Weight Loss team - To shed weight permanently

Hi Sindhu,

Don't loose hope

I am sure we all can do it, but it needs lot of determination and hard work. As you said, WILLPOWER is the biggest factor any kind of achievement. Regarding exercising at home, why don't you start with like sit ups, side ways leg raise, skipping (very effective). Also get some CD's of home aerobics and you can do it along.

Diet is an important factor as well. Your breakfast and lunch seems to be fine, but dinner is bit more. Try to reduce the portions for the first 1 week and see how it works.

Another easy way, is posting your daily diet & exercise progress here in our forum..... just to make you committed.

And girls, regarding my progress.

My gynac have changed my metformin type & dose for my PCOD and hence I was very very sick for the past 1 week (vomiting, diarrhea, dizzy....)

Some what fine now. But she said, it will help me reduce some weight. I've started with our workout's from yesterday and my diet is somehow fine.
Shall be up & running from today onwards. So far so good.

hi aabhi i have learned that u are ill. Just to wish u
"GET WELL SOON"
Take care
Gauri

Originally Posted by Aabhi

Dear Friends,

I've been a regular reader of all the threads in this forum "Keep Fit & Maintain Shape". Many of our IL friends have given tons of tips, diet charts, exercise programme, herbal medicines....... and what not. On behalf of all of us, I would like to thank those IL's who has shared with us those useful tips. Although, we've got the details that we wanted for weight loss and we all know the path to weight loss (our main goal) - I think many of us (including me) are not succeeding in it. The main reason for our failure is lack of Motivation.

Therefore, I opened up this thread for those IL who wanted to loose loads of weight PERMANENTLY to join hands together and form a close team to motivate ourselves and keep moving till we all achieve our targets. We all know, how it pains to be Overweight/Obese and we all very well understands the serious effects of overweight....... which is diabetes, Blood pressure, Cholestrol, heart attack, arthritis,..etc. We do not want to fight with these chronical diseases instead let's try to tackle the biggest factor "OVERWEIGHT" and did not give a chance for these diseases to near us.

Alright friends - Let's form a team, let's all decide on the following:

1) Daily diet chart :- No need for crash courses, no need to starve, no need to stop rice or roti. Because that's all temp solutions, let's all discuss and design a healthy eating diet chart for all of us. I would like to suggest

B.F - Sprouts or 2 slice of bread toast or 2 egg white
Morn.Snack - Fruit or tea or coffee with crackers
Lunch - 1 small cup of rice with curry and salad with any soup
Even.Snack - Fruit or tea of cofee
Dinner - 2 idly or 2 small dosa's or 2 chapathy

2) Exercise Programme :-
45 Mins to 1 hour of daily walking or cycling or jogging - any areobic exercise.

The above is just my knowledge and understanding and please correct me if Iam wrong any where. I request you all be put in more diet charts, so that we all can discuss and decide one standard chart for all of us to follow.

Second important thing, is please start writing food diary & exercise diary. I've attached my Weekly diary as sample. Please let me know your feedbacks.


So................gals............... let me know. who all wanted to join. When you reply, put in your current weight, height, BMI, and your ideal weight (need to be). Let's decide and start from 01st Nov07 onwards. So, we have 2 more days to go. Let me know.................ALL THE VERY BEST FOR ALL OF US.

Originally Posted by Aabhi

And girls, regarding my progress.

My gynac have changed my metformin type & dose for my PCOD and hence I was very very sick for the past 1 week (vomiting, diarrhea, dizzy....)

Some what fine now. But she said, it will help me reduce some weight. I've started with our workout's from yesterday and my diet is somehow fine.
Shall be up & running from today onwards. So far so good.

Hi Aabhi,
Glad to know that you are doing fine now. Don't push yourself to do any exercise which you can’t do comfortbly.. take plenty of rest...

Take care of yourself well
Tulasi

Originally Posted by Tulasi

Hi Aabhi,
Glad to know that you are doing fine now. Don't push yourself to do any exercise which you can’t do comfortbly.. take plenty of rest...

Take care of yourself well
Tulasi

Hi Abhi

Very very sorry to hear that u r not feeling well. Actually yr concept wt loss is our inspiration n as far as possible I am doing my level best to reduce my wt as wel as tummy.

Pl take care of yr health n time being stop/reduce exercise and take rest.

U shd get well soon.

Hv a nice day n time

M S Lakshmi

Originally Posted by Tulasi

Hi Aabhi,
Glad to know that you are doing fine now. Don't push yourself to do any exercise which you can’t do comfortbly.. take plenty of rest...

Take care of yourself well
Tulasi

Hi Abhi

Very very sorry to hear that u r not feeling well. Actually yr concept wt loss is our inspiration n as far as possible I am doing my level best to reduce my wt as wel as tummy.

Pl take care of yr health n time being stop/reduce exercise and take rest.

U shd get well soon.

Hv a nice day n time

M S Lakshmi


Hi Tulasi

CONGRATS

Keep it up.

V r all proud of u.

Hv fun n enjoy n keep following the same.

Best of luck.

M S Lakshmi

Thanks M S Lakshmi & Aabhi for your encouraging words. It’s indeed a great feeling to loose weight. If I can do it. you can ....just have determination to do one good change for a week... stick to it. Don’t take any short cuts and don't only focus on weight change in the scale. more important is becoming healthy and active then weight loss automatically will happen..

I know you can do it..
Tulasi

Originally Posted by Tulasi

Thanks M S Lakshmi & Aabhi for your encouraging words. It’s indeed a great feeling to loose weight. If I can do it. you can ....just have determination to do one good change for a week... stick to it. Don’t take any short cuts and don't only focus on weight change in the scale. more important is becoming healthy and active then weight loss automatically will happen..

I know you can do it..
Tulasi

Hi Tulasi

Ya Its really a gr8 feeling. As u said v shd determine more on hale and healthy. Then only v can do anything either exercise or walking. Any way this topic is v useful topic for all of us to exchange our views and get more encouragement n motivation thru many ILs like u. I am feelling v happy that i hv many people around to share my views and thoughts.

Thanks for this Abhi and Indusladies too.

Enjoy and hv a nice day

M S Lakshmi

Hi friends.

Do u remember me?????????

let me update my routine.....

My weight is 86kgs(checking it daily....to see whether it has reduced atleast in points)
for past 1 yr

Going to gym atleast 3 days a week..........do treadmill for 20mts..........florr exercise for 20 mts.........rope exercise for 15mts ...........and all other eqipments in the gym for 30 mts...........

Going for walking in the evenngs nearly 5kms atleast 3 days a week........

Weekend no gym...no walking..........bonkbonkbonkbonkbonk

Iam not at all following any diet.............eating nicely..........

Morning..........imm. after burshing ............having 3 tomatoes..........(told by prettylol)
and after halfan hour ........firstclass degree coffee (ofcourse with sugar)...................8.30 slight breakfast..........it may be anything............or even leftover lunch prepared for my DH................lunch by 12.30 or 1 or 1.30........with two vegetables regular meals.........with sambar,rasam and curd...........IAM FEELLING VERY VERY VERY BAD TO SAY THAT I CANT SKIP RICE.............bonkbonkbonk

evening 3.30 again coffee..........night almost before 7.30 i will have my dinner ...anything it may be dosa,idly , upma or anything.........

I never used to stock snacks in my house..............if i havd something definitely i will eat that...........


Iam eating plents of veg.....but not fruits............


ofocurse, forget to say, i may have small sleep in afternoon........atleast for 40 mts........(climate is very nice yaar............

When i got out to meet people............some people will say.........I HAVE GONE DOWN VERY SLIGHTLY.................same day sombody will comment.............I MAY BURST ONEDAY................normally iam very sportive person...............but these days iam becomeing little bit irritated and upset.................previosuly i was not doing any exercise or walking..but for the past 2 yrs...............iam doingmy level best..........

I agree...i have to skip rice....like u people do............iam not a dertermined person....not a fighter.............but needs motivation atleast............

Sorry to bore u all.........

MY HEARTIEST WISHES FOR ALL OF U..................DONT LOSE HEART LIKE ME...........KEEP DOING EXERCISE AND DIETING..............

Iam sugar patient now - LOW SUGAR ( docotr has adviced me to reduce my exercises and eat choclates whenever my sugar level goes down)

Hi Lata..
We already know each other in another thread...weight loss group chennai...
I'm silent reader of this forum and I've the same prob as u have....with skipping rice...

Your body seems to work as mine and I'm also not determined as you are ...

I had been exercising vigorously...(I used to spend nearly 700 calories a day) but I did not take up any diet plan...I ate happily thinking i exercised more and so I would lose down tremendously and to my great astonishment and disappointment I lost only 2 Kilos at the end of 3 months...but my body got toned...I was upset soooooooooooo.... much and left everything all of a sudden...and gained back what I lost...

So what I understood was I need diet control and exercise together.I recently substituted rose matta rice for white rice ...that too by boiling method..take off all starch and it seems to work for me...

I eat almost whole grains instead of simple carbohydrates...I just do simple walking 30 mins a day...no vigorous exercises...

Oats is another good alternative for me...I use it instead of rice...especially at night...mix sambar or rasam or morekulambu...anything you would for rice....and beleive it or not it is really filling...Try to stay away from Idly, dosai (I mean made with whire rice)...

Your exercise regime is really good...but if u take a little effort I think you can achieve what u want..

(I read in one of your posts that you have thyroid problem and now low blood sugar...so consult with your doc before you make any drastic diet changes)

Eat well but dont stuff up...eat in small quantities now and then...drink lotsa water...