THE DIET THREAD #04

Tanning salons tend to do their best business in cooler/cold weather months. My sister owned a salon for several years, years ago. I miss it--ESPECIALLY in the cold weather months--that light/heat sure felt good!

 

That's what I thought too. I get a little down during the winter months anyways...I can only imagine what this season will bring. (ugh) Thought it would be good for the ol' psyche.

No method. Just a year and three months of upheaval, stress, discipline and developing the deepest love I have ever known....shaken, not stirred. If you could bottle THAT, my dear s814, you would be the millionaire. And you might just find that it could change your life. But you'd have to allow it to, and that's the tricky part. I've found that people are stubborn and would rather fight than surrender to a good thing when it (finally) comes their way.

Anyways.

If you knew me, you would know that I could use a little color. Just a touch, cz I'm whiter than snow. No winter Fake 'n Bake for this chica.

 

Since someone mentioned tanning, even though it has it's negative drawbacks (risk for skin cancer, aging, etc.) it also has some good benefits like vitamin D, offsetting Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and studies have shown that a tan raises the metabolism slightly (always a good thing). The key...like anything in life...is moderation.

 

How are you all doing?

Same weight so far. I have been trying to tread on a treadmill for 3 miles at 4 speed. I am hoping that this exercise will lower my blood pressure too.

Stay with it.

 

Wow! I Am Blessed 17!

6 pounds lost is a great start! Feel free to share your diet with us it just might help someone else to lose 6 pounds too.

What a great start and we want to be here to encourage you too!

 

Today I have started a 10 pounds in 10 days diet leading up to Thanksgiving. I'll let you know how it works out.

 

What is winter fake-n-bake?

Is that tanning in the Polar regions?

 

I Am Blessed 17

Thanks for sharing your diet! To me, it looks like a starvation diet! No wonder that you have lost 6 pounds so soon. For me to go on this kind of diet I would have to go to bed really early like before my last meal for the day. lol Of course, I have not tried your diet yet. I like the idea of personal diet in which you are using! May you continue to lose weight! You can do it! And the others on the thread can do it to with God's help.

Warning to all (including me). Thanksgiving Day is only weeks away!

 

What I should have said (or typed)

was : Keep up the good job!!

 

Congrats on those pounds, Sue!! In three weeks, I'm down about 6-1/2 pounds with WW, but I have NOT been real "strict" with it.

And I wanted to ask, does anyone here know about the "Prism Diet"? It's a faith-based program that a friend of mine has been on this year. It worked great--for awhile. But then she came back to the "real-world" eating (it's a low-carb plan), and she's struggling. I was just wondering if anyone else has had any experience with it--it seems too focused on PUNISHMENT and strict regimentation to be successful long-term.

I personally think God wants us to EAT and ENJOY the food He gave us! Just not so MUCH of it! :laugh:

 

Some incentive....as only I can

 

Okay, already!!! I've placed the fork on the table s-l-o-w-l-y.....and I'm backing AWAY from the food!

Thanks for the incentive! I just wish I'd seen this an hour ago! :laugh:

 

Glad to help

 

Happy Birthday!

I am Blessed 17! Today, you can have your cake and ice cream!

 

I think I'll join you guys. My diet starts tomorrow.

Since I'm out of work now, I figure it's a good time to do a greatest loser routine and hang out at the gym half the day. I have to get in some kind of shape for a job search. It's bad enough being either fat or over 40 looking for a job. I'm both. I can do something about fat so here goes.

I'm going to follow a diet my sister does. It's moderate carb but you have your carbs in the morning. For lunch and later it's low carb.

I have to have two servings of dairy a day and 5 servings of low starch fruits and vegetables, which I can have any time. If I want complex carbs, I can have them for breakfast. No bread or starches after breakfast but I can eat my fruits and veggies any time. I can have all the lean protein I want.

My sister has lost about 25 pounds on this and says she feels great. I don't want to step on the scale tomorrow. I was down 17 pounds when my husband and I reconciled and I know I've gained better than half of it back since he's been home. He is so not good for my diet, lol.

Actually, I lose weight when stressed and I was stressed during the divorce. I'm stressed now so I should be able to shed weight fairly quickly. My husband says we're both going to the gym every morning since I'm going to be home. The exercise will be good for my stress levels too.

 

Yeah, that not too much of it part, :laugh: That's the part I have trouble with.