Linda's Food, Diet and Fitness Diary

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Linda

Member since: 06/08/2008
Last login: 08/10/2009

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Occupation:
Housewife

Interests:
Family ,,friends, Reading, computer

Favorite Books:
Bible

Linda’s Blog

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Hello everyone Thanks to all my friend here for not given up on me . I'm still not doing......(more)

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Linda’s Recipes

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Almond Fudge Truffles

London Broil

Baked Macaroni & Beef Casserole

Cobb Salad with Green Goddess Dressing

Maine Crab Rolls

Linda’s Foods added to Calorie Counter

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Land o lake light butter

Brown Sugar Splenda

Dole California Seedless Raisin

boiled potato

Frenchs Classic Yellow Mustard

Buddy Info

Female, 56 Years old
Richwoods, MO

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About me:
I'll Start By Telling you about myself .I.m 5 foot three inches . I used to weigh 299 Pounds I'm A mother and Wife .I have three children. Two Girls One Son. And A weight Problem. So for I have managed to lose 77 Pound and After 43 years of dieting, I d0 know portion sizes and the exchange lists quite well. I believe that there are 6 food catagories for a reason...and I don't believe in eliminating any of them. I ate from all catagories, in the portions recommended on the pyramid. I mostly chose the lower caloried options and the lower fat ones, but I NEVER denied myself ANYTHING...it's the first thing you are going to want if you don't ''get to have something.''We go out for pizza once a week, but I chose the vegetarian pizza...and have fallen completely in love with that. The greasy ol pepperoni doesn't even appeal to me anymore. If I decided I wanted a candy bar, I would have one. My ''food-cop" hubby would say ''what are you eating'' and I would respond, ''A candy bar, is that OKAY with YOU?'' and he would back off.
I used to do a lot of eating a lone. So no one would know Just how much I did eat . I would go to a fast food place and order as if there were more people .enough for two or three People then go home and eat till I couldn't hold any more. Buy time supper came alone I could still out eat my husband .But even though I overeat in private, my excess poundage was out there for all the world to see, how foolish I have been.''the First time I got on a scale after not being on one and a long time .I was shocked to see the scale say 299 pounds .and the scale only went to 300,how and God name could I have let this happen to myself. I knew I had to do something
I all ready had a bad back .and now my Doctor said, I was a Diebatic. I tried but Still it took seeing my mom Die of it from Damage to her Heart .She also through her later years Lossed a toe and her eye site . All her Family has it but one brother so for .And all of them suffer from bad eyes ,Heart trouble , kidney trouble and all the other things that go with it .I finely got put on shots and that scared me enough to try again to loss weight.So I took all the information I had gather throughout the years and set out to find what would work for me. so I come up with a 90/10 diet. I seem one and woman world about the same but mine just a little different. I also cut most of the fatty food out. and a few more trick that I have learned along the way.I finely got wise I'd eaten in private most of my life. With having a candy bar and letting my hubby see me eat it, meant ''I'' was in control. It meant I could eat that one candy bar and be satisfied and not feel as though ''I blew
it.'' I never let myself feel guilty if I had a little too much of something. I'd tell myself that '' tomorrow is a new day and I will try harder.'' After all, it took me 33 years to pile this all on, and it's not going to all come off overnight. I would tell myself, stay in control and really enjoy the treats that I do have, when I have them, but try to behave as much as possible. It got to the point where I was loving fruits and veggies so much, that if I wanted to just be ''munching'', I'd pig out on fruits and veggies. I'd tell myself that if the scale is up this week from veggies and fruits, that it would balance out the next week, and it always did. Some weeks I'd be totally ''good'' and barely have a loss, (kind of disappointing but I never let it get to me), then other weeks I'd have a few ''extra'' treats, etc. and have a great loss. There was no rhyme nor reason to the scale. It had a mind of it's own, but I'd just go by a ''monthly'' average as that seemed more fair. Our bodies all have a life/mind of their own too....retaining fluids, etc. at certain times, so you can not just judge the weekly numbers.
When I initially joined, I thought, ''I'll wait until I loose the weight to exercise (even though I knew I should, for many reasons). #1-to lose weight faster, because the metabolism speeds up, was the biggest factor for me. #2-to firm up as I lost and improve my health.
Everyone knows by now, the importance of WATER. I drank Twelve eight oz glasses each and every day. It's a MUST and not just to lose weight...your body needs it every day, whether you are thin or heavy.
One thing different this time around, I did it for ME. Not because of ''this event, or that event'' or for my ''hubby/family''. 'I' was my #1 concern now, and 'I' was going to do whatever 'I' needed to do to get to my goal. 'I' no longer fixed two meals (one for them and one for me). If they didn't like what 'I' was fixing/serving, TO BAD, they were big boys and girls and could fend for themselves. Surprisingly, I never got one complaint and they actually liked what I was fixing. I still do some baking and bought treats, etc. but I tried to choose treats that I wasn't real crazy about, but that they enjoyed. I also realized that no matter where you go in this world...there WILL be treats, and it is up to me to say no. Sometimes I do, and sometimes I don't. If I do indulge, I try to enjoy if for what it is and move on. If I am at an event, I try to think about just enjoying the moment for what it is and have enjoyment in being with loved ones. Food will ALWAYS be there, but our loved ones may not be.
It was about 25 lbs. lost before people started noticing my weight loss. It seemed as though it would never happen but, I didn't let it bug me. I knew they would eventually notice. One gal asked, ''are you wearing your hair different?'' They'd notice that something was ''different'' but weren't sure what . Of course, my 25 lbs lost came at winter , so I had a bulky winter coat on whenever I was out and about, so obviously they wouldn't notice too much. But, when they finally did start noticing, they'd always ask, ''what is your secret?'' I'd tell them, it's no secret, the answers are all the same thing you read in most weightloss books. Moderation, water, excercise and lowfat. But I would add that the most important part of the equation was ''consistency''. Don't diet today and not tomorrow, or this week but not the next. Time goes by so quickly, regardless if you're dieting or not. Trust me when I say, it's less stressful to be eating healthy than to be pigging out--wishing daily that you were thin.
I WASTED 43 years ''wishing'' for that ''magic'' pill or genie to arrive. You have to learn how to eat healthy for LIFE...not as ''just a diet'' that will be over with when you reach goal. You'll have to ''watch'' what you eat forever, or we all know the consequences if you don't. You CAN still have that ''goodie'' but in moderation.
It's awful to say, but when I was about at the 200 lbs mark, as I was on the UPHILL gain years ago, I was made to feel just awful by friends/family. I thought I was the biggest HOUSE in town at the time. Well, I tell you, Now that I am Nearing it again. on my meltdown, I don't think I looked that horrible. In fact, I had several people that asked me if I was almost getting skinny...HUH...I'd tell them I was at 222lbs yet and they could not believe it. For them people out there that ''used'' to weight 120 or 130 in HS and have gotten big...forget that ''little number'' and try for a sensible goal. Just to get to 150 and be able to maintain it i will be a great feeling. I will still weigh more than any of the charts tell me I should weigh but SO WHAT. as long as I feel good, and look pretty decent in clothing, and that is what will matters the most.
I wish I could have back the 43 years I wasted (all my young days) being obese and not enjoying life to the fullest. I will be forever grateful Just to be able to look forward to enjoying the next 43 years. I truly believe, if I hadn't Began losting it when I did, I would have pretty much been done in by age 60. And , what would have been worse, is knowing that I was a ''burden'' to my husband/family.
As almost EVERY person that has lost a phenomenal amount of weight says: If I can DO IT....ANYONE CAN. I used to say ''yeah right''. Well, now here I am saying just that. I still can't believe I have Loss 77 pounds so for That over half all ready . Now I can see the goal ahead . And I'm heading forward to it .I know where the true motivation came from, That God .I learn to Put it in his hands and get strenght through him .Taking A Day At A time and kept on kepting on .
I've also vowed that if I am EVER able to help motivate someone that needs it, that I will do all I can, or help in anyway I can. I used to buy EVERY magazine that showed a ''success'' story, in hopes of finding ''answers'' I needed for me. What I did, was put together all the ''positive'' things I knew I ''could'' do, for starters and then worked on the ones I needed to, in order to be successful. I did have many bad habits, but I also have a few good ones....like drinking water. I also hope that in writing all of this down, that each person that reads this will be able to walk away with a least one ''positive'' idea that can work for them.
Good luck to you all, and Think Thin ,And Know You Can Make It !!!!!!!!!!!!

Who I hope to meet:
People who want to lose weight .and give support as well as get support .someone to share tips with and recipes .
Also to make some good friends that understand what it like to try and lose this weight

Diet:
Do Weight Watcher on my own . and Journal

Exercise:
Ride my Bike and do walking