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Sorry, fixed the whole "News" in the name box issue. You'd never believe I worked tech support at an ISP for four years. Durrrrr.

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Felicia D.

210/198/140 since: 4/1/2005
monthly goal: 8 lbs.

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

Hello all,

Hi Felicia, welcome to the group! You'll be glad you joined!

Quoted message said:

Oh. Please let me know if I should post in plain text or continue to use a HTML/rtf format. If I've broken a rule by posting so, I'm sorry. I couldn't find anything in the FAQ about posting preferences or practices. I did look!

USENET is a text-based forum, so that would be best.

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Saffire
205/144/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Quoted message said:

Hi Felicia, welcome to the group! You'll be glad you joined!

Thanks so much, Saffire. I'm already glad. It felt like a big step just
getting up the gumption to post. 🙂

Quoted message said:

USENET is a text-based forum, so that would be best.

All righty then. All future posts will be made in strictly text format.
Thank you again!

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Felicia D.

210/198/140 since: 4/1/2005
monthly goal: 8 lbs.

Why are you posting in HTML?

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Most people are dumb as bricks; some people are dumber than that. -- MFW

"News" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
Hello all,

I'm a new reader of this NG and despite my trepidations I'm diving on in and
making with the posting. I have never "done" a low-carb lifestyle until
this year. My boyfriend and I began on January 4th with induction. I'm not
sure what his goals are, we haven't talked about it much beyond, "I want to
feel and look better."

I came into this weighing somewhere in the neighborhood of 210 to 220 lbs.
I made the mistake of not weighing myself before we started. To be honest,
we didn't own a scale then so it wasn't that I neglected to do so or forgot
or something ridiculous like that. We have since purchased a bathroom scale
that shall be used henceforth so that if it's wrong, at least it'll be
consistently wrong (or at least as consistent as a bathroom scale can be).

My ultimate goal is to get all the way back down to less than 140 lbs.
Although I'm using 140 as my goal weight for the purposes of the
RoboChallenge I certainly wouldn't mind being 135 lbs.again. I'm 32 years
old and five foot, three inches tall. When I tell people how much I weigh
I'm usually met with disbelief. I must "carry it well" or something.
Anyway, my weight goal is now stated, public knowledge... and I also now
have butterflies. Heh.

We are keeping very, very closely to our induction limits on carbs. I've
dropped about 7-8 lbs already just in what I assume is water weight since I
ramped up my water consumption so very much once we got started. I'm easily
drinking 42 oz. a day at this point and always need to pee! I say that I
assume this is water weight because I haven't noticed the stinky ketosis
breath yet so logically I must not be in deep ketosis.

I haven't even started any sort of exercise regimen yet. My boyfriend has.
He's working out at the gym at his office before he comes home in the
mornings (we live an over-night life). I've never worked out well or
consistently or with any kind of enjoyment. Bleh. But I know it's a part
of a healthy lifestyle, which means I'd feel better which means... I need to
find something I like. I keep reading post (Roger's mostly) that advise
people to develop a good cardio workout and a separate weight training
workout. We have a stationary bike in the apartment that I'm making a point
to use, even if for only a short time here in the beginning, every night
after my boyfriend heads out to work. I figure that's cardio, right?
Right. What we don't have is any sort of weight training... Stuff.
Weights, bench, whatever. We don't have it and if we did there'd be no
place to put it because this apartment barely holds the stuff we have
currently. I'm sure if I search the archives I'll find suggestions for
workarounds to that situation, though.

Argh. I'm babbling now. I'm not sure what else I should include in here.
Anyway. Hello and stuff to everyone out there!

Oh. Please let me know if I should post in plain text or continue to use a
HTML/rtf format. If I've broken a rule by posting so, I'm sorry. I
couldn't find anything in the FAQ about posting preferences or practices. I
did look!

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Felicia
feliciad(at)charter(dot)net
210/198/140 since: 04/01/2005
monthly goal: 8 lbs.

Greetings. Looks like you and I are starting from around the same
place--and have other little details in common. Very close in age, I
have the same thing with 'carrying my weight well'--which doesn't mean
I have to like it--and I also didn't weigh myself at the start. Still
haven't. *shudder* And hey, I've worked my share of tech support jobs.

Diet buddy? *grin*

Re: Working out... I like weights, but it's a personal preference. I
live in a tiny apartment too; the weights and a swissball go into a
corner when I'm not using them. Takes up less room than a cardio
machine would, but I didn't buy a lot of fancy stuff. I highly
recommend Krista's site:

http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html

....for more info.

None of which means I'm sticking to it with any regularity, yet. Heh.

____
~210/*/150
Started 1/3/05
*Not weighing till reference jeans are loose.
Scarred by previous scale experiences.

you can do it. i am 33, 5'3" and was over 200lbs after having my 2nd child (18 months ago) I am currently 142lbs with a goal of 120lbs! I started atkins in june/july. You can do it! Just look at all the successes here!
"Felicia" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Sorry, fixed the whole "News" in the name box issue. You'd never believe I worked tech support at an ISP for four years. Durrrrr.

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Felicia D.

210/198/140 since: 4/1/2005
monthly goal: 8 lbs.

News said:

Please let me know if I should post in plain text or continue to use a
HTML/rtf format.

plain text, please - and thanks for asking.

as for weight lifting equipment, i live in a small apartment and i use
dumbbells and a swiss ball (functions fine as a bench). you don't need
a lot of equipment; in fact, you can work out with things around the
house if you have to. check out krista's page if you haven't already:

http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html

"News" <[email hidden]> writes:

You should figure out how to put your real name (or at least a
personalized alias) where "News" is.

Quoted message said:

My ultimate goal is to get all the way back down to less than 140
lbs. Although I'm using 140 as my goal weight for the purposes of
the RoboChallenge I certainly wouldn't mind being 135 lbs.again.

When you do the start/current/goal stats, the "goal" should be your
real long term goal (like 135). The robochallenge goal is calculated
as the first "current" it sees, minus the monthly goal (5 lbs in your
case, it's "montly-goal" not "monthly goal" - software isn't as
flexible as real people), giving you a monthly goal for this month of
193 lbs (198 - 5).

The robochallenge doesn't care what you put for start and goal, it
only looks at current. It *records* start and goal, but doesn't *use*
them.

Oops, spoke too loudly. RC supports "monthly goal:" now :-P At least,
it should, we'll see ;-)

That's because the fat get distributed all over the body... like fingers, toes,
a little bit here, a little bit there...

anyway - welcome to you and your bf, hope your plan works out alright!

Felicia said:

When I tell people how much
I weigh I'm usually met with disbelief. I must "carry it well" or
something.

DJ Delorie wrote:
:: "News" <[email hidden]> writes:
::
:: You should figure out how to put your real name (or at least a
:: personalized alias) where "News" is.
::
::: My ultimate goal is to get all the way back down to less than 140
::: lbs. Although I'm using 140 as my goal weight for the purposes of
::: the RoboChallenge I certainly wouldn't mind being 135 lbs.again.
::
:: When you do the start/current/goal stats, the "goal" should be your
:: real long term goal (like 135). The robochallenge goal is calculated
:: as the first "current" it sees, minus the monthly goal (5 lbs in your
:: case, it's "montly-goal" not "monthly goal" - software isn't as
:: flexible as real people), giving you a monthly goal for this month of
:: 193 lbs (198 - 5).
::
:: The robochallenge doesn't care what you put for start and goal, it
:: only looks at current. It *records* start and goal, but doesn't
:: *use* them.
::
:: Oops, spoke too loudly. RC supports "monthly goal:" now :-P At
:: least, it should, we'll see ;-)

🙂 Typical programmer!

Try some bodyweight movements...squats, pushups, dips, etc. you can use
chairs and whatnot to make things easier at first. Yes, your bike works
counts as cardio...so keep at that. Start small, work up over time. Most
importantly, make it a consistent thing in your life. Cut out time for it.
Oh, the really really most important thing is to get your eating under
control. Then exercise will provide a very nice boost that both you and
your bf will enjoy!!!

I say don't worry at all about ketosis....worry about scale changes or
inches. As long as LC is reducing appetite and allowing you to enough eat
less, you should drop pounds. The idea is to get the carb level where it
needs to be to make sure that happens. No need to go lower than what allows
that to happen.

News wrote:
: Hello all,
:
: I'm a new reader of this NG and despite my trepidations I'm diving on
: in and making with the posting. I have never "done" a low-carb
: lifestyle until this year. My boyfriend and I began on January 4th
: with induction. I'm not sure what his goals are, we haven't talked
: about it much beyond, "I want to feel and look better."
:
: I came into this weighing somewhere in the neighborhood of 210 to 220
: lbs. I made the mistake of not weighing myself before we started.
: To be honest, we didn't own a scale then so it wasn't that I
: neglected to do so or forgot or something ridiculous like that. We
: have since purchased a bathroom scale that shall be used henceforth
: so that if it's wrong, at least it'll be consistently wrong (or at
: least as consistent as a bathroom scale can be).
:
: My ultimate goal is to get all the way back down to less than 140
: lbs. Although I'm using 140 as my goal weight for the purposes of the
: RoboChallenge I certainly wouldn't mind being 135 lbs.again. I'm 32
: years old and five foot, three inches tall. When I tell people how
: much I weigh I'm usually met with disbelief. I must "carry it well"
: or something. Anyway, my weight goal is now stated, public
: knowledge... and I also now have butterflies. Heh.
:
: We are keeping very, very closely to our induction limits on carbs.
: I've dropped about 7-8 lbs already just in what I assume is water
: weight since I ramped up my water consumption so very much once we
: got started. I'm easily drinking 42 oz. a day at this point and
: always need to pee! I say that I assume this is water weight
: because I haven't noticed the stinky ketosis breath yet so logically
: I must not be in deep ketosis.
:
: I haven't even started any sort of exercise regimen yet. My
: boyfriend has. He's working out at the gym at his office before he
: comes home in the mornings (we live an over-night life). I've never
: worked out well or consistently or with any kind of enjoyment. Bleh.
: But I know it's a part of a healthy lifestyle, which means I'd feel
: better which means... I need to find something I like. I keep
: reading post (Roger's mostly) that advise people to develop a good
: cardio workout and a separate weight training workout. We have a
: stationary bike in the apartment that I'm making a point to use, even
: if for only a short time here in the beginning, every night after my
: boyfriend heads out to work. I figure that's cardio, right? Right.
: What we don't have is any sort of weight training... Stuff. Weights,
: bench, whatever. We don't have it and if we did there'd be no place
: to put it because this apartment barely holds the stuff we have
: currently. I'm sure if I search the archives I'll find suggestions
: for workarounds to that situation, though.
:
: Argh. I'm babbling now. I'm not sure what else I should include in
: here. Anyway. Hello and stuff to everyone out there!
:
: Oh. Please let me know if I should post in plain text or continue to
: use a HTML/rtf format. If I've broken a rule by posting so, I'm
: sorry. I couldn't find anything in the FAQ about posting preferences
: or practices. I did look!

"keelie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Greetings. Looks like you and I are starting from around the same
place--and have other little details in common. Very close in age, I
have the same thing with 'carrying my weight well'--which doesn't mean
I have to like it--and I also didn't weigh myself at the start. Still
haven't. *shudder* And hey, I've worked my share of tech support jobs.

Tech support made me lazy. Not that I wasn't lazy in the first place, just
that it made lazy so easy! Then my mother became ill and any free time I
had was taken up with caring for her until she passed away in July. It's
sad, but I only really started my life after she was gone. Bah. Anyway,
I'm weighing daily now, trying to get a feel for my body's fluctuations
during the day and depending upon what I eat.

Quoted message said:

Diet buddy? *grin*

That's why I'm here! My boyfriend and I are doing this together, but he
hasn't shown much interest in understanding the reasons why low carb works.
He's just hyped that he gets to eat the lovely meats. I'd be glad to have a
buddy who's reading the same stuff I am and has so much in common with me!

Quoted message said:

Re: Working out... I like weights, but it's a personal preference. I
live in a tiny apartment too; the weights and a swissball go into a
corner when I'm not using them. Takes up less room than a cardio
machine would, but I didn't buy a lot of fancy stuff. I highly
recommend Krista's site:

http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html

...for more info.

None of which means I'm sticking to it with any regularity, yet. Heh.

I just moved in here in November and there are boxes everywhere. Not that
he had a lot of stuff in here before I moved in, but it's just... our stuff
together makes for a giant load of [censored]. We have nowhere to put it. I
started reading that site earlier today and will continue to do so tonight.
I brought up the fact that I want to buy some weights today and the Rusty
was enthusiastic about it. I kept trying to explain why I wanted it and he
was all, "You had me at "I want to get some free weights.""

Thanks for all the encouragement and the link and the buddyness!

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Felicia D.

210/198/140 since: 4/1/2005
monthly goal: 8 lbs.

"The Queen of Cans and Jars" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

as for weight lifting equipment, i live in a small apartment and i use
dumbbells and a swiss ball (functions fine as a bench). you don't need
a lot of equipment; in fact, you can work out with things around the
house if you have to. check out krista's page if you haven't already:

http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html

I'm really going to have to read that site all the way through. I started
today and thanks a ton for the link. I don't even know how to use weights
correctly or what function a Swiss Ball actually performs... Education
time!

Thanks again!

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Felicia D.

210/198/140 since: 4/1/2005
monthly goal: 8 lbs.

"DJ Delorie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"News" <[email hidden]> writes:

You should figure out how to put your real name (or at least a
personalized alias) where "News" is.

Yeah, pure oversight on my part. I honestly know how to use this stupid
software. I swear. I just vaped that box since I've never actually posted
to newsgroups. This is my first!

Quoted message said:

When you do the start/current/goal stats, the "goal" should be your
real long term goal (like 135). The robochallenge goal is calculated
as the first "current" it sees, minus the monthly goal (5 lbs in your
case, it's "montly-goal" not "monthly goal" - software isn't as
flexible as real people), giving you a monthly goal for this month of
193 lbs (198 - 5).

The robochallenge doesn't care what you put for start and goal, it
only looks at current. It *records* start and goal, but doesn't *use*
them.

Oops, spoke too loudly. RC supports "monthly goal:" now :-P At least,
it should, we'll see ;-)

RoboChallenge crawls three times a day (I think I read somewhere in here in
one of your posts)? So all I do is change my sig with the numbers in it
when I want to record a change in my current weight, correct? Then the next
time it takes a look, it'll see me and change it in the output table?

Thanks for the welcome!

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Felicia D.
210/198/140 since: 4/1/2005
monthly goal: 8 lbs.

"Ada Ma" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

That's because the fat get distributed all over the body... like fingers,
toes, a little bit here, a little bit there...

Now isn't that just a yummy thought? Yuck!

Quoted message said:

anyway - welcome to you and your bf, hope your plan works out alright!

Thanks bunches! I appreciate all of the quick responses and support.

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Felicia D.
210/198/140 since: 4/1/2005
monthly goal: 8 lbs.

Now I get to sound like an idiot and ask stupid stuff.

When you say bodyweight movements do you mean just performing the movements
over and over again to get used to/perfect the proper way to do them before
introducing weights to the motion? Because if that's what you mean, I can't
disagree that it's a good idea. I have no idea what I'm doing.

I'm a bit trepidatious about the use of weights. I had a recurring ganglian
cyst in my left wrist for years (that I haven't seen in about a decade) that
weakened that wrist quite a bit and apparently caused muscle and/or joint
damage that flares up when I turn it the wrong way or when it's really cold,
etc. Again, I'm hoping that with the application of the "Start Small" plan
I'll be able to strengthen the joint and muscles without pain. Is that
faulty reasoning or am I on the right track?

Thanks for your reply!

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Felicia D.
210/198/140 since: 4/1/2005
monthly goal: 8 lbs.

Felicia said:

RoboChallenge crawls three times a day (I think I read somewhere in
here in one of your posts)?

Four, but while I'm fiddling with it it runs hourly.

Quoted message said:

So all I do is change my sig with the numbers in it when I want to
record a change in my current weight, correct? Then the next time
it takes a look, it'll see me and change it in the output table?

Yes.

Normally, you'd only have to post new start/current/goal numbers, and
the start and goal shouldn't need to change (unless you change your
long term goal, I guess). The other things you add to the sig get
remembered, so you only have to add them if/when you want to change
them (like, first post of the month to set your goals, or if you
change your URL, etc). It's OK to always have them there, but it's
not necessary.

Felicia wrote:
|| Now I get to sound like an idiot and ask stupid stuff.
||
|| When you say bodyweight movements do you mean just performing the
|| movements over and over again to get used to/perfect the proper way
|| to do them before introducing weights to the motion? Because if
|| that's what you mean, I can't disagree that it's a good idea. I
|| have no idea what I'm doing.
||

Basically, yes. Part of the reason for doing them is that you build muscle
and strength, too!

You know how to squat, right? Remember the girly pushups people used to do,
with the knees on the ground? Or, you can do pushups between two chairs, or
on some stairs. You can take two chairs and do dips. You can do leg lifts
of various sorts...ab crunches, toe raises, etc.

|| I'm a bit trepidatious about the use of weights.

Nothing wrong with that....everyone is at first.

I had a recurring
|| ganglian cyst in my left wrist for years (that I haven't seen in
|| about a decade) that weakened that wrist quite a bit and apparently
|| caused muscle and/or joint damage that flares up when I turn it the
|| wrong way or when it's really cold, etc. Again, I'm hoping that
|| with the application of the "Start Small" plan I'll be able to
|| strengthen the joint and muscles without pain. Is that faulty
|| reasoning or am I on the right track?

That would be a proper way to think of it. It certainly can't hurt to ask
your doctor, either (recommended). Start small...just light weights and
give your wrist time to get stronger.

REad about the no weight workout here:
http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html

"> you can do it. i am 33, 5'3" and was over 200lbs after having my 2nd
child (18 months ago) I am currently 142lbs with a goal of

Quoted message said:

120lbs! I started atkins in june/july. You can do it! Just look at all the
successes here!

Wow! That's awesome progress. I had a daughter 9 1/2 months ago and am
STILL 175 lbs. That's actually 5 lbs heavier than after the first week of
delivering her!

I'm 5' 3", too. Do you have any pictures of your weightloss progress?

My goal is to get to 125 - 135, but heck at this point, just getting below
150 would rock my world!!

Felicia, welcome to the ASDLC!!

Carol Ann
www.lowcarblosers.com ~ Home of the Monthly Weightloss Challenge!!