That is great info, my mom has arthritis and I try to encourage her to at least walk even though it hurts. I have told her that if you don't move it your loose it and I don't want to see her at that point in life she is still young. I think the amount of pressure on the joints will help to encourage her more. I also have knee and foot pain, I know it has a lot to do with the weight I have put on in recent years. You have certainly encouraged me thank you, just what the doctor ordered!
I don't like to think of being on a diet. I can remember when I was young and right after Christmas my mom saying okay we now need to diet to get into our swimsuits this summer. After getting away from my family and the thoughts of having to be rail thin I started to see myself as a normal person. It has taken many years but I eat healthy and good foods for my body. I eat when hungry. I swim, walk and work in the yard. I finally feel good about myself.
I've started walking each morning after I drop my daughters off at school. They have a track there and it makes it so easy to get my exercise in for the day!
I noticed that anytime I get over a certain weight that I have problems with pain in my leg, knees and feet.
Walking did me a lot of good. The trampoline we are just going to have to see, got on it yesterday and didn't last 2 long before my muscles were burning, I guess I am just going to have to work up my time on it also.
With a healthier diet and walking. I have lost 25 pounds since may.
I love trampolines! They are fun and a good workout. I used to have one a long time ago but I let my kids take it over and they broke it. *sigh*
I was thinking about getting one of those stairmaster things or a treadmill. Not sure which one would be better for me, because I have developed really bad knee pain I believe from my weight. I don't want to make them worse but not exercising won't help either. Any ideas?
At our inservice meeting this week, they introduced a wellness program that the employees could join. It is free and will get a lot of us together to work on a healthier lifestyle. We will earn points for excercise, healthy eating habits, etc. The first prize for the most points is a bike. I could really use the bike.
We set up out trampoline at home. I watched a talk show where women had been put into groups and did different things to lose weight. The ones that used the trampoline actually came out on top because it uses almost all your muscles. I am going to start using it and hope I don't bounce off.
It really is... and like anything you set your mind to, there's times when you're going to backslide, or get tired and lose focus.
If you're disciplined enough to allow yourself those occasional tumbles off the proverbial bandwagon, but can pick yourself up and get right back on, then I'd say you're not only normal, but healthy in mind, as well as body.
It's all about moderation too - a little can go a long way. I occasionally have a massive craving for this or that, and I know I shouldn't eat it, but the more I deny myself, the more I want it. So I give in... just a little. A few bites usually satisfies the craving, and then I can continue my focus on eating and drinking as I should be.
Me, too. I'd much rather drink water. But I'm like that woman in the diet pill commercial - "He gave up soda and lost 18 pounds. I've been drinking water for a year..." then her water spills in the dog's bowl, he laps it up and looks like a greyhound, lolol
I've followed a lower carb plan for about 5 years now. I lost 80pounds back when I started. It's a no-nonsense way for me to drop the weight and keep it off. It's a lifestyle change.
Jennamonster, I could never stand the taste of diet drinks. I've tried and tried over the years but no go. I did get used to the taste of unsweet iced tea, though. This helps a lot because I can have another choice of drink and I don't need to have that extra sugar.
Some people need the structure of a plan, some people choose to look at a plan as a crutch, and others view it as a third option entirely. I have to agree with Host_Jenna in saying a lot of dieting is a head game. If you want to succeed, you will, no matter how you get to that point, because then it's all about willpower, determination and positive thinking.
I know Host_Jenna, but for me, SB is still a plan. I don't begrudge anyone on it of course, if it works for you, then stick with it! I guess what I am saying is, for me anyway, that a plan puts pressure on me to succeed and if I don't, I feel even worse for failing. Losing weight and making good choices is hard enough without having a plan to feel accountable to.
I think it all depends on the individual. Weight loss really is an individual thing, naturally, because we are not all the same. One thing is not going to work for all. However, I think we do all share one desire: losing weight as fast and as painless as possible. Perhaps that is why the thousands of diet plans that exist stay in business. A friend of mine has a theory; people like a "plan" that tells them what to do, and if it fails, they can blame the plan and not themselves. What do you think?
