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| Tue, 04-20-2004 - 6:52pm |
I've lurked for a while. I'm really not so sure what all this "troll" business has been about. It seems to me that we all are entitled to our own free speech. I don't want to ruffle anyone's feathers, but I think it goes too far. I'd like to come here for support and advice from ALL types of people, and hopefully none of you will decide to label me a troll.
I think some of Forte's messages have been dismissed out of hand in spite of holding good advice or support, because some people have decided she is "troll"ish. I would like help from anywhere I can get it.
I don't mean to sound like anyone's mother. I just hope I get some positive responses, and some helpful ideas on how to lose a large amount of weight. Thanks!
Abby

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I did welcome Abby.
But you're not going to do that, are you? No, you're going to sit back and bitch and moan about how mean everyone is, and how you're not a troll, and you're going to keep posting snide little comments at others and pay them back-handed compliments. And after acting so mean to the regulars, you will complain when they call you out on your behavior. You're going to perpetuate the very atmosphere you complain about, because then what would you do? Actually be nice to the regulars on this board?
Prove me wrong.
~~Linda
Sheesh!
Erin
Mom
Abby, you asked me yesterday about how much I had lost and over what time period. I gave you an answer, but some of the figures were a little off. This morning I checked the little piece of paper which I have in the back of my Conscious Cuisine cookbook (where I record the weight lost on the last day of each month)and here is the accurate information, if it helps you any.
This is what I lost each month since the start last summertime: 22 lbs, 20 lbs, 10 lbs, 15 lbs, 15 lbs, 12 lbs, 12 lbs, 12 lbs, 9 lbs, 12 lbs, 6 lbs, 7 lbs, and this month (since we're not at the end yet) it's looks like it will be someplace between 8-10-maybe 12 lbs by the end of the month (8-10 the last few days but we still have a week to go). Given that, it looks like this month (April) is month 13 (not 10 as I told you). And I'm doing the math on a scratch pad here (so I could be off) but it looks like the total weight lost (if I figure 10 lbs for this month, which is what the scale says this morning).....13 months, 157 lbs lost. I could probably take off another 15-20 (maybe) and if this rate (conservatively) continues, it should probably be 2 more months of weight loss (maybe) but sometime this summer.
I'm embarassed that I didn't have the correct figures off the top. Posters here generally seem to know the exact date they started losing weight, how much to the last gram, and whenever they gain an ounce. At least that seems to be what I'm noticing, generally speaking. I'm a little different. As I said before (I think, I said) basically I wanted to do some things differently, and take better care of myself. And last summer, when the weather got warm and I wasn't enjoying it like I wanted to, I just started doing better for myself. And what a difference a year (give or take) makes! I've lost an entire person! I zip around, feel so much younger and more fit. And (and I know I said this) life is GOOD. With any kind of luck, I'll live longer than I would have otherwise too!
Just have fun, Abby. Eat wisely, get out there and walk (since you mentioned walking) at every chance you get...and take yourself lots of time to enjoy the birds, or nature generally while you're at it! Don't worry about the "rate" of loss. For me at least, the actual weight loss was just a bonus once I made a decision to live better and make good choices for myself. And, after all, everything you do in life should be enjoyable (this isn't a dress rehearsal....it's the real thing). That includes MEALS. Meals should be enjoyable. That's where my finding some new ways of making foods, or finding new dishes to make, and curling up with an occasional cookbook in the bookstore came in. That's also where my taking a walk to the library came in. Somehow it's very indulgent, very joyful, to curl up in a nice bookstore with a stack of cookbooks in front of me. My budget shows it though....as it's hard to leave without buying, and once I buy one and eye a recipe for "tomorrow," I just have to stop at the grocery and buy the ingredients so the next meal will be equally indulgent. It's almost a game, for example if I can find a way to make my mother's old mac and cheese in a healthy way! Comfort food, same taste I loved as a child, but made for 2004. I sometimes take old favorite foods I remember from childhood and gussy them up in new HEALTHY (or healthier) ways. It's a game, and it's good for me.I'm glad to hear you enjoy cooking too, Abby.....and you too Kinja. And Kinja, I hope they didn't scare you away and you'll continue to post because I want to know you and learn from you too.
OH, BOTH OF YOU....about the cookbooks I mentioned and you both expressed interest in. This morning I also copied the ISBN and full information from my copies, so if you're really interested you can either find them at your own bookstores or (save the money) and have your library obtain them for you on Interlibrary Loan (if not on the shelf, just ask your librarian to borrow from another library so you can use them). Here's the info on my top 3 picks:
Conscious Cuisine, Cary Neff, Sourcebooks (publisher) 2002, ISBN I-57071-926-8
The Healthy Heart Cookbook, Joseph C. Piscatella, Blackdog Leventhal Publishers, 2004, ISBN 1-57912-330-9
Kathleen Daelemans, Cooking Thin With Chef Kathleen, Houghton Mifflin, 2002, ISBN 0-618-22632-X
I'm beginning to feel like a "book pusher" but those are really, really good books and they've been very good to me this past year. Great food, and good information in all three. I didn't copy the ISBN for the Dr. Phil (second), as that book is all over the place these days.
Kinja and Abby, I look forward to reading your posts again. So keep posting, as I'd like to know you both. Hope this answers your questions, Abby.
Forte
Forte
Abby wasn't "picking a fight" about anything. Her posts are not the problem here, and if you read it again....
You're right though about the rest. Have a good one.
Forte
Okay, I need to get some work done in a serious way.
Have a good day everybody!
Erin
Mom
Thanks for the information. I enjoy cooking, I tend to prepare the large meals where my wife takes care of the quicker meals. I do have a little bit of a problem. She wants to lose weight and Im trying to at least stay where I am at if not gain more. I swear, I can drink a bowl of gravy and sleep for three days and still lose some weight. Here I am trying to take in 3k-5k cals a day where she she is cutting as much as possible. I try to be as supportive as I can, but I feel bad when Im eating like a horse and she is picking at food like she is a bird. I feel bad when I get to enjoy foods that she can't have. I hate the idea of preparing two diffent meals daily. Since she started dieting my calorie intake has dropped, and its having its effects. Im not sure what to do at this point. Any advice to help would be appreciated. Im waiting on results from a blood test to see if I have a thyroid problem or not. I struggle with weight just like everyone else on the board, my problem is just a little different.
Your most recent posts have been helpful and informative. Thank you, I hope this continues.
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