No New Kilts for a While

[davedove]

Anyway, all the Best to you .......... but do you really believe you'll be able to fight the addiction? ;)

I figure I have to set it up so that I can get the new kilts as a reward.

I have been TRYING to eat more sensibly for some time now. What I really need to do is get up off my rear end more often. To that end, I have starting a training program to gradually increase my walking distance and frequency with the goal of completing the marathon distances at the Freedom Walk Festival in Washington DC next October. I've always found that I lose weight as I become more active, so that's the bonus I'm hoping for this time.

[bubba]

Dave, a couple suggestions that worked for me. First, once you get accustomed to walking start wearing ankle weights. It adds to the burn and really helps. I wore ankle and wrist weights while doing chores around the house too and dropped 20 pounds of excess baggage in 2 months. Second, take your normal portions at mealtime, but always leave a couple bites on the plate. That way it doesn't really feel like a diet but you still cut the intake. It was easier for me to stick with it that way. A bit of fresh fruit shortly before bedtime also helps cut the hunger feelings. Don't try losing weight fast, it rarely works in the long term. Slow and steady is best, it's more likely to stay off that way. Don't worry about belly fat, that's always the last to go. Just stay with it and it'll slowly disappear. Rapid weight loss is unhealthy and rarely effective long term, it tends to come right back. Also stay hydrated. The first weight you lose will be water weight which will come right back when you drink. Don't worry about it, you will burn the fat off over time. Best of luck and hope this helps you lose effectively.

[NewKilt]

Originally posted by davedove
I figure I have to set it up so that I can get the new kilts as a reward

Dave, I did it this way. I've dropped 39 pounds since the first week of July. Wasn't easy since I'm disabled and very limited on the amount of physical exercise that I can do. Rewarded myself with two new Stillwaters, a heavyweight and a standard.

I'm about to reward myself again with 5 more Stillwaters, 1 heavyweight and 4 standards. They will be used to replace 5 SportKilts of the same tartan. :-)

Darrell

[GMan]

Good Luck Dave

[Big Dave]

Best of luck!

[mudd]

Whats a stone? ??:

[Iolaus]

Whats a stone? ??:

14 pounds = 1 stone


Units of weights
16 drams = 1 ounce
16 ounces = 1 pound
7 pounds = 1 clove
14 pounds = 1 stone
28 pounds = 1 tod
112 pounds = 1 hundredweight
364 pounds = 1 sack
2240 pounds = 1 ton
2 stones = 1 quarter
4 quarters = 1 hundredweight
20 hundredweight = 1 ton

[mudd]

So, to represent ones weight in stones, it must be a factor of 14?
John, 12.857 stone. :-)

[mbhandy]

You can do it :razz:
I went off the beer and just drank a lot of water sometimes W/ Scotch. Cut out the breads and pasta. Then I started swiming 3X a week. I went from 256# 18.28 stone to 215# 15.35 stone (I cheated over the holidays) I want to get to 200# 14.28 stone It is allways easer to make a kilt smaller than to streach it, alot easer than trying to make pants smaller. What do I know ask the real kilt makers here

Keep it going!!!

MrBill

[michael steinrok]

GOOD LUCK WITH THE WEIGHT LOSS.IT CAN BE DONE I LOST 72 LBS ONCE . IT CAME BACK SLOWLY BECAUSE I'M STILL RETTY ACTIVE. I ALSO STOPPED WORKING OUT. ONCE AGAIN GOOD LUCK :grin: