The 2011 New Year Diet Resolution Thread

decides2dream

Claireack wrote:

Didn't put too much on just 10 oz in a week. Which means that after last weeks 12 oz loss I'm still ahead for the last 2 weigh ins (only just).

back down 1 (so 17 overall), but still up by 2 from my all-time low of 19.....got to get movin' on this! past 3 weeks have had progress, but when i look over the fluctuations, really need to keep pushing forward. lost the first 10 in 21 days, and then only 7 more in 2 months....time to get serious! :twisted:

Black Diamond

Mets Home Openers and Diets do not mix well :?

decides2dream

Black Diamond wrote:

Mets Home Openers and Diets do not mix well :?

drinkin all weekend isn't advisable either.

decides2dream

interesting read:

THURSDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- If losing weight feels like a never-ending battle, new research may explain why: Diets that restrict calories can actually make it harder to lose weight and keep it off.

Cutting calories increases production of cortisol, the stress hormone, which is linked to added belly fat, a new study finds.

"For the first time in humans, we are finding out that cutting your calories increases cortisol," said lead researcher A. Janet Tomiyama, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar at the University of California, San Francisco.

"We think this may be one reason dieters tend to have a hard time keeping weight off in the long-term," she said.

People who count calories feel stressed, she said, but it's the reduction in calories that increases cortisol, which, in turn, stresses the body and leads to weight retention.

"No matter how you cut calories, whether that's doing it on your own, or doing something like Nutrisystem or Jenny Craig, it doesn't matter, it's still going to increase your cortisol level," she said.

At any given time, 47 percent of U.S. adults are dieting, but up to 64 percent gain back more weight than they lost, according to background information in the report published online April 6 in Psychosomatic Medicine.

For the study, Tomiyama's team randomly assigned 121 women to one of four diets. One group tracked their calories, keeping them to 1,200 a day; another group ate normally but recorded the number of calories they consumed; a third group ate 1,200 calories a day, but did not have to record them, and the fourth group ate normally without any calorie-tracking.

At the start and end of the three-week trial, the researchers measured each woman's cortisol and stress levels. When calories were restricted, cortisol levels increased. In addition, calorie-counting also increased the women's perceived stress, the researchers found.

"The term 'dieting' brings to mind deprivation, starvation, being miserable and uncomfortable and ultimately failing in weight loss efforts," Samantha Heller, a dietitian, nutritionist and exercise physiologist who is familiar with the study, said.

Burning more calories than you consume is how your body loses weight, she said. "However, severe calorie restriction, diet fads, pills and potions, detox cleanses and other quacky approaches to weight loss only contribute to people's diet failures and, in fact, may increase the likelihood of regaining even more weight than what was lost -- if any," Heller added.

The best way to drop unwanted pounds is to adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors that include eating a variety of healthy foods, physical activity, patience and a game plan, she said.

"Many people want to lose weight and do not know how to begin. Creating a step-by-step plan is one piece of the puzzle a lot of people forgo," Heller said.

Starting a weight-loss program takes discipline, motivation and a desire to make behavioral changes and finding support can be very helpful, Heller added.

Another expert, Dr. David L. Katz, director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., said while dieting isn't easy, certain strategies can help reduce stress and achieve a healthier lifestyle.

"Food itself, a reliable source of immediate gratification, may be used to relieve stress," Katz said. "When food intake is restricted, something else should replace it."

In general, dieting alone is not all that useful, Katz added. "Eating well and being active for life is the way to go," he said.

"By eating foods of higher overall nutritional quality, fullness can generally be achieved on fewer calories, eliminating the need for deprivation," Katz said. "In addition, physical activity can accelerate weight loss, promote health and alleviate stress in the bargain."

decides2dream

and, seeing as it IS monday.....start of week 14, down 19 pounds.
so sure, had a bit of a stall in there last week, but back on track. 1 more pound to hit that 20 loss! had hoped to reach it by april 1st, but c'est la vie....as long as i'm on my way, it's all good. this gorgeous weather has me a lot more active outdoors.....but also so tempting with grilling and yea, more drinking. however, managed to balance it well over the weekend and keep losing, so there is hope!


how's everybody doin'?

justam

Terrible. Don't even ask me. :? :x





:geek:

Claireack

Lost 14oz this week, seem to be going up and down, up and down over the same ground everyweek. But yes a bit of sunshine does help, and hopefully I won't cave and eat ice cream.

decides2dream

ok, i know it's only wednesday but i just had to share the happy news - i, finally, reached my first BIG goal! i've now lost 20.5 pounds! woooohoooooooo! the last 1.5 pounds were hard to reach, i was fluctuating 1-2 pounds for like 2 weeks, and never dipping below the 19.5 loss. so i am VERY happy. and yes, i know it's just a number, and can change tomorrow....but none the less....it's a milestone for me in my healthy eating plan. so a couple days beyond 3 months since i started. happy, happy! i have more to go, but this is just even more motivating.....and the sunny days just make me more active and motivated too!

hang in there everyone...just keep at it and you WILL reach your goals! just focus on the big picture!

megatron

congrats!

decides2dream

jones wrote:

congrats!

grazie mille!



i'm still on a high about it ......yay.
just had a yummy clementine too....mmmmmmm.

Claireack

Congrats D2D

norm

decides2dream wrote:

ok, i know it's only wednesday but i just had to share the happy news - i, finally, reached my first BIG goal! i've now lost 20.5 pounds! woooohoooooooo! the last 1.5 pounds were hard to reach, i was fluctuating 1-2 pounds for like 2 weeks, and never dipping below the 19.5 loss. so i am VERY happy. and yes, i know it's just a number, and can change tomorrow....but none the less....it's a milestone for me in my healthy eating plan. so a couple days beyond 3 months since i started. happy, happy! i have more to go, but this is just even more motivating.....and the sunny days just make me more active and motivated too!

hang in there everyone...just keep at it and you WILL reach your goals! just focus on the big picture!

:thumbup: :thumbup:

Enkidu

I had a super healthy lunch today. And then I ate a chocolate Easter bunny. Damn.

decides2dream

another monday, start of week 15 of the healthy living lifestyle and...
holding steady on the 20.5 pound loss. dipped down to 21, but then came right back. all good tho. i'd really like to hit 25 by may 1st or damn near close to that date anyway. slow and steady...it's all good.



how is everyone? still at it, changing lifestyles and making progress...?
hope everyone is doing well and inching closer to their goals!




oh and thanks all for the well wishes...much appreciated!

justam

Luckily, I'm getting back on track this week.

I was feeling discouraged that I seem to continuously go back to where I began if I stop exercising on my schedule or stop being vigilant. :geek:

Black Diamond

A week in Disney World does wonders for a diet :(

Back on it this AM and hopefully will be a good boy...

decides2dream

glad you're both still at it!
that's all it takes, sticking with it. keep at it, keep at it, keep at it......success will come.
(that's what i keep telling myself )

megatron

ummmm....i've been living off of chicken nachos and stella.
damn playoffs

Black Diamond

decides2dream wrote:

another monday, start of week 15 of the healthy living lifestyle and...
holding steady on the 20.5 pound loss. dipped down to 21, but then came right back. all good tho. i'd really like to hit 25 by may 1st or damn near close to that date anyway. slow and steady...it's all good.



how is everyone? still at it, changing lifestyles and making progress...?
hope everyone is doing well and inching closer to their goals!




oh and thanks all for the well wishes...much appreciated!

Oh wow!!! I missed this!! That is tremendous and you are kicking my ass :evil:

decides2dream

Black Diamond wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

another monday, start of week 15 of the healthy living lifestyle and...
holding steady on the 20.5 pound loss. dipped down to 21, but then came right back. all good tho. i'd really like to hit 25 by may 1st or damn near close to that date anyway. slow and steady...it's all good.



how is everyone? still at it, changing lifestyles and making progress...?
hope everyone is doing well and inching closer to their goals!




oh and thanks all for the well wishes...much appreciated!

Oh wow!!! I missed this!! That is tremendous and you are kicking my ass :evil:

*curtsies*


and yea....working on it......want to be my small self again.
little more than 4 more weeks until PJ in NYC so i am hoping for another 8-10 pound loss by then (bit lofty goal, but i like it ) so i'll really kick yer arse in person. :twisted:

in reality, while the weight didn't come off exactly ike this, but my average is 1.46 pounds a week. i'd like to improve that # to a solid 2 per week, but hey....i'll take that 1.46.