BP.Net Weightloss CHALLENGE

Just a note, avacados do rock .they're great in salads too.

Good luck everyone! It sounds like some of you are well on your way and that's quite an accomplishment.

I am still working on my weight, but got back on a pretty strict exercise regimen over the past few weeks. For me it's maybe not my weight as much as getting fit and healthier. This time, when something threw me off (a cold, wiping out on the ice) I got right back to it as soon as I was able. I've found that I recover quicker if I work out the following day, instead of waiting for the soreness to go away. Maybe I'm just not pushing hard enough? It's hard though because I have a bad back and work two jobs.

I did lose quite a bit (25% of my body weight) a few years ago and have kept it off with a much healthier diet. I eat whole grains instead of processed stuff as much as possible (lots of brown rice and whole grain pasta), lots of veggies, and drink mostly water, unsweetened tea, and milk. I use healthier fats when preparing foods and avoid hydrogenated oils. I try to also avoid fried foods and don't eat much meat. We had WAY WAY too many treats brought to work over the holidays though... :P I do have to eat my dark chocolate once in a while. I think it's not a bad thing to enjoy your favorites in moderation. If you can find healthier versions, even better!

ah but your body does need fat to burn fat. that's something some people don't realize. cutting out all fats is not a good thing. but using healthy fats is the way to go. :)

i wish all of us... GREAT RELEASE :)

Slowly yet surely Chris and I have been getting off our butts and being active. However, it seems the holidays couldnt come at a worse time. (For me anyways) and I feel like I'm stuck in a tar pit trying to get motivated again.

So here's to 2009! The beginning of our health. :)

start off by adding in more water. i have found that the more water i drink, the more weight i release. i make sure to drink whenever i pee. that's pure filtered water folks, not koolaid added! try to drink one litre of water every time you pee and see what happens!

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

start off by adding in more water. i have found that the more water i drink, the more weight i release. i make sure to drink whenever i pee. that's pure filtered water folks, not koolaid added! try to drink one litre of water every time you pee and see what happens!

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I find when I drink lots of water I seem to pee out more than I've taken in!!

Sounds like a lot of people have had success over the run of this thread. I've lost 45 lbs but it has taken me a year!:( But it's still going the right way!

I've lost nine pounds in two weeks on nutrisystem, and that with adding an extra 300-500 calories per day (I am breast feeding). 15 pounds to go! :)

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Originally Posted by Blu Mongoose

Sounds like a lot of people have had success over the run of this thread. I've lost 45 lbs but it has taken me a year!:( But it's still going the right way!

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hey girlfriend, it took time to put the weight on... so taking time to get it off is a very healthy thing to do. i am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo blissed out for ya!!!

Wow.. Well, i kept my "baby fat" until my son turned 4.. Yes i was lazy about trying to lose it. So i finally started taking some whole foods based vitamins and a couple different herbs.. Turmeric was the biggest one and a good probiotic. Plus organic apple cider vinegar..

Yeah i totally cheated because these things combined with not eating late at night caused me to lose about 30 lbs in 3 months.. Then i stopped doing all these things and for some reason im still losing weight but very slowly. Im now at my goal weight which is only 10lbs heavier than before i got pregnant.

The continued weight loss is a mystery to me now. Either i was able to raise my metabolism enough to keep the weight coming off slowly, or its a possibility it has something to do with the medication they put me on for fibro. I guess it can have the possible side affect of weight loss but my dosage is so low that it doesnt even fall into the catagory of low dose fibro treatment for this particular med.. SO who knows..

All i know for sure is, the natural vitamins, herbs, probiotics and organic ACV really did do wonders. Its just very hard to stick to that type of regimine if you are not already use to taking multiple vitamins everyday.