Weight Loss and exercise

splitimage · Jan 08, 2016 at 09:39 AM

I've been overweight all my adult life, but didn't really care. Now as I'm in my mid 40's, I'm starting to think about mobility issues as I get older, so i got serious about losing weight, and starting to exercise.

I found out about a program in my community that lets me see a dietitian for free, so I started seeing her in Aug. or Sept. I can't remember exactly. At that point I weighed 218 lbs.

I've been following the calorie target and eating plan we put together with a few slips over the holidays and when I weighed myself today I'm down to 198. That's 20 lbs! And it's the first time I've been under 200 lbs since 2007.

Now I'm trying to add in exercise. My goal is to walk for 15 minutes a day, and I'm trying to get into a free yoga program that would start in March, and I'm trying to decide if I can afford to take a tai-chi class. May let that wait until the summer. I know walking for 15 minutes doesn't sound like a lot, but trust me, I'm very out of shape.

I'm going to use this thread to track my weight loss and exercise progress.

splitimage

Nix · Jan 08, 2016 at 09:45 AM

Congratulations on getting below 200!

Jan 08, 2016 at 12:41 PM

How did you find the free dietician in your community?

splitimage · Jan 09, 2016 at 07:47 AM

Hi Mrs. Joggers,

I live in a low income neighbourhood, that is considered under serviced for health services, so the government, in partnership with a private health care organization, put in a community health hub. They have family Dr's, for people who don't have a family Dr., and diabetes clinics, and dietitians that you can see for free if you're overweight. My mental health case manager told me about the service.

But remember, I'm in Canada, and we have public healthcare, although dietitians aren't usually covered, so it's a very different system up here.

spltimage

Jan 09, 2016 at 07:51 AM

Good luck. I have recently started my diet too.

splitimage · Feb 03, 2016 at 09:14 AM

Haven't updated this thread in a while. I put 6 lbs back on, but then managed to lose 4 of them, so I'm back to 200 lbs, and have been holding there steadily for a couple of weeks. It's so easy for old bad eating habits to creep back in.

Haven't managed to convince myself to start walking yet - I'm having some pain in my right leg, that I need to see my Dr. about. But it's also part laziness, I can't seem to get motivated.

Going to place a grocery order this week, and I'll order in some fresh salad stuff and lots of fruit to help with the getting back on healthy eating track..

splitimage

Feb 03, 2016 at 10:16 AM

Good job splitimage! Its about progress not perfection

Nix · Feb 03, 2016 at 10:52 AM

Hi splitimage... Glad to see you are working toward your goal. Slowly but surely!

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Hairball · Feb 03, 2016 at 12:44 PM

You order your food?

splitimage · Feb 03, 2016 at 04:30 PM

Hairball, yes, I order my food. I don't have a car, and I don't really have any grocery stores that are close by bus, plus lugging groceries on public transit is a pain.

So there's a grocery store here that delivers. They have a huge on-line website with pretty much everything in the store on it. You pick what you want, and then pick a two hour window for them to deliver it in. You can either pay by credit card, or by debit card at the door. The service fee is $10, which is less than a cab home would cost. It's a fantastic service. I've been using them for years.

splitimage

Feb 03, 2016 at 10:55 PM

Your delivery service is so cool!!! I want one.

splitimage · Feb 24, 2016 at 01:13 PM

Well I had a small setback. I relapsed on alcohol for about 3 weeks, and so not only was I getting all the extra calories from alcohol, I was eating lousy - mostly carbs, and no exercise.

So I gained back 7 lbs.

but since stopping drinking and starting to eat healthy again I'm down 2 lbs to 203. Really want to get below 200 again.

And I need to start walking again.

Serzen · Feb 24, 2016 at 01:15 PM

Keep moving, you can do it.

splitimage · Feb 26, 2016 at 10:13 AM

Had a good meeting with my dietitian yesterday. She's happy I'm back on track and wants me to keep a food log, and bring it in to show her when I see her again in a month.

She says her first goal for me, is to get me down to 190 lbs which is apparently the point that my health related risks drop. It would also move me out of the obese into the overweight category on the BMI. Then we'll talk about how low I want to go.

So I'm feeling pretty good.

splitimage

htoun · Feb 27, 2016 at 12:11 AM

Congrats. You should be real proud of yourself!

One of our local grocery stores with a drug store has a dietitian in a couple of days a week that anyone can set up an appointment with for free. I've been kicking around the idea of setting up an appointment but haven't yet.

Yoda · Feb 27, 2016 at 03:01 AM

splitimage · Feb 27, 2016 at 06:47 AM

htoun,
If you can see a dietitian for free, I say go for it. I find mine very helpful. She was especially helpful in the beginning in setting calorie targets, and explaining what real portion sizes were really - I found out I was actually eating two or three servings of most things.
splitimage

Hairball · Feb 27, 2016 at 07:53 AM

split, I admire your motivation. I think that is so very cool about ordering your food and having it delivered. I had never heard of such a thing but from what people are telling me they do that in some places in the lower states as well.

splitimage · Mar 11, 2016 at 08:01 AM

Well down to 201 as of today. It's painfully slow. I've been keeping a food diary, that I'll take in to show my dietitian when I see her next in a couple of weeks, and hopefully she'll have some tips on how I can jump start my weight loss.

And I'm still trying to work up the motivation to exercise.

splitimage · Mar 13, 2016 at 08:23 AM

As of this morning, back down to 198! Yay so happy to be back under 200 lbs. Now just have to watch my eating so I don't put the weight back on.

It's obvious from my food diary, that I'm not eating any where enough fruits and veg. Really need to work on that, but it's hard.

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Nix Grand Member Member Since May 2015 Location: NY Posts: 778 9 37 hugs given	Jan 08, 2016 at 09:45 AM #2 Congratulations on getting below 200!

Anonymous37782 Guest Posts: n/a	Jan 08, 2016 at 12:41 PM #3 How did you find the free dietician in your community?

Anonymous59786 Guest Posts: n/a	Jan 09, 2016 at 07:51 AM #5 Good luck. I have recently started my diet too.

Anonymous37782 Guest Posts: n/a	Feb 03, 2016 at 10:16 AM #7 Good job splitimage! Its about progress not perfection

Nix Grand Member Member Since May 2015 Location: NY Posts: 778 9 37 hugs given	Feb 03, 2016 at 10:52 AM #8 Hi splitimage... Glad to see you are working toward your goal. Slowly but surely! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hairball Member Member Since May 2015 Location: Packerland, USA Posts: 341 9 301 hugs given	Feb 03, 2016 at 12:44 PM #9 You order your food?

Anonymous37782 Guest Posts: n/a	Feb 03, 2016 at 10:55 PM #11 Your delivery service is so cool!!! I want one.

Serzen Grand Poohbah Member Since Sep 2014 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 1,703 10 391 hugs given	Feb 24, 2016 at 01:15 PM #13 Keep moving, you can do it. __________________ Only that day dawns to which we are awake. — Henry David Thoreau

htoun Member Member Since Feb 2016 Location: southern Ont. Canada Posts: 327 8 49 hugs given	Feb 27, 2016 at 12:11 AM #15 Congrats. You should be real proud of yourself! One of our local grocery stores with a drug store has a dietitian in a couple of days a week that anyone can set up an appointment with for free. I've been kicking around the idea of setting up an appointment but haven't yet.

Yoda who reads this, anyway? Member Since Oct 2006 Location: Appalachia Posts: 9,968 18	Feb 27, 2016 at 03:01 AM #16 __________________ The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. anonymous

Hairball Member Member Since May 2015 Location: Packerland, USA Posts: 341 9 301 hugs given	Feb 27, 2016 at 07:53 AM #18 split, I admire your motivation. I think that is so very cool about ordering your food and having it delivered. I had never heard of such a thing but from what people are telling me they do that in some places in the lower states as well.