Help with weight loss

We can help each other out! I wish you lived a tad closer, lol. I need someone to do doggy events with too haha.

But I hear you. I majorly lack the motivation. I don't even mind being active and doing things so much but it's mostly food. I just don't like most healthy foods and I LOVE junk food and it's soo hard for me to be around it, living with others, and NOT eat it.

But I've gotten better and I proved to myself last year that I CAN do it and have the willpower so I know I can. I just ordered those green pill coffee bean I asked about in another thread, so hopefully they can get here soon, and MAYBE aid me so I can see small results and get me motivated. I really need to hop back on the wagon and just... get to it. I probably need to lose 50lbs too but I'm setting my goal at 30lbs.

I know how you feel! I am dying to lose at least 20 lbs, but the last couple of days I've completely lacked ANY motivation for exercise, and my eating schedule has been downright crazy (although not altogether unhealthy food choice wise).

The ONLY saving grace on my side is that I am forced to walk at least 4 miles daily due to my living situation and lack of transportation. And even then, the weight is not coming off.

Several years ago, I lost 20 lbs over a span of several months by eating well, and then gained it all back. Then I got a dog and lost it all again, and those pounds stayed away, thank goodness. I know I just need to find the motivation to really start working out, and of course, eating on time and eating well... but it's just not happening. I get short bursts of motivation, and that's it.

I want in on Dixie's PM list, lol

I forwarded the PM to you

I'm going to Zumba classes to help me lose weight. It's really fun and classes shouldn't cost much for you. You can also buy the DVDs and do it at home if money is an issue. I LOVE it.

I think a class setting would be good for you, the girls in my class are really nice and so is my instructor.

You may not lose weight right away with it, but it really makes you feel good about yourself I promise. It's intense cardio, so it's not easy to follow at first but you get better at it.

You can find a class in your area here:
http://www.zumba.com/en-US/parties/search/

The DVDs are a bit pricey but a class for you shouldn't cost too much.
http://www.zumba.com/shop/category/dvd_s/

I use an app called Lose It! I like it and it makes ne more aware of what I eat and how much. My problem is that o don't eat nought to lose weight.

I want to be on Dixie's PM list as well! LOL PLEASE!


Amber, if we lived closer, you & I would be going walking everyday. I have motivation for like 3 or 4 days at a time then won't go walking for a few days then do it for a few days, etc etc. Its a cycle. Eating wise, I've lost 6 lbs since Tuesday. I don't have an appetite lately.

I wish you luck, Amber! If you need a motivation speaker, you have my number. <3

I want a PM! lol!

After I hit the 40lb mark I hit a complete standstill ugh I hate that. I'm willing to do something more drastic but I'm afraid to cut back much more and put myself in starvation mode lol. I keep thinking when the pools open I'll lose some more, but at the same time I'd love to get more off before I am in a bathing suit! But I've been really worn out the past two weeks

Forwarded, Dakotah and Brattina

Go ahead and forward it to me. I'm curious.

Me too please. Beach vacation in July and flab is not fab

I wish you were closer!! I'd jog/walk/hike/do crazy workout routines with you. I want to be more active, but I get bored doing things by myself.

Have you had your vitamin D levels checked? I know mine dips real low in the winter.
I can be lazy, but I find if I force myself to go out & take a walk. I do feel better when I'm finished. This is probably a big reason I got a dog.

I just joined a Zumba class, and as much as I probably look rediculous, I"m having a blast.

Forward to me too please...wondering if its the same one I have used (and it did work, very well)

There was a crazy one that I used years ago to drop quick pounds. You ate a lot of eggs and grapefruit -- every morning, one day you ate lamb, one day steak and tomatoes, one day fruit all day . . . I wish I could find the same one. It worked like a charm to bust through plateaus. 15 pounds in two weeks was the average!

I think I forwarded to everyone who asked, but in case, I'll paste the pm here.


You take six drops six times a day or nine drops four times a day. Here's an example of what I might eat in a day:

Breakfast: water or tea with lemon and stevia

Snack: apple

Lunch: 3.5 oz chicken (grilled with no fats, seasoned with anything as long as there's no sugar in it), one tomato (sliced with salt and pepper), two Melba rounds

Snack: orange

Dinner: 3.5 oz steak (grilled with no fats, seasoned...), 8 oz zucchini (grilled with lemon juice, salt, pepper), two Melba rounds

You can't eat or drink 20 minutes before or after you take the drops. You have to drink 2 quarts of water a day.

Like I said, it's not easy but it works. The reason I'm doing this though instead of any other diet is because it jump starts/resets your metabolism, which is something I really need.

I've never heard it called the jet diet...but sounds just like the regular HCG diet. It was created in the 50s by Dr Simeon (for the actual real diet, read his "Pounds and Inches" which is available several places online free).

This diet does work and it not as extreme as it sound when done properly. I always caution though, dont fall for the new fads springing up in the polpularity of the diet...fake drops, tweaks and changes to the allowed food, expensive clinics that "teach" you it, etc.

I've been eating Paleo/Primal. And I've definitely dropped the weight I gained in the winter, and it's made it so much easier to get back into shape while not doing much at all. Paleo is fairly simple. No processed foods, no grain(this is hard, because of all the flour, corn by-products, and so on that is in our foods), and only natural carbs like sweet potatoes. You stock up on meat and veggies, and some fruit...but not a terrible amount because of the sugar. Some people cut out dairy, some don't. I did at first, then I've slowly added it back in. I cook with butter, olive oil, or coconut oil...never veggie oil or any other icky crap. No transfats...only natural saturated fats that's we've been eating forever.

I love it, because this is a diet I can eat EVERY DAY for the rest of forever...and be perfectly happy and healthy. And I AM happy and healthy. That is SUCH a huge deal to me! I have issues with depression and PCOS, hormonal crap and constantly tired. Not anymore. It isn't a fad diet that you're on for two weeks, lose the weight, get off it, and then gain the weight back. It's great for you, and the research and science behind it is solid. People with cholesterol issues, diabetes, people of all lifestyles and health issues, it works for everyone. No counting calories, either. You eat whatever you want, whenever you want. I'm probably averaging around 2500-3000 calories a day, doing next to nothing besides walking Zander, and I've gone down a couple pants sizes in the last 2 months. And I'm not even going all out. I still use typical creamer in my coffee, for example.

And, I can cheat every now and then without the world ending. Although, I feel so crappy afterwards that I really don't want to cheat! I even have DH on board, and he's a junk food and soda addict. He's lost weight, too, although he didn't have much to lose at all...he's just toned up a bit.

There's a group on facebook if you'd like more info or support. It's a pretty small group, but we all post recipes we've tried, research we've found, blogs, and some of our daily happenings.

That's very much how I eat, Lyzelle, with no gluten and most days I keep it at 25 carbs or less and near or under 1000 calories.

Yep. I've tried gluten-free, because I'm not entirely sure if I have Crohn's or Celiac's, but after switching over completely and just doing no grain or starch what so ever, it's really made a difference. I don't live in the bathroom anymore. Lol. I think I started out at around 1000 calories, too, but I ended up gaining weight because I wasn't eating enough and not drinking enough water. Once I up'd calorie and water intake, the weight fell off super quick.

It really is a easy diet to follow. Here's the "Primal Food Pyramid":

Holy crap that was a big picture! I'll link it instead:

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