8 posts tagged “weight loss”

One would think that I would be a skinny minnie by now. I eat hardly anything, what I do eat usually doesn't stay down (thanks to my hiatal hernia), and I walk my pooch several times a day. But alas, it seems my body has turned against me and I continue to grow ever larger (at least in my eyes). My doctor swears I'm losing weight, but really, I don't think I am. I think his scales are just crazy. But, he won't allow me to consider anything like a  weight loss supplement, surgery, or anything like that. According to him, I'm losing a small, steady amount of weight and that is just fine.

Sure it's just fine - if you happen to only be 20-50lbs overweight. I am not. By the time this "small, steady" amount of weight has me losing enough to satisfy the medical commuity, I'll probably be either dead, or 80 years old. But, I suppose we will see how everything works out. After all, if my doctor won't give me any extra assistance, it isn't like I'm going to get it from anywhere else!

About people when you work with them. For instance, I have a diabetic co-worker, I have a co-worker who I kid you not, smells like bacon all the time, and my boss takes diet pills. I knew I had a diabetic co-worker, and the bacon smelling one, but not about the diet pills. All righty then. To each their own. ;)

But I have to say, my boss did say she "dieted" for 13 years before finally giving up on getting those last few pounds off and started taking the pills. According her, she was as big as I am or bigger when she started dieting. And you wanna know how she lost most of her weight? She literally cut everything in half, ate one half and threw the other away. Yes, she threw it away.

She never gave up fast food or anything else, she just simply ate only half of what she would normally eat. And she started walking. So I said ok, we're going to try this. Come this payday, I'm going to get myself some decent walking shoes and get started. I wanted to start walking on June 1, but didn't have the money to get the good walking shoes, and also, I was sick.

Hopefully I can get down to those "last few stubborn pounds" and get rid of this weight.

Ok, so we all know about my battle with my weight, as I've mentioned it several times on this blog. We also know how dead set against diet pills I am. But I was looking around online and found one that seems very promising. The website has a video that gives you an idea about the pill, which is called Stemulite.

This pill seems to be different from the others I've encountered. For one, it's listed as being all natural. A lot of the diet pills are using chemical compounds created in laboratories for their main ingredients. This one doesn't. Another thing is, it is listed as being able to help you get a better night's sleep. An interesting claim for a weight loss aid. Testimonials from professional athletes and even from a police SWAT sniper provide proof that this is a pill that is legal to use, and does not look to be a pill that will be yanked from the market like so many others have been.

The pill increases endurance and muscle, reduces fat and weight, and helps you get a better night's sleep. Even just the last one would be a benefit to me, as I have a lot of trouble sleeping at night. If you're looking for a boost to your overall health, I recommend checking out the Stemulite website and reading up on it. It looks to be a  very promising solution.

The group of people I work with and for are bent on trying to lose weight. I understand that - I'm a big girl myself. But when they start talking about getting help from things like diet pills, they lose me. I'm one of those people who doesn't see the point in taking a pill when I'll still have to watch what I eat and exercise anyways. I might as well save the money and just watch what I eat and exercise. It's a lot cheaper and easier. Right now they're throwing around the idea of taking alli. I bowed out on that one because although I've been in contact with some people who took it and got results, I just can't afford to take it, and besides, I'm terrible about remembering to take pills. It probably wouldn't work very well for me, but I suppose if my co-workers want to try it they can. ;) They can tell me how well it works, or how well it doesn't work. 

Just wondering. How much can I possibly say about the possible dangers of certain things? How much can I stress knowing beforehand what you are getting into? Is it really so hard to visit a few websites, do a little research, maybe even ask your doctor before you go off on a tangent and start taking all kinds of weight loss pills? I mean honestly.

Now I've known several people who have taken them. I know a couple who did fine on them, and I know one at least who ended up with serious consequences - her kidneys shut down on her. The doctor stated flat out that it was the pills that did it. Now she's living with the constant fear that her kidneys will shut down on her again. If she hears that you're going to take weight loss pills, she'll corner you and tell you what happened to her. We almost lost her and she's not planning on letting it happen to anyone else.

If you're set on using them, at least let your doctor know so they can monitor you for adverse effects. You might be dropping the weight like you want to, but you might also be dropping your health or even your life for it as well.

I swear, I just got up and I'm already tired. My back has been hurting me for a couple of days, my knee is killing me (has been for a couple of weeks now) and my ankle isn't doing too peachy either. None of this is motivating me to do anything like exercise. Of course, I know there is no miracle diet pill that is going to actually just melt the weight off me without me doing anything else.

At least now there are sites that actually give the general public information about the various diet aides out there and will even list the top 10 pills in the diet pill industry. So if I were to consider taking one, I can get a good handle on my options and make a decision. However, I'm not looking to do that. I just hope my back, knee,and ankle stop being pigheaded so I can actually exercise for more than 3 minutes at a time!

There are a lot of things I need to do. I need to get my apartment cleaned up and decluttered. I need to start sorting through all those knick knacks that just aren't my style and start looking at ways to get rid of them. But most of all, I need to start working on getting myself into shape. I need to start working on healthier eating. I need to start exercising like I should be. I've heard a lot of gals at work talking about taking weight loss pills.  To me, I'm still not sure that I want to go that route. I mean, after all, there can be so many side effects.

Now I could always pick a few of those weight loss pills and start looking them up on the internet and see which ones are rated highest for success and lowest for bad side effects. Myself, I'd prefer to try and get something that is more or less a natural herbal supplement without all the harsh synthetic chemicals the manufacturers put in the pills.

Then again, I'm still more or less anti-weight loss pills. I still prefer to go it alone and use diet and exercise to lose my weight. Guess I'm just old fashioned that way.

Well, I'm on the Atkins diet now. I'm also on a funky diet prescribed by my doctor as well. Some of it fits in with Atkins and some of it doesn't. But as long as I'm on these diets, I was thinking of getting myself some new cookware as a reward for weight loss. I've been looking around, and I'm thinking of the berndes cookware. Of course, this is all dependent on my losing the weight necessary to get the reward. I've also planned on some rewards like a wand, athame, etc for my ritual tools collection. I love new ritual tools. My last one was a candle snuffer that I just love. It's very simple and I think that's why I like it. Anyways, I'd better get going. I have to be to work in a couple of hours and I still have to get ready. Talk to you later!