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My daughter and I were looking at an ad for Taco Bell about their promoted "Drive-Thru Diet." The woman featured said she lost 54 pounds in 2 years. The fine print said this was achieved with a 1250-calorie diet. Does this sound right to you? 
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ID_VANDAL
4/30/2011 12:30PM
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I like Nancy's comment - just drive thru. I really don't like these fast food companies trying to sell a "diet." That's just BS. Well here's to a successful May for all of us! Congratulations on 32 years!! That's awesome! Vandal 
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WATERMELLEN
4/29/2011 10:06PM
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Agree with you about these numbers: but then you have the facts and the tools to figure it out, and the average viewer would not . . .
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JIBBIE49
4/29/2011 8:09PM
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Sounds like she had a LOT of days when she went WAY over the calorie count. I do give her credit for having gotten off that much in two years. Most people GAIN WEIGHT, so she did well. Report Inappropriate Comment |
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LALASLAND
4/29/2011 10:31AM
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You are right. It is a bunch of HOG WASH! 
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MBSHAZZER
4/29/2011 8:36AM
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I bet her weight loss was slowed by all the chemicals that are contained in fast food!
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NANCY-
4/29/2011 7:57AM
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This just affirms that I should avoid TB and eat healthy. I should just "Drive-Thru" and not stop. 
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MAMASUDS
4/29/2011 2:00AM
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More than likely, the discrepancies will become clear in the details. Usually if it sounds too good to be true, it is. Kind of like the Special K - high carb, low calorie, killing hunger pains diet - you know, torture-me-thin diet. When I look at the calorie count for Taco Bell items, it appears that I would have a hard time feeling satisfied with the small amounts of food that would be included in a 1250 cal diet from there - Not to mention that my bank account would be empty and I wouldn't have any money left to buy new "skinny" clothes. In short, yep, I don't think they are giving you all the info. But on the other hand, good for her. Glad it worked for her. I hope she is able to maintain and stay healthy. Report Inappropriate Comment |
I changed my goal weight from 145 to 140. Here is why.
I am not 5'6" any more; I am closer to 5'5" so at 145 I would still have a BMI of 24.1 and that seems like it's just inside the high end of the healthy range. I would rather have an official goal of BMI 23.3 which is where weighing 140 comes out. (when I first put up this blog I transposed those numbers--eeek!)
I have been finding it very helpful to have short-term goals as advised by many of you. When I lose 3 more pounds and weigh 185, I will be out of the obese range, and I will be elated. Of course getting into the healthy BMI range, even by just a smidge, will be a huge celebration. That will occur at 150 pounds. But I feel better about setting a target for more than just squeaking in.
All through college & early marriage I weighed 125 . . . and I had plenty of padding. So I don't think 140 is excessively thin, to have as a goal weight.
What do you guys think about this? Are there reasons this is not a good idea? I would really like feedback, pro or con. Thanks!
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DIDMIS
4/29/2011 12:19PM
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Hi. Bravo for you. In my personal opinion and through being a weight recorder for TOPS I think when you get closer to your initial goal then you could see if you really need to lose more weight. As Watermellen said, take it 5 pounds at a time. Otherwise you might begin to feel overwhelmed. I especially liked what BLGIBSON68 said. Please read that again and thanks for that comment. It is exactly true. You know I always wonder where that inch we lose goes to.  Probably to the hips and belly.  Comment edited on: 4/29/2011 12:21:34 PM Report Inappropriate Comment |
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BIGLITTLEWOMAN
4/28/2011 5:41PM
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I think a good weight for you will be determined by experimenting once you get in that range. I think there is going to be your own personal best weight that you will be able to maintain with reasonable eating and exercise. Once we find that "good norm" for ourselves I plan on being vigilant and go into damage control mode if I go over that by 5 pounds. 140 seems low for your height. I'm only 5'2 and 140 is my goal too. Maybe I've set my sights too high but I can figure it out when I get there. Isn't it great to speak of these issues as realities and not hopes and dreams?? They are our reality. Report Inappropriate Comment |
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ATPEACEWITHLIFE
4/28/2011 4:47PM
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Once you get closer and closer to your goal weight it will be more and more difficult to lose. You need to take that into consideration and see where your body naturally wants to rest. BMI figures are generalizations. They cannot take into consideration someone's bone density or other factors that play into weight like muscle composition. I think it's important to set reasonable goals, but also important to gauge the reasonableness to our own bodies. Keep up the great work! Report Inappropriate Comment |
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MAMASUDS
4/28/2011 3:50PM
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I think your new goal sounds very reasonable. I too weighed 125 when I got married and don't plan to go below that. Though, I haven't set a goal weight at this point as much as a goal size - Knowing that the waist measurement limit for women in order to avoid diabetes is 35", I prayerfully set my waist goal at 33". The book I am reading promotes praying about your goal weight and waiting for God to give you that number before you set an end-weight goal. I have been praying, but can't say that the Lord has revealed that number to me yet. It was after beginning to pray about the wight goal though that the Lord gave me the inch goal, so I feel quite confident that when I reach that inch goal, I will know "how" the Lord designed me to be.
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GODS_SERENITY
4/28/2011 10:33AM
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I think that is very reasonable for your height. As you get closer to that number you'll know if it's just right or you'll need to tweak it. Your doing great! Debbie Report Inappropriate Comment |
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NANCY-
4/28/2011 10:21AM
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I agree with WATERMELLEN. Once you get to goal your body will let you know. Also I found by doing yoga and pilates I get closer to being 5'6" again. :) 
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MOM-OF-SIX
4/28/2011 9:47AM
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I'm 5'4" and have set an initial goal of 150lbs. I haven't been below 165 since before I met my Brian. I figure I'll get down to 150, then reevaluate a final goal, be it 140 or 125 or something in between. I'm not sure how the medical community came up with "ideal body weights" but I do know they have been reevaluating IBW lately and possibly adding in an age factor. Keep setting small goals and keep plugging along. It's taken me 15 months to be down 34 lbs. Slow and steady wins the race!!! 
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RUNNINGOMA
4/28/2011 5:56AM
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I think this is reasonable. And, as you get closer to goal, you can always reevaluate if need be.
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JLITT62
4/28/2011 5:24AM
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I have basically set my GW so it just puts me at a healthy BMI (altho that's not the end-all be-all). Would I like to weigh even less? Sure, but I also know how hard it can be to maintain a lower weight, so I'm going with something I think I can maintain. Report Inappropriate Comment |
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WATERMELLEN
4/27/2011 6:50PM
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You've done so well with your weight loss so far, and I think your reference to BMI is a completely reasonable one -- although of course BMI is not the only measure of appropriate weight. I like Beck's suggestion to take it 5 pounds at a time -- a goal at a time -- and when you get "close" then to go through the process (where I'm still at, actually) of determining the difference between "lowest achievable weight" and "lowest sustainable weight". It might be 150, it might be 145, it might be 140, it might be another number . . . but the end point of hte process of learning to think like a thin person is one that I haven't been able to "predetermine" yet. Report Inappropriate Comment |
