JustErin said:

SureThing said:

I am so glad I was a good enough of joke for you

EverSoulicious said:

Well, good for you. I have no idea what you look like or how much weight you feel you need to lose...I just know that 6lbs is a lot of weight to lose in a week.

But I suppose it's mostly water weight that comes off at the beginning.

JustErin said:

well my profile would have been a good enough start. But thanks....now I'll go before I become even more of a joke to you and your friends here

EverSoulicious said:

Your not a joke.
Your pic looks fine.
You just seem a bit snippy is all.

SureThing said:

PS. I can't see your limbs thoguh.

So anyway...



I wanna lose 6lbs this week too. That would give me so much motivation to keep going.

SureThing said:

Sorry if I seem snippy, but you really don't know me well. Nor do I know you well. So it's hard to take something that was suppose to be perceived as a joke. Besides this thread was suppose to encourage people who are trying to lose weight, not joke about it.

EverSoulicious said:

I understand.

I'm Daniela nice to meet ya.

Good Luck with losing weight. I have a rough time too.

Ps. I wasn't laughing at losing weight at all.

Erins comment about my condolences on losing a limb made me laugh.

Even though she was being sincere, I thought it was hilarious.

SureThing said:

Ah. nice to meet you( I think lol) I'm Steph

I fucking got fucking sick again & I'm drinking JUICE like it's healthy or somethin' & I ain't losin' SHIT this week!!!

CalhounSq said:

Juice is better than soda.

Stymie said:

Except fruit juice!

At the end of week two, Steph seems to be doing the best. I still have healthier eating habits though so I'm not giving up.

JustErin said:

You think soda is healthier than fruit juice?

HereToRockYourWorld said:

No.

Both are bad.

JustErin said:

Fruit juice if pure juice with no additives and in small quantities (6 oz in a serving) is still good for you. It's not good if you guzzle it all day.

CarrieMpls said:

Most people drink the crap that is full of sugar thinking that they are drinking something good for them because it's "juice".

I don't touch the stuff.

But I am addicted to Diet Caffeine Free Pepsi.

So juice is not good for you? Even if there is no sugar added?

Stymie said:

Some doctors are blaming juice, even the no suger stuff, for childhood obesity. They're saying lay off the juice.

Fruit juice is packed with carbs.

It depends what kind of diet your on, though.

If your just eating more healthily and and not a nazi about carbs you can drink some juice.

But don't you like water?

Stymie said:

It's good for you in small quantities, as I said. A small 6 oz glass of juice (less than a cup) per day is good for the vitamins and such, but you're actually missing the fiber and other goodies that you'd get from eating a piece of fruit.

Too much juice is just lots of added sugar (which means calories!) and you can't use the extra benefit of the vitamins once you've reached your 'cap' for the day.

Water is best for drinking all day if you're trying to lose weight, that's all.

CarrieMpls said:

Yup, this is exactly what my doctor told me.

He said to drink water and eat fruit instead.

SureThing said:

Yeah, I like water but I just didn't know fruit juice in quantity was bad for you.

I'm on the late freight as usual.


It's a struggle I know, diets always work until you come off of them then you gain all you lost plus more. I've given up on them completely. I've started applying the things I've learned over the years to my daily life style. It's been hard, it can be expensive sometimes but I'm adapting. I always keep the 5 a day in mind (2 fruits/3 vegetables) mininum, with the goal of 7/day. I stay away from all sweet drinks, including fruit juices since they are loaded with calories. One morning I went to Winchells donut shop, I thought, I'd just get a small cup of freshed squeezed orange juice, no harm, it's healthy. Well they squeeze the juice in front of you, the person when through at least 10 oranges before there was enough juice for one small cup of juice. I was horrified with the realization, with a supposed limit of 3 fruits a day, that's more than 3 days worth, not including everything else I'd be eating that day.

The Food Network has helped me a lot, now I roast fresh vegetables everyday, no canned, sometimes frozen when I'm in a hurry, but roasting is convenient just pop them in the oven, go do something else for about an half hour maybe a little more and they're done. I'm trying to learn to eat more Medittraean style. Slowly but surly I'm coming to grips that fast food is the enemy. And excercise is a B, but it knows it's worth it *sigh*.
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Stymie said:

It's not really BAD for you, it's just not calorie-free, so like anything, if you're trying to keep your calories down you can't have a ton of it.

And as Carrie said, the vitamins are good, but your body can only use a given amount of any water-soluable vitamin in a day and will just excrete the rest. It's not like you'll store up vitamin C for a rainy day if you drink a gallon of orange juice.

I am so sick that I can't even eat, but starving at the same time.

I would kill for some egg drop wonton soup, like my Mom used to get me.

Ivy I have found something that has been a lifesaver at the grocery store. Hillshire Farms offers salad fixings. They are about $2.50 a piece and all you have to do is add the salad mix. It is less than 300 calories and are quite yummy. They come offer 5 different kinds. so for less than $20 bucks you can eat a healthy lunch. I've have 1 with a some fruit and water and it fills me up until I get home to eat dinner. I've dropped 3lbs over the last week.

LadyFunkSoldier said:

Thank you, T and congratulations.

Stymie said:

I only had the realization recently myself. It's b/c of all the sugar - natural sugars of the fruit or added sugars. I've had to moderate my juice & take it WAY down, I was sabotaging myself before. But this week I'm sick, so I'm guzzling it b/c I'm really not eating much at all

Time to push this back up. At the end of the third week going into four, I have lost two pounds. Not a lot but I am happy nonetheless. I am not nearly pushing myself hard enough on working out but I have been on my elliptical four out of the last seven days.