NanceXToo Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 For the first time in several YEARS, I stepped on the scale this morning and it said: 199.6. I AM OUT OF THE 200's!!!!!!!!! I started at 247.6- I've lost 48 lbs as of this morning and it was SO nice to FINALLY see a 1 instead of a 2 in front of my number when I got on that scale today! Now, granted, I'm wearing just my lightweight PJ bottoms and teeshirt as I am when I weigh in every morning, so as long as I don't put on a bra, shoes, jeans, or put any food in my mouth, I can continue to enjoy these one hundreds for the rest of the day (haha)... Anyone want to celebrate with me? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :grouphug: :D :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! i am SO happy for you!!!!! You hage inspired me with your recently resurrected (not so old) thread. My problem with weighloss is the scale, though. I tossed it because I get frustrated when I don't lose weight. I will be judging by pants sizes now, weighing myself when I go down a size. i thought you were announcing a pregnancy.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Hey, I've considered cutting my hair to get an extra 1/2 lb. off. LOL! Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! i am SO happy for you!!!!! You hage inspired me with your recently resurrected (not so old) thread. My problem with weighloss is the scale, though. I tossed it because I get frustrated when I don't lose weight. I will be judging by pants sizes now, weighing myself when I go down a size. i thought you were announcing a pregnancy.:D I'm glad you are inspired...good luck with your weight loss! I hope that the pregnancy will be my next announcement! I want to get into the 180's before I start trying. :) I hope to start trying in April or May at the latest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 That is awesome!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :party: Yay!!! That is awesome! Keep up the good work! Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :party::party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissad2 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Hey, I've considered cutting my hair to get an extra 1/2 lb. off. :lol: :D :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Way to go! :party::party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HayesW Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I did that a few months ago. It is SO SO GREAT!!! HOORAY FOR YOU!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :hurray::party::hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NanceXToo Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 I did that a few months ago. It is SO SO GREAT!!! HOORAY FOR YOU!!! Congrats to you, too! :) Momat....lol at the haircut thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 So happy for you!!! What is your secret? How did you lose the weight?:bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 That's awsome, Nance! You should be very proud of yourself. I hope you continue to reach your goals. Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoplustrips Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :party: Welcome to ONE-derland, as they say on The Biggest Loser :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curly Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delaney Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Great job Nance!!!! You inspire me to get my butt moving and into another decade of numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I'm glad you are inspired...good luck with your weight loss! I hope that the pregnancy will be my next announcement! I want to get into the 180's before I start trying. :) I hope to start trying in April or May at the latest. Aaawww!!! That's fantastic! And not too far off!!!;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) So happy for you!!! What is your secret? How did you lose the weight?:bigear: Basically by cutting out grains. I gave up bread, rice, pasta, cookies, cake, crackers...for the most part, if it's got flour in it, I don't eat it. I also gave up white potatoes. I also don't buy processed "fat free/light" stuff, I try to stick to whole and natural foods as much as possible. I still eat regular "fats" like butter, mayo, olive and coconut oil, just in moderation (I don't eat globs and globs of it lol). I eat peanut butter, cheese, fruits and vegetables, nuts, squash, an occasional sweet potato, eggs, pretty much any meat/poultry/seafood/pork and so on that I want. I drink pretty much just water with an occasional cup of milk- I don't drink things with artificial sweeteners or even juice because of all the sugars, I stick to whole fruits. I don't weigh, measure, count anything or obsess over every bite that goes in my mouth like I have with other diets I was on in the past, it's just kind of eating the right things and stopping when I'm satisfied. It's worked really, really well for me. (ETA: The exception to the no lite/fat free/artificial sweetener stuff is that sometimes if I feel like I really want a dessert/something sweet aside from fruit I do sometimes eat a sugar free pudding cup or a sugar free jello, but only once in a while. Other times I'll have fruit with a little dark chocolate or a few semi sweet chocolate chips or just fruit or a homemade healthy smoothie or something like that if I feel I want something sweet...but it's not often I even want something like that...I've actually broken my sweet tooth habit for the most part)! I also try to go for walks most days. I started with just a slow paced mile on my treadmill. When the weather got nicer out, we started going for mile and a half walks outside. Recently I took my daughter for a two mile hike in the woods following trail blazes on trees...we felt so adventurous, I'd NEVER have been able to do that 45-48 lbs ago... Edited March 15, 2012 by NanceXToo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :grouphug: Congrats on a your accomplishment!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
********* Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Nance, no joke, I was thinking about this last night, hoping to see an update saying you were out of the 200's soon! About two years ago, I lost 57 pounds, and got myself out of the 200's, too. Then I gained it all back; and some. :glare: You sharing has been an inspiration to me to give it a go again. So thank you. And congratulations! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :party::party::party: AWESOME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Aaawww!!! That's fantastic! And not too far off!!!;) Yeah. :) My doctor wants me to get my BMI below 30 (then I'll be "overweight" and not "obese") :P At 5'7", according to fitday, once I get to like 190.8 my BMI will go below 30. I'm going to aim for 187.6 though...then I can say I lost 60 lbs, because you know I want to say I lost that elephant's penis. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Yeah. :) My doctor wants me to get my BMI below 30 (then I'll be "overweight" and not "obese") :P At 5'7", according to fitday, once I get to like 190.8 my BMI will go below 30. I'm going to aim for 187.6 though...then I can say I lost 60 lbs, because you know I want to say I lost that elephant's penis. :) :lol: This is my goal as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenC3 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Good job Nance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Wow! THAT IS GREAT!!!!!! It's wonderful to get a payoff like that! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Nance, no joke, I was thinking about this last night, hoping to see an update saying you were out of the 200's soon! About two years ago, I lost 57 pounds, and got myself out of the 200's, too. Then I gained it all back; and some. :glare: You sharing has been an inspiration to me to give it a go again. So thank you. And congratulations! :001_smile: Thanks for thinking of me! I've lost and gained weight (plus some) all of my adult life, usually following WW, and I hope that this time will be different. My doctor feels that my body just can't handle the carbs and all the sugars in them, and that carbs are basically an addiction for some people (like me), and we found that my insulin levels were high and so on, and he was the one who suggested I give up on a diet like WW and try reading up on Sugarbusters or South Beach and do something more low-carb instead. I phased that into no carbs basically myself after reading, researching, and seeing how well I was doing losing weight without them (I did ask him if I was hurting myself nutritionally by doing that, he said no). I hope that I've basically broken a cycle of addiction and that if I keep myself out of that cycle, I will also keep myself out of the cycle of gaining all my weight back, that this will be easier to keep as a "lifestyle" instead of just some sort of temporary lose some weight diet thing that I eventually give up on, go back to old habits, and gain everything back. That, of course, remains to be seen, but that's the plan. I really don't ever want to see a 2 in front of my number again (unless it's because I had to go slightly into the 2's because I got pregnant at almost 190). :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Yeah. :) My doctor wants me to get my BMI below 30 (then I'll be "overweight" and not "obese") :P At 5'7", according to fitday, once I get to like 190.8 my BMI will go below 30. I'm going to aim for 187.6 though...then I can say I lost 60 lbs, because you know I want to say I lost that elephant's penis. :) :smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5: Nobody has truly lived life until they can say they've lost an elephant penis!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 That's what I'm saying lol! Thanks everyone for all of your support and for celebrating with me! I used to go to Weight Watchers meetings or TOPS meetings and I don't do that anymore so you people from this board are my occasional weight loss support group. ;) Thanks for being there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :001_smile: Happy Day:001_smile: Congratulations~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenpatty Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :party: Awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :party::hurray::party::hurray: That is awesome! It is great you were able to enjoy hiking with your dd too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 You CAN keep up your lifestyle change. I find that I feel so much better on a low carb diet. I only have carbs once per day. Many days I have none. Have you tried making muffins or pancakes using almond or coconut flour? I am going to try this weekend. WendyK was my inspiration there!!!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!! :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fairfarmhand Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 WONDERFUL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NanceXToo Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 You CAN keep up your lifestyle change. I find that I feel so much better on a low carb diet. I only have carbs once per day. Many days I have none. Have you tried making muffins or pancakes using almond or coconut flour? I am going to try this weekend. WendyK was my inspiration there!!!:001_smile: I haven't but then again I'm watching my sugars too and if I made pancakes, I'd want to drown them in syrup, so better to just avoid lol. (Sounds like the beginning of a story: If you give a mom a pancake....) Muffins made with almond flour sound like a possibility, maybe I'll try that sometime. :) I have a homemade smoothie most mornings for breakfast. Most mornings it consists of a banana, four or five strawberries, a cup of milk, half a cup of yogurt, and six or seven ice cubes (I like mine kind of icy). Sometimes I'll mix it up and add orange or grapes or some other fruit. Sometimes I have eggs/omelets instead- sometimes we make scrambled egg muffin things and bake them like mini quiches sort of and you can add spinach or other veggies. Sometimes I have fruit and cheese. But no more pancakes/muffins/cereals/toast or any of that stuff for me! Most of the time I don't even miss it. I've gotten used to not having it AND I like losing weight too much (which I never lost this quickly on any other type of diet)! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueinNC Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 :party: So happy for you! You are an inspiration for me. Your diet program is exactly how I should be eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Congrats! And that is BIG news! Down downplay such an accomplishment. I remember when that day came for me. High five, Nance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Congrats! And that is BIG news! Down downplay such an accomplishment. I remember when that day came for me. High five, Nance! Thank you :) I meant the (not so) to mean *I* am not so big now lol. Congrats on your accomplishment as well! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Fabulous!!!!! Woo hoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Congratulations! :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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