A Different Kind of Jones

**ozmeath** · 24th February 06, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by pdcorlis

Hi Dave

My wife and I each lost over 50 pounds about 5 years ago and have kept it off thru weight watchers. Here's a couple of tips for you:

1. Drink PLENTY of water.

2. Write down everything you put in your mouth for at least a couple of weeks.

3. Think about portion sizes and "portion control."

4. Move your body.

Good Luck!

so was that a combined 50 ponds?
good advice tho. Also Not drinking (booze) 40 minutes either side of eating helps. I've also gone off beer and on to white spirits. and no hang over!

**pdcorlis** · 24th February 06, 01:22 PM

Nope... that was 50 pounds each (actually a little more). After losing the weight - we would occasionally stop in the dog food isle of the supermarket and hoist a 50 pound bag of dog food to remind ourselves what we used to "carry" around with us all day long. Now there's an incentinve to keep the weight off...

**ozmeath** · 24th February 06, 02:14 PM

top work phil. I was just giving you a stir up. It funny but before wearing a kilt i was slightly self conscious about my belly. not that it's huge but i've not had a "gut" for that long really, mid thirties thing i s'pose. Now it feels grand letting ALL hang out. liberation.

**Blu (Ontario)** · 21st February 06, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by davedove

... What am I going to do?:confused: ...

You can try diets but the weight always goes back on when the enthusiasm wears off. Exercise is too much like work.

When you get your fabric, lay a belt on the floor, roll yourself in the fabric, do up the belt... bingo - great kilt! (kinda like plaid birthday wrap.)

**Kid Cossack** · 22nd February 06, 06:21 AM

Since January 16, I've been making a good faith effort to go to the local park and do a full circuit of their jogging track (2.95 miles) each weekday. I don't go fast, it's time outdoors and that's all to the good. I've been going kilted, of course, with compression shorts to prevent chafing, and alternate with a large ALICE pack stuffed with a fifty pound bag of play sand, or with wrist weights doing "sun gods". Some days I'll do two laps---it's all to the good, and the gut is just disappearing, day by day.

**UmAnOnion** · 22nd February 06, 08:57 AM

Originally Posted by Kid Cossack

Since January 16, I've been making a good faith effort to go to the local park and do a full circuit of their jogging track (2.95 miles) each weekday. I don't go fast, it's time outdoors and that's all to the good. I've been going kilted, of course, with compression shorts to prevent chafing, and alternate with a large ALICE pack stuffed with a fifty pound bag of play sand, or with wrist weights doing "sun gods". Some days I'll do two laps---it's all to the good, and the gut is just disappearing, day by day.

KC has hit the nail on the head here - its all about doing something - anything - consistently. even if its walking up one flight of stairs at work - or walking to the grocery store instead of driving - anything that gets your body moving and doing it REGULARLY will move you along teh way to dropping the pounds & tightening up the midsection

**646guy** · 22nd February 06, 10:28 AM

Just remember if the weight stops coming off and you've hit a plateau, don't reduce your calorie intake. You hve to increase it actually so the body has something to feed off of...

Actually, I can't wait for better weather to hit here in NYC so I can break out the rollerblades and hit central park again...

**davedove** · 22nd February 06, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by 646guy

Just remember if the weight stops coming off and you've hit a plateau, don't reduce your calorie intake. You hve to increase it actually so the body has something to feed off of...

Actually, it's important to keep eating no matter what stage you're in. If your drop your caloric intake too much, your body goes into starvation mode making it harder to lose weight. Just make sure you eat good foods and not junk.