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homer_simpson said:
SoCal said:
homer_simpson said:
Pics of said "bubble butt"?
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Can't help you with that one. Like I mentioned, I am not an owner of said goods. Check Google or Iho(?) for definition thereof.
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i was talking about IHO's.. PICS??
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What!? Why would you want to see IHO's bubble butt pics? SoCal, stop reading too much into these situations. Like Qwerty said, it's simple. You are beautiful, men stare- take it as a compliment, smile and move on. I don't think you are that kind of material.

Back to the topic.. who accomplished what they set out to accomplish? Homer did. I didn't. But I don't lose hope that easily. Six weeks to six pack, for the next six years ;-)
 
Cubic Zirconia said:
So, on this Huffington Post blog, the blogger reveals her weight: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brittany-gibbons/why-im-revealing-my-weight-on-the-internet_b_2949053.html?utm_hp_ref=women&ir=Women?utm_hp_ref=women&ir=Women

On this thread and our calorie count thread, we have revealed a lot of information about our bodies, but not actual weight. (IHO's range weight excluded for all logical reasons!)
Homer speaks about his journey from fat to fit, SoCal talks about how she feels heavy now.. and I think I will keep promising myself six packs some March when there isn't enough madness around to focus on my own madness.
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Coincidentally, I had just been reading her viral post with pics of her trying on swim suits. Brave woman!

I'm pretty much an open book but one thing I might never reveal on this website is my weight no matter what it is, high or low. I've only just told Mr. SoCal that number. He was surprised and not much usually fazes the guy. But thankfully he's been super-duper nice about it! I snagged me a really good one!

If you guys want to post your numbers, go right ahead.  :) We're waiting.

Homer, Iho, NSR and Kubert could all say they are currently 350 and I wouldn't bat an eyelash. I honestly wouldn't look at them any differently than if they were 150. Maybe it's just me but I feel men get a free pass. Then again, I grew up with an overweight dad who was very active but despite decades of effort and multiple diet attempts, could never get rid of the gut. Didn't matter to me at all. I would never have thought any less of him. I think that shaped how I view men in general since a loved one dealt with it. I think as women we tend to hold ourselves and other women to higher standards when it comes to weight. Or maybe I'm not a typical woman. I don't know.
 
Women do it to other women, but men team up. I was at my heaviest last year, exactly this time around, and when I went to meet friends I hadn't met in 3-4 months, I was asked why I was getting fat if I was not pregnant :S Trust me, I was nowhere near overweight BMI. Just 20-30 more than what everyone was used to. (I think you and I met when I was my heaviest, after R's surgery..) No one even bothered to take note that I was going through a tough time emotionally and physically- but R's friends were very nice to him even though he gained.. and when he got back into shape six months after surgery, they were quick to compliment also. I don't get compliments from my girl friends, but when they zip up, I know I am rocking my tight jeans ;-)

Coming out with my weight.. no. Body fat.. yes.. and if I ever get six packs, you will know :P
About TI men and their weight.. couldn't care less! They all get the same treatment 100-300lbs, six packs- well packed six packs, Austria-Australia, men-women..neighbors  get preferential treatment though- can't help it ;-)
 
Easter: cheat meal / day, yes or no?

I'm thinking yes, without a doubt.  :-X

I'm working on my menu still. Might do:

- a brown sugar & honey glazed ham
- macaroni and cheese
- asparagus spears wrapped in apple-wood smoked bacon
- and a pull-apart garlic Parmesan bread in my cast iron skillet.
- ... am I missing anything? Maybe either ears of corn or a sweet potato dish.

- Dessert will either be a lemon meringue pie, peach cobbler a'la mode, a Pineapple Upside Down cake OR my favorite Strawberry Banana pie ever which I swear to you is a clone of the famous Banberry pie from Polly's!... one of my best pies ever. I can't decide. When that happens, sometimes I make 2. I will have a hard time staying within my caloric range.




 
If you're looking for a lower calorie pizza, I recommend trying CPK's new roasted veggie with chardonnay sauce pizza. I had this tonight (a different kind for the kids). I'm not a big wine fan, in fact I don't normally like wine at all and only bought it because I had a good coupon. I thought it was REALLY good! A serving is defined as 1/3 of the pizza. The serving has 330 calories. Not bad. One slice (1/6 of the pizza) of DiGiorno pepperoni & sausage which I made for the boys has more calories than 2 slices of this and I thought the CPK was a lot better. Sorry for the huge pic. I don't see a convenient in-between size.

It's a Limited Edition. Hurry!

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They also have a grilled chicken w/ cabernet sauce which I have not yet tried.



 
I suppose I technically have until Sunday but my March challenge is a bust.  I've gone the wrong way 3 lbs over the month.

Time to regroup and do better next month.
 
nosuchreality said:
I suppose I technically have until Sunday but my March challenge is a bust.  I've gone the wrong way 3 lbs over the month.

Time to regroup and do better next month.
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I have gone up, down and back to where I started :-) But yes, definitely on or next month!
 
It's hard to believe March has come and gone and there are only a few days left of this challenge. I'm with you, NSR. I can definitely say I've put in the effort this month and have the logs to back it up but have not really seen the results at the end of the day.  ???

I've been completely surprised at how things are going. Twice before I've done this and twice before it's worked like a charm. This time -- nothing. It's my first time dieting since I lost my gallbladder last summer. Unfortunately, I've been reading online that a lot of people have an incredibly difficult time maintaining their pre-surgery weight and some even gain enormous amounts (eeks!) There seems to be a correlation between the two. Some are saying they wish they never had the  organ removed because they feel it doomed them to a life of fatness. I can't believe some of the stuff I've read. It's so sad. It is pretty scary, too. Like some people who have gained 100 lbs. since having their gallbladder removed.  :-\ However, I do not share their regrets no matter what I may balloon up to. The reality is it wasn't going to end well for me if I did not have the operation. I had already been in pain for 10 years, not knowing why and the week before surgery, it was constant. I'd rather be fat than dead. My kids need a mom. I am very thankful for the technology that exists today which allowed me to have it taken care of.

I will now just make the best of it. I may not ever get to where I thought I could easily be. However, I am not ok with relenting to wherever I would be if I did nothing at all. I've looked at too many fat people and wondered, "Why didn't they do something before it got to that point?!"

I'm going to continue in April... May... June... If the scale hasn't budged by then, then my God, I don't know.  :-\
 
SoCal, keep eating healthy food, one day the scale will be your slave..
Why don't you see a dietician who can prepare a meal plan based on your body's needs? May be you have to tweak the diet a certain way after gall bladder is gone? I think I know the amount of pain you might have gone through.. my mother, and my best friend both went through the same. BTW, my friend, who is just a month older than you, also gained a lot of weight immediately after the surgery- esp in the stomach area. She has lost all that now. Been 1.5 years after surgery. May be you just need time. Don't be hard on yourself, but don't give up either.
 
I've got a coworker that has lost their gallbladder.

Prior diet can really give him bad heartburn now and his diet is getting shifted much more towards the carb front.  Which frankly, without massive diligence, would drive me straight to biggest loser.

Simple carbs are not my friend and the effects of a gallbladder removal would push me into a diet that is very hard for me to maintain.
 
Quick Summary:

Mr. SoCal has dropped 7 lbs and one notch down on his belt. He reports feeling more energized. He does seem more alert. He looks thinner, too.

Meanwhile, I've burned 15,618 calories since 3/04 to be exact. (I have overstated calories when eating & understated exercise when logging it, too, in order to account for any unexpected variances.) There are 3,500 calories in a pound. That should translate into approx 4.5 lbs. lost. The scale reads 2 lbs. heavier than the day I began the challenge.

*Crickets* Clap. Clap. Clap.
 
Cubic Zirconia said:
Women do it to other women, but men team up. I was at my heaviest last year, exactly this time around, and when I went to meet friends I hadn't met in 3-4 months, I was asked why I was getting fat if I was not pregnant :S Trust me, I was nowhere near overweight BMI. Just 20-30 more than what everyone was used to. (I think you and I met when I was my heaviest, after R's surgery..) No one even bothered to take note that I was going through a tough time emotionally and physically- but R's friends were very nice to him even though he gained.. and when he got back into shape six months after surgery, they were quick to compliment also. I don't get compliments from my girl friends, but when they zip up, I know I am rocking my tight jeans ;-)
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The last time we met up was way before R's surgery. We went to Woodbury Town Center, ordered from that Asian place, and ate lunch outside. (I had the slimy chicken.) You were in the process of losing weight. I commented on your cute dress. I think it was from Nordstrom Rack? You said it was getting too loose.

It's been a long time!
 
SoCal said:
Cubic Zirconia said:
Women do it to other women, but men team up. I was at my heaviest last year, exactly this time around, and when I went to meet friends I hadn't met in 3-4 months, I was asked why I was getting fat if I was not pregnant :S Trust me, I was nowhere near overweight BMI. Just 20-30 more than what everyone was used to. (I think you and I met when I was my heaviest, after R's surgery..) No one even bothered to take note that I was going through a tough time emotionally and physically- but R's friends were very nice to him even though he gained.. and when he got back into shape six months after surgery, they were quick to compliment also. I don't get compliments from my girl friends, but when they zip up, I know I am rocking my tight jeans ;-)
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The last time we met up was way before R's surgery. We went to Woodbury Town Center, ordered from that Asian place, and ate lunch outside. (I had the slimy chicken.) You were in the process of losing weight. I commented on your cute dress. I think it was from Nordstrom Rack? You said it was getting too loose.

It's been a long time!
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Been two years that we met!!? No.. I think it was last spring/summer.. because I wore that dress last summer during Vegas trip, and that was the last time I wore it..Must have been after the surgery.. you were done washing your hands off TI by then..

(I remember your chicken experience- never went to that Tapas place after that!)
 
Very insignificant victory, but hey, it still counts: This morning, went from front passenger seat to the back seat without getting stuck, or without having to pull/push any of my body parts in a sedan (may I add, breathing normally, without stepping on anyone?) Ha! You can ignore that I am not very tall :P
 
SoCal said:
Quick Summary:

Mr. SoCal has dropped 7 lbs and one notch down on his belt. He reports feeling more energized. He does seem more alert. He looks thinner, too.

Meanwhile, I've burned 15,618 calories since 3/04 to be exact. (I have overstated calories when eating & understated exercise when logging it, too, in order to account for any unexpected variances.) There are 3,500 calories in a pound. That should translate into approx 4.5 lbs. lost. The scale reads 2 lbs. heavier than the day I began the challenge.

*Crickets* Clap. Clap. Clap.
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That's really frustrating I know.  Even though you are hedging your numbers to favor the weight loss, I would suggest checking an accurate as possible count.  At a 15,000 deficit, which could easily be 18000-20000 or more depending on how you hedge (a mere 10% over estimate on calories and a 10% underage on exercise) and you're running 750-800 maybe even a 1000 calorie per day deficit.  That's a lot unless you were consuming 3000 a day before.  If you were consuming 2400, you've cut/burned 1/3rd of your daily intake.

Diet changes are notorious for causing water retention, and I'll be honest in saying that my gut instincts tell me your weight loss will accelerate if you actually eat more.

My weight gain is really simple. My trip killed most of my work outs, and I ate like an idiot the last two weeks.  You're not doing that.

Hubby's weight loss is commendable however he needs to be aware that it is mostly an inflammation water dump caused by cleaning up his diet.  I really miss the dramatic results I got from doing Atkins.  I know he's not doing that but I seem to recall you saying you've switched to a slow carb/GI style.  Anyway, the big issue with Atkins or GI is 7 lbs off in a blink, 7 lbs on in blink... if he's being doing low GI and suddenly does a high GI day, whammo.
 
I believe I've actually met NSR and his wife before. Weren't you two at that meetup in 2008 or 2009 at the froyo place called Cantaloop?
 
Yes, that is correct.  Was that that long ago?

I was at the Froyo Cantaloupe meetup with my wife.  We live near there now in North Tustin.

I'm basically same size. :-) okay, maybe plus 10 pounds.  Despite fighting it every step of the way since then.  Marriage, 40s, baby... not good for the waistline. That sounds bad, it makes for a good life, just a happy more homebound life makes the waistline fight a little harder.  Especially since, I'm a idle muncher.

To be honest, I think I know who some people are and then other times, I feel completely confused as to who is whom compared to what their pseudonyms used to be on the old IHB forum.  Is Vas around anymore, I miss the farm updates.
 
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