http://greasy.com/Health_and_Fitness/Weight_Loss.htm Featured articles and news topics about weight loss. en-us © 15:26:17 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Mon, Oct 15:26:17 6 GMT 30 http://greasy.com/nikilovestoeat/drumroll_please__.html Yikes! I have taken my measurements. Here they are for the world to see. BUST - 39" WAIST - 47" HIPS - 56" Upper arm - 15" Calf - 16" Neck - 14.5" STARTING BMI: 45.3 Jeez, I sure don't like the starting numbers, but we're only going to get SMALLER from here! :) Sun, 5 Oct 2008 18:56:52 GMT http://greasy.com/nikilovestoeat/week_3.html She's down! Yes, folks, I have lost 7.4 pounds in 3 weeks! My defeatist feelings of yesterweek are over. I've found new motivation. I'm in this for the long haul! My new goal for this week is to get my measurements so that I can track my body changes, rather than only depending on the scale numbers for pats on the back. Sat, 4 Oct 2008 12:16:34 GMT http://greasy.com/nikilovestoeat/life_changes_better.html I have recently given up the office environment to which I'd grown accustomed and traded it for full time work with my passion in life - pets. I spend my days working hard playing with and walking dogs, cooing to cats, and fawning over ferrets. I'm a full time assistant at a local pet boarding facility and doggie daycare. I've traded in my pantyhose and makeup for capri pants and sneakers. I'm more relaxed. This change is actually what got me started on this journey of weightloss. With so ... Thu, 2 Oct 2008 14:49:34 GMT http://greasy.com/nikilovestoeat/week_2_weigh-in.html I know I am late with this, but it was incredibly disappointing to see the number Friday. I lost .4 lbs - yes, POINT FOUR!!!! UGH! I have been plugging along and working hard, exercising, and eating within my points range. I have come to grips with this number now, and I am going to be happy for ANY loss from here on out. Anything that is not a gain will be good. :) Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:48:21 GMT http://greasy.com/nikilovestoeat/keep_truckin.html Well, tomorrow is my second week weigh-in. Counting points, drinking mass quantities of water, and exercising are becoming more like second nature to me now. I wouldn't even think of letting my shadow cast over the doorway of a fast food drive through. I've found lots of shortcuts that are healthy, and I'm using them. Whole wheat pastas are so much tastier than they used to be. I'm making casseroles in large quantities, then dividing them into my own frozen dinners. They are much tastier a ... Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:07:10 GMT http://greasy.com/nikilovestoeat/yesterday_weigh-in.html I LOST 4.2 lbs. WOO HOO!! Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:00:12 GMT http://greasy.com/sexysadie/motivator.html So I got a pleasant surprise last night when I got home from my spin class. Guess who the Spark People.com featured motivator is today till Midnight Eastern Time? This gal. This comes right after I decided that I need to be more focused on my eating habits again. It's the perfect motivation for me to start taking my goals seriously. Sure I'm focused on training for the half marathon but I've been eating things like donuts, cookies and pizza. I keep believing people when they say, "Yeah, bu ... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:48:25 GMT http://greasy.com/4rxnaturalstore/hoodia_balance.html Zylorin Weight Loss 60 CapsulesHoodia Balance is a Fast and Effective Health SupplementOn November 21, 2004 CBS correspondent, Lesley Stahl reported on 60 Minutes that a strange little plant, Hoodia Gordonii, “... is a natural substance that literally takes your appetite away.” According to CBS, “Scientists say that it fools the brain by making you think you’re full, even if you’ve eaten just a morsel.” Now, word of this amazing plant is spreading like wildfire across the count ... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:32:28 GMT http://greasy.com/mindanaomike/1221563401.html No, this is not about politics. I’m talking about something near and dear to my heart – my personal fitness. I fell off the exercise wagon in May 2007 when I started traveling, visiting friends in SE Asia and the US, and never managed to get back into the program. (My excuse was that it was hard to work out while in a travel status. Lots of truth in that, but still no excuse for doing nothing.) It’s a shame, really, since I’d worked very hard to keep in shape, and my program was qu ... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:10:01 GMT http://greasy.com/shesaidwhat/eating.html There is a Sara Lee Chocolate cake within the confines of that cake saver. I AM NOT EATING THAT! I had a Smoothie for breakfast and a wonderful lunch consisting of grilled Talipia, brown rice and a salad. Yesterday, I rode the stationary bike for about 45 minutes. I'm trying to eat healthier and take some weight off. My pants are a little loose, but I don't know how much weight I've lost because our scale is broken. That's probably just as well. I can become ridiculously obsessed with the ... Thu, 7 Aug 2008 15:12:44 GMT http://greasy.com/jerms/time_say_adios.html I've made a terrible mistake. At the continued insistence of my two closest colleagues, I agreed to take in a third "helper" here for the space of about three months. I felt uneasy about it, but they insisted that we could help her and she could learn some things here. Now, they're begging me to tell her to leave early. This girl is twenty-five and doesn't know how to do anything. When she "washed" the van, she left huge sections untouched and just as dirty as ever. When she "mopped" the f ... Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:19:07 GMT http://greasy.com/mischa118/real.html I've had an eating disorder for the past three or so years. It all started when I was 14, going to high school,and weighed in at over 180 pounds. I was unconsciously miserable; I hated myself and my disgusting body. That summer I lost 62 pounds which leaves me at 118 pounds-my happy weight. Freshman year was a dream [besides the always annoying and slightly embarrassing exclaim, "How did you do it?!"], I aced all of my classes and made the Top 20 highest grade list. I fit into a size two a ... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:52:23 GMT http://greasy.com/spicybitch/week_diet_results.html It's been a week and a day since I started the diet. Up until yesterday I did not own a scale. I estimated my weight at the start of it, and if that was correct, then I have lost 6.5 lbs. I took a photo this morning to chronicle the journey via photos. I was inspired via SexySadie who has lost a ton of weight and has the images to prove it! Thought I would update you on my progress! Happy Wednesday. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:45:15 GMT http://greasy.com/shesaidwhat/smoothie_morning.html I'm trying to take some weight off this summer and although I don't/can't do the no-carb diets, I have found that low-carb eating works well for me. Staying away from high carb foods helps me loose weight while not being hungry. (I hate being hungry) In my efforts to find healthy alternatives to cereal for breakfast, I have become obsessed with fruit Smoothies. Today's fruit was fresh raspberries from our garden, but I love them with pineapple, mandarin oranges, mango, blueberries, strawbe ... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:05:06 GMT http://greasy.com/ducky/frightening_normalcy_hating.html Thinness and beauty are prerequisites for perfection, which to today's young women appears to be the only road to happiness. Under that logic, women's bodies have become places where that drive for perfection -- however self-destructive -- gets played out. There is a girl, right now, staring in a mirror in Des Moines, scrutinizing her widening hips. There is a girl, right now, spinning like a hamster on speed in a gym on the fifth floor of a building in Boston, promising herself dinner if ... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:40:07 GMT http://greasy.com/lunarhunk/battle_weight.html Martin tried to be subtle and hint at the fact that he wanted me to provide an update about my weight in his recent post, "I'll Never Get Fat Again!" Ha!. Fortunately, he realized that I didn't get the hint and told me in response to my comment. For those of you who were not along for the ride, Ray's heart attack and inspiration from The Biggest Loser played major roles in convincing me to lose weight. In six months, I lost 60 pounds. Chris Pirateman really has me beat in that area! YAY CH ... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:29:56 GMT http://greasy.com/greatmartin/fat_again_ha.html After having spent more than 12 years motivating, cajoling, yelling at, threatening, yes even offering my body to one as motivation (and it worked!!) for people to lose weight the words I don't ever want to hear from a fat person when they get thin are, "I will never get fat again!" Me--before and after The first person I helped and guided to lose over a 100 pounds was Eleanor and she swore she would never put the weight on--2 years later she did. Then there was Mary who lost close to 200 ... Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:03:00 GMT http://greasy.com/spicybitch/hot_days_warm_evenings_.html It seems that summer is finally here. It was like cold and rainy and spring for EVER. And we woke up and now summer is here. Although Kristyln3 and I were arguing about this fact. I decided that summer has officially begun. It's my party and I will not cry cause I don't want to. Anywho... it's been tumultuous over the last few days trying to ease into life without Navy D here. I was in lovely Orlando, FL which was a pleasant distraction for the first 4 days of our parting... Our meeting pl ... Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:57:00 GMT http://greasy.com/sexysadie/size_sixteen_size_four.html This month marks my one year anniversary for gettin' serious about my health and my weight. Next Monday marks my one year adventure with the crazy indoor cycling class better known as spinning and my favorite form of cardio. I took my 94th class yesterday. I hit my 500th workout last week at my local gym - that's 500 workouts in the past three years that I've been a member there. As of this morning I have done 31,225 crunches since January 1st of this year. I didn't keep a running total in ... Mon, 12 May 2008 23:57:53 GMT http://greasy.com/bumpedoff/fat_toothless_close_subversive.html FDA Crushes Miracle Health Berry FirstPost.co.uk Lemons that taste like sugared meringues? Vinegar that tastes like cool-aid? Sweet cheese? It's true - I've tasted them all. It just needed a small berry popped into my mouth, rolled around for about a minute, and my taste buds went into reverse. Anything sour tasted sweet. No wonder they call it the Miracle Berry. And believe me, it's much much more than a party trick. The story begins thirty years ago with Robert Harvey, an American entrep ... Sat, 3 May 2008 10:53:52 GMT