dlq04

ops, found the original for this year.... don't pay any attention to this one. I would delete if I knew how.

Emil St-Hilaire

You must have gained a lot of weight,over the winter,Dave,as I see you needed to open another thread...

MsPerky

The five-month

Guess no one has any good news to share? Our week in France caused a five-pound weight gain. The bread and my favorite cookies (palmiers) were the downfall. Worth every single bite. This in spite of walking A LOT every day. If it hadn't been for that, the number would have been closer to 10, I'm sure. So back to diet reality - especially no bread/butter cookies in the house. The food overall was really, really good. Four-course dinners every night. The wine just flowed and flowed. The +1 said he probably drank more red wine than he has in two years. The ship uses 500 bottles of wine a week in the dining room and bar. That means five bottles per person. Just the wine. There was plenty of other drinking going on.

boltonblue

the last few weeks haven't been good, found ten pounds.
don't really know why. perhaps my output has been lower.

Scooterboy

I was lucky. On our cruise I lost about 5 pounds. We did a lot of walking on our excursions and our time in Rome. Plus we averaged just two meals a day and there was the wine....lots and lots of wine!

Please don't anyone worry, I found those pounds and they are back with me.

Emil St-Hilaire

Kyras

I'm down from my highest a couple of weeks ago but would be quite happy to drop 15 pounds. I have an ElliptiGO friend who's lost over 100 lbs. What has worked for her is fasting. She eats whatever she wants but only in a two hour window. I just ordered the book to learn about it.

MsPerky

Well, I averaged at least three meals a day, and I did not indulge in the 10:30 PM snack. Pretty much every day, I was in the room at the back of the ship in the very early morning where I found the palmiers the first day and was in heaven. They had sweets there and coffee/tea/etc 24/7. Then the early breakfast where I had a bit of ham, cheese, bread and fruit and some tea. Then the regular breakfast with the +1 where I had eggs, bacon, potatoes, etc. Then the full lunch, which was almost like having dinner. Then the four-course dinner. And as I said above, it was all very good! There were healthy options, but more often than not, I did not choose them. So it was a very indulgent week, not to be repeated for another two years. The +1 ate far more healthily than I and ran and went to the little gym on the ship almost every day. He still looks pretty much as he did when we left.

Lainey

Hmmm it truly sounds like a fad type thing which will require discipline. Are you saying she only eats from say 8 AM until 10;00 AM...is that how this works and the rest of the time you are fasting? Is this an every day thing? Let me know. I know I won't try it, but I am curious. I know different things work for different people. I have been a real slacker in the healthy food department. It was my hope that when Rick retired and I started going home for lunch and eating healthier options, I'd kick off a few pounds. It hasn't happened. Eating healthier lunches,but still too much snacking. I've also backed off on some of the Y classes this summer. I NEED to be outside. Sometimes we are walking but I know I'm not burning the same calories as I would at the Y. I will need to re-group when the weather is cooler. I lose a pound or so and then it finds me within a day. So I'm stuck where I've been for a while, and on some days, the scale is even less favorable.

boltonblue

thinking about it today. we have a cafeteria at work.
it has been sliding (free-falling?) downhill lately.
The main courses are usually awful. so I wind up at the grill having either a burger or chicken sandwich with fries and inion rings.
obviously not helping. have to start bringing in lunch... yuck.