Stillmans QWL ~ October ~ Trick or Treat Edition!!

[cocosmama]

Down 1.2 today I don't think I've weighed this much since I had my youngest son 17 yrs ago!!

[doit]

Melly...I know exactly how you feel. About your mom I mean. When I saw her sitting on the floor in that resturant with that confused look on her face. I got choked up and all I could think of was... She's not going to make it. I really don't know what I can say to make you feel any better... mainly cause there isn't anything anyone can say. Just take care.

[Crohnie]

Day 96 ~~ 166 even

had sashimi for dinner, tuna, seabass, egg etc
2 glasses of cabernet
1 piece of cheese for a snack






I really need to up my water. I lose when I do. I will wait till I get home tonight since it causes me to pee every ten minutes

[Hoops]

I am happy today, since I made it into the 160's! Okay, 169.5, but hey that does qualify and I'm not lying saying I weigh 160-something! My goal, by the way, is maybe 150. So, I am getting close!

Doit~ You are like Frosty the Snowman... melting away! I am SO happy that you've found something working well for you! Yippe!

Karen~ How could you forget to mention those incredible losses in you hips and tummy? Oh, I am sitting over here with my jaw dropped! WOW! I am sure your bras are too loose now, with dropping 3 inches there. Did you lose 2 clothing sizes? My sister and I were talking about clothing sizes, and it seems the larger sizes require about 2 inches and the smaller sizes require about 1 inch. About the baby shower.... I'd be tempting, too. I finger nibles of this and that. Why not bring a dish of say meatballs with a toothpick in them. You could eat several of those and still be on plan. You can keep your hand and tummy full by having a lot to drink. A diet soda really fills me up, which is why I rarely have it with a meal. Best to you at the baby shower. I sure didn't make it at Chuckie Cheese for my nephew's party, so who am I to give advice here.

Melly~ Dump anything on us! You sound like you're a rock for a lot of your family, and you're depended on at work, too. Everyone leans on you, and right now you need someone to lean on. I am sure your sleeping is stress induced. Take care of yourself, while you're managing to take care of everyone else. I pray for you mom. Worry doesn't serve any purpose. Please, check in with us as soon as you can.

Cocosmama~ You are within 10 pounds of goal! Wait... is that a mid-term goal or your final goal? I just saw the "then??" next to your goal weight.

Michele~ That is a loss, so take it!

[GApeach23]

Laura~~~ Haven't really seen a drop in sizes since I was seriously squeezing into the ones I already have and I mean squeezing........my size 14 stretch levi's are fitting much better as is my size 16 riders.....bad news is that MOST all of my jeans and clothes are size 12, I fit in those well between 165 and 175 so I still have about 20 pounds to go to fit into my 12's!!!!



And about the baby shower, that's about what I was thinking, drink, drink, drink and eat before I go. I still may fast on Sun., Mon., and Tues, that will get off anything I may go crazy and eat and also will get me through wanting to nibble on chocolate for Halloween!!!!

DH just bought Chex Mix for DD, she's sick.......sore throat etc. and she's like her momma when she's sick, she loves the carby comfort food...........HOWEVER...........I LOVE CHEX MIX........I told her she couldn't eat it around me.........

[doit]

Karen...It does feel like we're in a race... doesn't it?

[cocosmama]

Laura it depends on what I look like when I reach 149.......I have the saggy lower abdomen that doesn't want to leave The result of 2 very large babies that required c-sections At 149 I won't be considered overweight anymore either I will be in the normal range I haven't been there for a long long time.

Bye the way I'm not in size 12's yet (the outrageous in October thread) how about you????? Hopefully soon When November gets here I think the thread is going to be called Naughty in November Stop over and say hi.....they are wondering where you went

I'm having veggies tonight......I think I'll do Kimkins over the weekend..I'm getting tired of just eggs and meat I need something different. Have a GREAT weekend...it's suppossed to be beautiful here...finally.

Rita

[doit]

Crohnie... I found something you might want to see...

http://drbenkim.com/fasting.html

Read the 3rd paragraph.

[doit]

Where is everyone?

193.6 this morning...

I told a few people at work I'd be in the 180's on Monday... but it doesn't look like it. But, I won't be far away from there.

[ButterflyA]

hey everyone!

I'm down another pound of fat today- yippie! (not a pound on the scale though, I gained some LBM, so it pretty much evened out) Tomorrow will be 3 wks down and 9 weeks to go on Challenge 1!

Today I noticed I've made a lot of strength gains- I can do 80 pounds on my Lat Pulldowns, and just 3 weeks ago I started at 45, so I thought that was pretty good! Interesting thing I also noticed- when I upped my carbs, I started losing like crazy! Insane! Even when I kept calories the same... I'm still really carb sensitive so my overall % of carbs is still low, but it's not induction levels anymore, and I can't even hardly keep up with all the fat flying off! (of course there is so much more left that I'm not worried )

Back later for personals- have a good weekend, everyone!

[GetFitMom]

Originally Posted by ButterflyA

hey everyone!

I'm down another pound of fat today- yippie! (not a pound on the scale though, I gained some LBM, so it pretty much evened out) Tomorrow will be 3 wks down and 9 weeks to go on Challenge 1!

Today I noticed I've made a lot of strength gains- I can do 80 pounds on my Lat Pulldowns, and just 3 weeks ago I started at 45, so I thought that was pretty good! Interesting thing I also noticed- when I upped my carbs, I started losing like crazy! Insane! Even when I kept calories the same... I'm still really carb sensitive so my overall % of carbs is still low, but it's not induction levels anymore, and I can't even hardly keep up with all the fat flying off! (of course there is so much more left that I'm not worried )

Back later for personals- have a good weekend, everyone!

Hey Heather,

Do you mind sharing what your menu is like? I'm currently low carbing while doing BFL exercise routine but lately I've lowered the weights because I need to work on decreasing my body fat which wasn't happening when I was pushing higher intensity strength training.

If you would rather not post your eats, could you please PM me.

Thanks.

[GetFitMom]

Opps...sorry.

End of threadjack.

[GApeach23]

193 today..........running out to the baby shower...........back later!!!!!!!

[SJN02]

I am thinking about giving Stillman's a try. Can you tell me how much you all lost the first week?

[GApeach23]

Back from the shower, and I didn't do too badly but I didn't do too well either.

Had a ton of the little "pigs in a blanket", they were the very tiny ones with the little smokies but I think the salt thing may do me in...........gonna drink a ton of water even though it is nearly 6pm and I am not gonna eat anything else.............going to bed without out my supper...........

Had to get up and go to my dad's this morning.......he is having seizures now, its so sad to see him going down soooo fast. My brother has been living with him the past 3 years but now fears he is going to have to put him in a nursing home. He is very unsteady on his feet and is starting to fall alot, I had to help him walk everywhere this morning.

SJN02~~~ Not sure how much I lost the first week, you could go back to the beginning of the thread and see. I've been on Stillman's a month now and I've lost 11 pounds, but had lost 6 pounds or so just before beginning Stillman's on another plan, so I've lost 17 pounds in 5 weeks. I'm sure I could have lost more or better but I've had a couple of run ins with pecan pie and chex mix........other than that, I've been losing pretty well.

Doit~~~ You may have just passed me depending on how much damage I did at the baby shower........

[doit]

Karen...Sorry you lost it at the baby shower...

I ended my fast at 48 1/2 hours... was trying for 72... but I couldn't stop thinking about a huge raw salad...> which I'm having right now. So, Karen... I guess we'll see where we both are in the morning.. huh?

[Hoops]

Fast is over! I knew I was breaking it today, yet I decided to break it while I was at KingFaire (a huge carnival at our church) last night. So, I've been eating the Halloween candy and other JUNK! I gained back 2 pounds, and I am no longer in the 160s.

I was weighed today at the running race, which went very well. I weigh 5 pounds more on my left side than my right side. That seems odd, since I am right-handed. I always measure my arm, thigh, etc. on the left, so maybe the right side is less. She told me that extra weight on the left is going to give me problems and tear it down faster. So, what do I do about that?

I will be back on plan tomorrow. I just got home from the grocery store, and I decided to go raw for a short bit. When I can't stand it any longer, I will return to QWL.

SJN~ I lost 9.5 pounds in 7 days, and 11 in 8 days. I had just returned from a 3 weeks of vacation and weight gain, and lost 2.5 pounds the two days before starting Stillman's QWL.

Rita~ I quit posting over there, because I was so busy and post on this one so much. I am fitting into 12's now, and it feels great! I can wear a 14 a little big on me. I also had two babies that left my tummy less than desirable. My bigger butt and bigger gut make clothes tight in that area. T-Tapp really helped take inches off my waist and abdomen.

Heather~ You're doing great!

Doit~ You're doing well! I am going raw, too.

Hello to the rest of you HOTTIES!!!!

[doit]

Laura...That's so cool that you are going raw...

I'm staying raw till Thanksgiving day then I'll be back to raw till Christmas. I do plan on having tossed salad there so I can pig out on that before I eat any cooked foods. But I know I'm gonna want a turkey sandwich later on... maybe before some pie......lmao

I think I'm more so into eating healthy than losing the weight, even though I know that eating raw will take the weight off fairly fast. That's why I won't go back to QWL. That's for weight loss, not for a healthy life. Fasting and raw foods are the way to go to be healthy. I have so much less hanging skin this time than when I lost that weight before. I'm in shock. And I'm loving it.

Oh BTW... I have lost 2 1/2 inches off my waist since the begining of Oct.

[Hoops]

Okay, here are a couple of pictures of me. This is the first time I have posted pictures, so please forgive me if they turn out huge or funky looking.

This one is today after the race.


This one is a closer picture of me today after the race.


This one is of my son and me yesterday evening at the carnival at our church. I wanted to add... the brown jacket is a medium and the skirt is a size 12.


I need to lose about 20 pounds still.

[Hoops]

What is up with my pictures looking distorted? We are a strange looking family!

[Crohnie]

Day 97 ~~ 166 EVEN


Had a job interview/lunch. Went to a pizza place

did the best I could. I ordered steak tips and a small salad and water. It could have been worse. No gain but no loss

I just made some low-carb stuffed peppers. I may have to eat one tomorrow. YUMMY. The recipes nets out a 5 carbs a pepper

I really miss my grandmothers REAL stuffed peppers with rice. They were to die for


Doit,

thanks for the link. When I get really really sick (like hospital sick) they put you on an IV and no solid food for two weeks to rest your intestines. I always end up feeling much much better. The fasting does work for Crohns disease. I appreciate you thinking of me

Oh Look at the Hottie Laura. I love the pics. You look really great. Thanks for posting them

[doit]

This is what I had to eat after I broke my fast. Yeah, I know I should have done if easy like... but... It wasn't a long fast only 48 1/2 hours.

a big tossed salad with cauliflower, broccoli, celery, cucumber,lentil sprouts, with olive oil, vinegar and lemmon dressing.
1 apple
2 dates
1 banana

Calories...405
Fat...15
Carbs...70
Protein...7

I hope I didn't mess up any weight loss for today. but it tasted great.....

Laura... Not even close to a strange looking family. Your son is a good looking boy. You are beautiful!

[idioglossic]

Originally Posted by cocosmama

Down 1.2 today I don't think I've weighed this much since I had my youngest son 17 yrs ago!!

[idioglossic]

Originally Posted by doit

Crohnie... I found something you might want to see...

http://drbenkim.com/fasting.html

Read the 3rd paragraph.

thanks Doit... I like this and the next paragraph...


It is not uncommon for people to experience significant improvement in their health from fasting between 3 and 30 days. The idea is to fast as briefly as possible, but as long as is necessary to allow the body to restore health.

and this...

Q. How much weight will I lose if I fast?

A. On average, a typical faster loses approximately one pound per day during a water-only fast. Initially, the loss may approach two or even three pounds per day for the first few days if the person is retaining significant sodium and water. This can decrease to approximately half a pound per day in the later stages of a fast. From day two onward, the body begins utilizing fatty tissues for energy, thereby conserving as much muscle tissue as possible, a mechanism called protein sparing.

I like this man and am book marking his site... for further reading...

I lost 19 lbs in 8 days of water fasting....went from 148 to 129.....

but I love his protein sparing explaination....