KateWeight: Slow and Steady Wins the Race! : May 2006

Gastric Bypass

My husband and I love to watch the Discovery Health Channel, and one of our favorite shows is "Plastic Surgery: Before and After." Lately, I've been noticing that there are more and more shows featuring people who have undergone massive and rapid weight Read More

posted by: Kate, Tuesday, May 30, 2006 6:16 PM 1255 Comments

A year on PEERtrainer!

Happy anniversary to me! I joined one year ago today. I always list my PEERtrainer starting weight at 175, but that isn't entirely accurate. I joined, started logging and working hard on eating well and exercising, and didn't weigh myself until a week Read More

posted by: Kate, Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:50 AM 68 Comments

Link to the NBC clip about PEERtrainer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81el9QPxjt8 Thanks to my groupmate Tiffany for finding this online! Read More

posted by: Kate, Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:18 AM (Comments Off)

Aha! I can post pictures!

I finally figured this out. I don't have a lot of "before" pictures of me, because I didn't really like having pictures of myself taken when I got really heavy, but I have found a few and scanned them. The first is of me with my stepdad and grandpa in Read More

posted by: Kate, Monday, May 22, 2006 10:57 AM (Comments Off)

The Great Chicken Caesar Salad Caper

A few weeks ago, I was talking to a family member who told me that her husband is frustrated because he's really been watching his diet, as well as exercising lightly, but he hasn't been losing any weight. I asked her to define "watching his diet;" Read More

posted by: Kate, Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:54 PM 1 Comments

Nausea = great diet aid

Ugh. I am coming down with something and I just feel crappy all over. It isn't any one thing in particular; it's a little cough, a little sore throat, a little stuffy nose, a little upset stomach...just enough when put together to make me feel "blech." Read More

posted by: Kate, Monday, May 15, 2006 10:09 PM 833 Comments

Confession

Bless me, PEERtrainer friends, for I have sinned. It has been two days since my last workout. Yesterday, I ate: about 4 chocolate chip cookies about 6 pieces of chocolate candy 1 piece of chocolate cake 1 piece of pound cake a few "double stuff" Read More

posted by: Kate, Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:35 AM 1 Comments

Weigh-in 5/6: Farewell to Shane

Weight: 153.5 (+-0) Body fat: 21.9% (-0.3%) No, it's not really "goodbye;" I'm still going to see him at the gym all the time, and he said I can go into his office and check my body fat by myself now and then to help stay on track. Of course, the Read More

posted by: Kate, Monday, May 08, 2006 10:40 AM 17 Comments

South Beach and WW and Atkins, Oh My!

I realized I had a problem recently when I got a side of steamed vegetables with a meal, ate most of them, looked down at my plate and realized I'd left all of the carrots there. I love carrots. I've always loved carrots, actually; they're one of the Read More

posted by: Kate, Thursday, May 04, 2006 8:46 AM 139 Comments