https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 05 May 2026 11:01:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/3#post-203689 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:15:25 +0000 Lynne 203689@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done, KP and An! AFter 2 weeks I've lost my summer holiday gain of 1kg; now for the next 4. I want to get back to 64kg.....thanks for the inspiration, girls! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/3#post-202991 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:22:20 +0000 anne 202991@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done KP and An! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/3#post-202986 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:56:37 +0000 An 202986@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And thanks Sarah for the answer to my quinoa question. I am finding I need something with the quinoa e.g. grilled fish, not sure if that is just mind over matter!</p> <p>And thanks Katiepea for keeping me honest on the cake front </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/3#post-202985 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:52:17 +0000 An 202985@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WooHoo, go Katiepea. Well done on getting into the 50's - that's my goal also!! I was down .8 on Tuesday's weigh in, now 65.8kg. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/3#post-202976 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:54:56 +0000 Katiepea 202976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well I just had to a little update because I am feeling mighty proud of myself. This morning I weighed in at........<br /> 59.8kg!</p> <p>Under 60kg for the first time since Master 3 was born. Yippidy yay *happy dance*</p> <p>Sadly my tape measure has gone AWOL (Mr Nobody strikes quite often in this house), so I can't do my waist measurement, but hubby assures me that I am looking slimmer and my jeans are all getting loose.</p> <p>Come on ladies, we can do it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-199190 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:43:37 +0000 anne 199190@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations to all those doing well. I have fallen off the wagon.</p> <p>I was going well for the first week or so of the eating plan I was following, but looking back on it the reason was that I was doing heaps of excercise. However I was also running myself down and was so exhausted I took a couple of days off and, in combination with having guests for lunch threw me off.</p> <p>I have come to the conclusion that a plan which works on about 1600 cals a days is just too high for someone at my weight.(the book I am working on did effectively say that for someone with a small amount of weight to lose exercise will be necessary) While I like my running the early starts necessary do take a toll on my overall ability to function with the rest of my life. I have been really working on getting enough sleep.</p> <p>But I did go off the diet this week, which coincided with our getting our free bakery leftovers (cue - 1 meal mostly of bread and 2 chocolate croissants),going out for my date lunch with DH, worrying about food spending (see other thread of mine) and so spending most of the week eating chickpea pasta soup and fried rice.<br /> And now I am well and truly beyond my normal range and into the (for me) unacceptably high area.</p> <p>Need to work out how to go forward with this.</p> <p>(ps sarah I have bought some quinoa to try your recipe!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-198963 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:25:20 +0000 Sarah 198963@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry An, I just saw this. Quinoa *is* my protein source for that meal. However, if it's not enough for you, I'd grill a lean piece of meat like chicken or fish. </p> <p>I'm doing well! I just got over a five day sweets craving marathon. Ugh. I survived okay, but I did have a few things to get me by. Otherwise I'd have made a whole cake and eaten it all in one day. Yikes.<br /> Workouts are going well. My husband and I are following Crossfit for the most part, and are doing well. I love working out, so that is never my problem. It's the food that I still have to be careful with. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-198757 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:45:35 +0000 Lynne 198757@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi, All, </p> <p>Katie Pea, congrats! I often wonder how you got on with your bridesmaids dress dilemma, pls do post a piccy after the day!</p> <p>I inadvertantly started a new thread; thanks Louise for pointing me here. I would like to lose 5 kg ( I'm another metric girl): I weighted in at 69.5 when i got back from summer hols. 1kg of that was holiday gain, 4kg was the previous winter gain that somehow didn't melt away when the sun and my bathers came out to play </p> <p>i've rejoined WW online, and have been trying to helicopter back and keep big picture view of health and well-being and a healthy lifestyle for my family. I find if I focus too much on counting the food, guess what? all I think about is FOOD, and we know where that leads!</p> <p>My healthy choices today include<br /> BF: oats, blueberries, cinnamon, and skim milk<br /> MT: almonds and cappucino<br /> L: salad sandwich on wholemeal (as per the Moosewood cookbook, I filled the bread with leftover salad after dinner last night and popped it in the fridge), watermelon (yum)<br /> and I plan<br /> AT: yoghurt<br /> D: grilled steak and veges, strawberries.<br /> AND I need to fit in a 30 min walk.</p> <p>Thanks for your comaraderie, and good luck, All! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-198399 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:10:12 +0000 Katiepea 198399@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>An, you poor thing - you've had a horror week. I hope your poor bubba is feeling better very soon! I think you have done outstanding to NOT put weight on considering the stress you've been under, the meals out AND TTM!</p> <p>I remember going to a dietitian after baby 2 and she pointed out to me that that one slice of extra cake I was having each week was the "tipping point" that stopped me from losing weight. She told me I was allowed 1/2 a slice a week! You know what? She was right! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-198388 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:46:24 +0000 An 198388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hello there. Well I weighed in yesterday and I have lost a big fat NOTHING! Right down to the point (66.6). Grrr. How can that be??!! I'm very discouraged because I thought I had a pretty good week (apart from some meals out) and I also met my excercise goals. It is also TOM so I'm wondering if that may have influenced no weight loss?? This week is not off to a great start, very sick bubba, so lots of cuddles, nursing, waiting at the Emergency Dept and staying home so no exercise time for me. And I'm also feeling hungry with all the extra nursing (not sure if that is psychological!!). Anyway I'll keep eating healthy and start the exercise again when I can and see what next week brings.</p> <p>Sounds like an interesting book Brianna. </p> <p>WooHoo, go Katiepea. You are an inspiration!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-198355 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:41:25 +0000 Katiepea 198355@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hello!</p> <p>Well, the waist line is now measuring 27 1/3", so I am starting to get excited that I can reach my goal in time! My weight is also down to 60.7kg, but has stalled given I've been sick in bed the past few days. I keep hoping, hoping, hoping to get into the 50's, I guess this is just one of those little "sticking points" that I hear about. I'm off to eat buckwheat pancakes that my gorgeous hubby is preparing me for breakfast! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-198290 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:37:30 +0000 Ariadne 198290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bumping this up! Great to hear some of you are having success already. Mochachino, that salad sounds delicious. I love lettuce salads--I meant that sometimes I eat salads with a lettuce base and sometimes not, not that I don't like lettuce! We have two gardens of greens growing at the moment, in fact.</p> <p>I started reading a really interesting book this week that was recommended to me on another forum. It's called Intuitive Eating and it's really, really resonating for me (not really a surprise, since according to Meyers-Briggs I'm an INFJ with the Intuitive score at around 91%) and changing the way I think about food and eating. As a result, I'm not sticking to the plan I wrote out at all. At this stage the goal is not to lose weight but to focus on learning to respect your body and its cues, and to get out of the "diet" mentality. Does anyone else want to read it along with me? It's quite amazing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-194951 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:43:23 +0000 An 194951@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What are you eating for dinner's girls? Keep the ideas coming!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-194950 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:42:43 +0000 An 194950@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tried Sarah's lemony quinoa recipe last night. Yum. Just a dumb Q. Sarah ... what do you serve it with? I pan fried some fish and made a big green salad. Or is the quinoa your protein serve? so no need for the fish? Sorry I've never used quinoa before! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-193933 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:35:56 +0000 Mochaccino 193933@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh and I forgot to say that I just started a slightly strange diet where I eat a complicated bean and vegetable soup for most meals. It has a very good balance of food groups and its pretty tasty even if it is a little boring. It only cost me about $125 for I what think will be a month's worth of ingredients. Even if that's a little boring for most people, it really does help to have a big pot of soup divided up and frozen for quick meals. If it's nutritionally balanced but still simple, you can add different meats and flavor it how every you want. This is not the diet I'm on but it's a really good example of what I mean: <a href="http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet/soup-diet-meal-plan-1007" rel="nofollow">http://www.goodhousekeeping.co.....-plan-1007</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-193932 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:17:22 +0000 Mochaccino 193932@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry that this salad contains lettuce, I prefer salads without lettuce too, but this is by far the best salad I've ever tried and it's pretty unique too. </p> <p>Walnut, blue cheese, apple crisp salad:<br /> 1/4 cup low fat blue cheese crumbles<br /> 1/2 cup chopped cooked chicken (add some brown sugar to the spices if you want)<br /> 1/4 cup glazed walnuts (available pre-packaged in most supermarkets)<br /> 1/4 cup Seneca brand apple chips (no other brand will work, trust me)<br /> T. Marzetti brand light raspberry cabernet dressing or the Ken's Steakhouse version if you have no other choice<br /> As much romaine as you want.</p> <p>Just be sure to eat it right after adding the dressing or the apple crisps will get soggy and inedible. Onions and tomatoes are not such good additions to this salad unfortunately. If you can't find or don't want the apple chips, blackberries or raspberries tossed with a good coating of honey and lemon juice is delicious. Just don't be tempted to use bottled lemon juice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-193905 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:33:59 +0000 Katiepea 193905@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Excited to announce I am down another teeny-tiny amount on my waist measurement - I'm now nudging 27 1/2"! </p> <p>Oh, and I must jump up and down with excitement (well, ok, relief!) for a moment here, because I tried on the size 8 bridesmaid dress in a shop this past weekend and I could get it on. YAY!!!!!!! I could hardly breathe, it would hardly zip, but it's on and it does up, so now I know my worst nightmare won't materialise at least! Will wait for a low weight day (at the moment I oscillate between 61.2kg and 60.8kg) to post weightloss. Yes, I know, that is probably cheating, but I'm going more by measurements for this little experiment, so that's ok, right?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-193824 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:26:02 +0000 anne 193824@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am up a bit today, presumably courtesy of entertaining on the weekend and of taking a 3 day break from exercise (but I think I needed it as was getting way too tired) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-193772 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:08:31 +0000 bella 193772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am officially on board as of today. Both hubby and I are trying to lose some weight. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-193769 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:47:05 +0000 An 193769@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha, too funny Medusa and just a little bit too true!! </p> <p>Today is my official start day. We've just come home from a few days away. I've just weighed in at 66.6kg. This morning I'm having (as I type ) porridge with apple, cinnamon and walnuts, from the Eat Clean Diet - (thanks Sarah). I'm planning to buy the Eat Clean Diet Cookbook for some recipe inspiration. My exercise plan for the week is: TreadMill tonight, Zumba tomorrow, Pilates Thursday &amp; TreadMill Friday. WooHoo. I'll check in next week and let you know how I'm going. I think the hardest part for me will be cutting down on my late afternoon and evening snacks. And also getting into a routine with my exercise.</p> <p>Brianna, my little fellow loves 'dippy' eggs also </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-193765 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:34:36 +0000 Ariadne 193765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How is everyone doing? I forgot to weigh myself today. Oops. I've been having eggs for breakfast for the past couple of days after realizing that a smoothie really wasn't cutting it. That's now a mid-morning snack. The Chickadee seems to like dipping toast strips in her soft boiled egg, which is great, because she's currently in a super picky toddler phase... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-192281 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:36:29 +0000 medusa 192281@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here's a silly twist on the topic of overeating, courtesy of The Onion. (As the link suggests, this article does contain cursing, so avoid if you don't want to be exposed.)<br /> <a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/fill-your-own-goddamn-emotional-void,17725/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theonion.com/articl.....oid,17725/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-192237 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:31:39 +0000 Lisa 192237@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you everybody for posting recipes and website links. I need it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-192152 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:28:48 +0000 chewyspaghetti 192152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The crock pot recipe that I posted earlier in this thread is a vegetarian one, and that website has a tag for all of her vegetarian recipes, so check it out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-192151 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:26:09 +0000 Sarah 192151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a huge fan of Eat Clean as well.<br /> And yes, some vegetarian options are available. Bryan and I love Moroccan foods, and here's a goody:<br /> <a href="http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&#038;recipe_id=1140618" rel="nofollow">http://find.myrecipes.com/reci.....id=1140618</a></p> <p>You can also make fab vegetarian chili like the one I posted above-just take out the meat or use a MorningStar Farms meat substitute.<br /> We were vegetarian for awhile and I lived off of MS Farms products. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-192147 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:20:18 +0000 lpr200 192147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm new to the forum...can I join in on this? I love the Eat Clean and Oxygen magazine cookbooks, as well as LoseIt app on the iphone; it has all sorts of reminders to help you track calories. Are there good crockpot recipes for vegetarians? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-192074 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:37:16 +0000 An 192074@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I looked up this old thread:<br /> <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cookbooksrecipes" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....oksrecipes</a><br /> and I really enjoyed reading the cookbook recommendations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-191831 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:06:16 +0000 Katiepea 191831@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love those recipes. Mmmmmmmm, delicious. Only problem is that they are making me hungry!</p> <p>Go you Sarah on an all time low! Itari, depending on how my tummy trimming campaign goes, I could be interested.... </p> <p>Feeling very noble this morning as I walked my boys to school, would have been a total of approximately 5km (is approx 3.1 miles). I was so proud of my little 3 year old who walked there and back (hilly terrain) without a single complaint. What a little trooper!</p> <p>I also had to thank my husband for helping me last night not slip up on my diet. I really felt like a glass of red wine, but told him to talk me out of it. He talked me into a cup of herbal tea instead. </p> <p>No changes in the scales today, but wasn't expecting any, so that's fine! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-191713 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:08:38 +0000 Melissa 191713@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great thread, Brianna! I'm happy to see the return of a WLS thread.</p> <p>The maddening scale fluctuations are why I only weigh myself once a month.</p> <p>I think I might be hitting a plateau, and I definitely need change a few things up after this semester is over. Specifically, I need to return to a regular exercise regime and eat more veggies.</p> <p>Also, I think we might have to invent a new body type for me as my weight loss progresses. People, I think I am turning into a drumstick! I was always pear-shaped, but somehow as my weight goes down, the disparity between my thighs and everywhere else is getting much larger. If things go on this way, the circumference of just one of my thighs will soon exceed my waist measurement. This is horrifying.</p> <p>Off to eat lunch (maaaybe with veggies). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-weight-loss-thread/page/2#post-191705 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:56:45 +0000 Sarah 191705@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I put the chicken tenders in the crockpot and bury them in a verde salsa, cook on low for six hours. Take the chicken out of the crock pot and use two forks to shred it. It will fall apart very easily. I add lime, cilantro, and monterey jack cheese for a baja style taco.</p> <p>Coconut Curry Chicken</p> <p>heat heavy skillet w/ 1 T EVOO</p> <p>throw in 4 chicken breasts, cubed<br /> with a bunch of garlic (we used like 6-7 cloves)<br /> salt &amp; pepper<br /> sear for 5 minutes until browned, flip, keeping pan free of moisture</p> <p>when the bottom of the pan is dry, hot, and layered with some crispy browned-ness, pour in</p> <p>about 1 cup water mixed with a glob of chicken base (about 1 T) *I just use a few splashes of chicken stock</p> <p>cook for a few minutes for liquid to condense slightly, then add:</p> <p>1 biiig glob of patak's mild curry paste (cilantro + curry)<br /> a few liberal glugs of fish sauce</p> <p>squirts of hot srirachi sauce to taste (depending on how hot you want it - it's fairly hot so start lite and add, I probably did about 2 tsp total?)</p> <p>1 heaping tsp ginger<br /> 1 heaping tsp curry powder<br /> stir to incorporate, cook for a few minutes until hot &amp; steaming again<br /> then pour in one whole can of lite coconut milk, stir, heat through for 3 minutes<br /> serve over rice, top with cilantro<br /> ---<br /> sorry this is so disjointed! It's my younger sister's recipe and it's kind of a make it up as you go along deal. </p>