the degree that as soon as I

finish this post, I will *begin* on 4 writing assignments I have due

at noon today. (8 hours, 41 minutes) And that's just the beginning of

my day's wacky hijinks, leaving no time at all into which I could

cram real exercise. (Like I said, *idiot*!) =+) So yes, I've lost my

55.2 pounds without good and proper exercise, thus it's possible to

lose weight by only modifying one's eating, but I *don*t* recommend

it. These past 2.5 weeks, I've been slipping (gained .6 of a pound

last weigh-in, and haven't even hit the scale yet to account for the

second slippage week, and a good chunk of the reason is my

frustration at looking in the mirror and seeing so very little

difference in my body. Because I'm not doing it the smart way, aka

regular exercise, I'm not toning and shaping my muscles, resulting in

less visual loss. It's also going to be harder for me once I do start

(oh, I will, and the sooner the better, but it won't be today)

because I didn't combine the changes to my eating and activity early

on. If you're contemplating, for example, either re-attacking your

eating goals *now*, then tackling exercise after Christmas, OR

waiting till after the holidays to recommit to both, then, yes,

definitely, jump in now with food and follow it with exercise in a

couple weeks. But I strongly encourage (you and everyone else) to

incorporate exercise as soon as you're able, let me serve as the bad

example, and trust me that you'll look *and* feel better with regular

workouts - even if you see the scale move more slowly sometimes -

than trusting your weight loss to food intake changes alone. OK, I've

dawdled enough to make that noon deadline scarier, hehe. Hope I

helped!! (and good to see a post from you!!)

Catalina

> Hi All,

>

> I haven't been doing too well. I seemed to have gone up on the

scale

> but that is no surprise since I have not really been watching my

> calories but not really overdoing anything either. Nor have I

> visited the gym recently.

>

> I know there are a few on here in particular Catalina and Rhonda

that

> I know of.. that have lost lbs!

>

> Catalina, if I am correct, is it true you don't really excersize

that

> much? Just wondering.

>

> Rhonda, thanks for sharing your pics. They are nice. I thought

you

> were a redhead though? Also, congratulations on the weight loss!

>

> Dianne