Wow, Beth, you really know how to firestart a new thread! It was amazing to see your journey in pictures! It was so inspiring. You look fabulous to me and you'll look even more so, I know it.
Sarah, you too - so great!! Kelly, brava to your courage for showing your yo-yo history (which I easily share).
Angie and Christabel, you two could share notes. Both of you have posted here that you could be pre-diabetic.
Any of you who have the following symptoms: cold hands or feet, trouble staying awake during the day, weight gain - you could have what I have, hypo thyroidism. The at home test is to take your temperature while still in bed in the AM, with very little movement, five days in a row and record it. If it's consistently low and you have those symptoms, you are probably hypo and should see a good endocrinologist who is sensitive to this (many internists are unaware and look for large numbers). I take a tiny pill for this (and it is helps prevent thyroid cancer) and now my symptoms are gone. Any weight gain is my own fault.
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Can I do it?? Trying to figure out what type(s) of exercise to do to get the most benefit, so any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I have an elliptical machine as well as a Soloflex and Wii fit. It's not like I need to join a gym or anything... I'm not even going to weigh myself until tomorrow morning, we're still finishing the junk food around here. One question, when is the best time to exercise in the morning? Before breakfast? After breakfast? How long before or after?? HELP!!!
Yes, you can do it. You are well fitted out, with your in house eqt. Most trainers say exercise about 30 min after a light breakfast but really, what matters is what works for you.
Dan and I are doing some serious weight-loss dieting right now which we did a couple summers ago where we both lost 15 lbs the first 3 weeks. Hoping that at least takes care of the immediate situation. It's a carb-free, sugar-free diet, which I realize overall is not the healtiest, but this is a Maui Emergency!!
The first couple days of this diet are always the hardest while the body is going into ketosis and you feel like you're starving to death. I might be posting a lot just to complain about hunger pains.
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It sounds like you have this under control. We'll be here to listen to you complain.
Are you going to do fun stuff like snorkeling in the ocean, kayaking, hiking, swimming?
Me, I had lost about 25 lb over the last year, year and a half, very slow but a lot of work, but then gained back about 7 lb of it since some very stressful changes this fall. The holidays have not helped but I am now back to my healthy eating.
I exercise on the elliptical 6 days a week, for 30-60 minutes and do a good hour of weights and routines one day a week. My goal for this week is to up that weight routine to two days a week.
Glad to see Angie, Stacierita, Stacielee, Callie, Christabel, Deb, Vicki and anyone else I missed (can't scroll back that far)!! Let's all get healthy together!
Since we gave up the coffee, we are both sleeping through the night which hasn't happened in a long, long time.
Why do new boyfriends cause that???? Gary went shopping this weekend and filled my freezer and fridge. He says my fridge looked like a bachelor's fridge. So, I must find the time between all this eating, working tax season and working at the shop to exercise so I don't gain 50 pounds.
