Guest guest Posted August 18, 2001 Report Share Posted August 18, 2001 Hello, glancing back at a few posts on weight issues i read them and loved the suggestions and helpful tips and decided that i would add a few of my own..to which you can use or toss out the window , how any one approaches loseing weight differ's greatly. i my self have never had great amount of weight to lose...a size 16 was my largest size..the problem with me is taht i am a pear shaped woman..whose upper small boned body is like a boys!!! so why i may not have to diet all the time i do have to watch what i call are my trigger foods and workout.. Everyone is diffent and has diffrent trigger foods after trying just about every nasty and some great weightloss programs i have finally learned to listen to what my body has to say..for me my triggers are white sugar, white bread and white rice..if i watch how much of those i eat i can stay the slim self that i love..but if i let it go my lower half can get 3 times bigger than my top half!! My friend on the other hand has to watch her fat..can eat just about anything she wants as long as she doesnt eat lots of fat she is fine... Last year I had purchased the at home program for wiehght watchers..BEFORE i knew the newer program is out and i had heard lots of complaints from veggies about how hard to lose..before you had pretty much unlimmited fiber you could use then they cut it down to 5 i think it is dont quote me ...and then they changed value of certain foods... well hope i didnt ramble to bad and that some of this is useful to someone.. good luck warm regards niccii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2001 Report Share Posted August 18, 2001 Hi Nicole, I did WW and before you are correct- the more fiber your food contains, the less points it was worth ( so the more you could eat of it.. which was GREAT for me!)- However- they found people like me who eat a ton of high fiber foods anyway were consuming too many calories that way to lose wieght. They were probably right even though I didn't want to hear it. Now they only let you count 4 grams of fiber TOPS- even if it has 13 grams of fiber.. This is really not supposed to make you avoid high fiber foods ( I still eat the same things) but really meant to help lower your daily caloric intake- which in the long run, everyone knows- the only way to lose is to consume more calories than you burn in a day. If any of you to Natural Health magazine- or if it is in the supermarket- pick up this month's issue. It has a section on WEight loss that is great. It tells you how may calories to lessen your diet by to lose 10 pounds in two weeks! It tells you how to figure out how many calories you burn during 24 hours if you were to simply watch t.v. all day & do nothing physical.. I think it's back to calorie counting school fo rme.. ( it also tells you to beware of fat-free or lite foods as they may have less fat- but sometimes actually have more calories! ) This is a trap many of us fall right into. So I think for the next coupl eof weeks I'll write down everythign- see how many calories I'm eating and try to balance all the macronutrients ( th eprotein, fat & carbos) and then try to cut back on a few calories a day! Goo dluck to everyone in my boat.. PS Niccii, I'm in the same boat you are. I'm small on top and bigger on bottom- though not as drastically as some people I know.. My largest size was a 12 if they ran small.. usually a 10.. But I'm also a very thick built girl= solid..I now weigh 145 pounds in a size 6 !! and I still have about 10 pounds of fat on me. it's amazing how differently people lose wiehgt, There were people in my WW group who weight 145 in a size 14!!- Depends on your bone structure and how much of that weight was in muscle or fat I guess! haha good luck to all you " weight watchers " pss- the protein upping is working wonders for me- my nails and skin even look better after only a week and a half!Shin is feeling better too! off for my run- I got up late this a.m. lazy Jamie... nicole Panos [N1kolleta] Saturday, August 18, 2001 1:56 AM Veg-Recipes Weight Issues Hello, glancing back at a few posts on weight issues i read them and loved the suggestions and helpful tips and decided that i would add a few of my own..to which you can use or toss out the window , how any one approaches loseing weight differ's greatly. i my self have never had great amount of weight to lose...a size 16 was my largest size..the problem with me is taht i am a pear shaped woman..whose upper small boned body is like a boys!!! so why i may not have to diet all the time i do have to watch what i call are my trigger foods and workout.. Everyone is diffent and has diffrent trigger foods after trying just about every nasty and some great weightloss programs i have finally learned to listen to what my body has to say..for me my triggers are white sugar, white bread and white rice..if i watch how much of those i eat i can stay the slim self that i love..but if i let it go my lower half can get 3 times bigger than my top half!! My friend on the other hand has to watch her fat..can eat just about anything she wants as long as she doesnt eat lots of fat she is fine... Last year I had purchased the at home program for wiehght watchers..BEFORE i knew the newer program is out and i had heard lots of complaints from veggies about how hard to lose..before you had pretty much unlimmited fiber you could use then they cut it down to 5 i think it is dont quote me ...and then they changed value of certain foods... well hope i didnt ramble to bad and that some of this is useful to someone.. good luck warm regards niccii **************************************************************************** *** To post to list via e-mail: send e-mail to " Veg-Recipes " To post to list via website: Veg-Recipes/post To contact List Owner: " Veg-Recipes-owner " Subscribe or Un through site: / OR Un via e-mail: Veg-Recipes- Calendar: Veg-Recipes/calendar Bookmarks: Veg-Recipes/links Read or search old messages: Veg-Recipes/messages **************************************************************************** *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2001 Report Share Posted August 18, 2001 Excellent! I picked up some green tea at your recommendation. I always loved the stuff and had forgotten about it! Thanks for the reminder. Christine Jamie Orozco Saturday, August 18, 2001 09:01 RE: Weight Issues - - - - - snip - - - - - pss- the protein upping is working wonders for me- my nails and skin even look better after only a week and a half!Shin is feeling better too! off for my run- I got up late this a.m. lazy Jamie... - - - - - snip - - - - - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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