Dr. McDougall's Online Discussion Board

Hi All,

Just found out that this might be the place to do this, so here goes. I just signed on yesterday and made the decision to McDougall my way to health!

I weighed myself Tuesday; a whopping 263.5 pounds, although I started this year at 278.

I'd love to hear from others on their journey to a healthier lifestyle the McDougall way!

I'll post my weight again next Tuesday. Anybody want to join me?

I weighed myself this morning I was 213 lbs. I have lost 9lbs. in the last
10 days. I give some credit to Rich Richardson's potato/cabbage soup. It is very filling and full of good stuff.

Is the recipe available? I love cabbage!

Doris posted it on 10-10.

By the way, congratulations on your weight loss!

What do you all think of setting one day a week as weigh in?

My suggestion would be either Sunday or Monday.

oops! I just noticed you said Tuesday. Sorry about that. Tuesday would be fine also.

Restless Brain wrote:Hi All,

Just found out that this might be the place to do this, so here goes. I just signed on yesterday and made the decision to McDougall my way to health!

I weighed myself Tuesday; a whopping 263.5 pounds, although I started this year at 278.

I'd love to hear from others on their journey to a healthier lifestyle the McDougall way!

I'll post my weight again next Tuesday. Anybody want to join me?

Yes I am struggling with my weight also. I grew up skinny as a string bean. I was 5 ft. 10 inches tall and weighed 125 lbs. I gained about 10 lbs. in college and weighed 135 on my wedding day. I consider that my ideal weight. However after I began having children (I had 4) I started to gain weight. Then I developed a slow thyroid. After menopause my weight skyrocketed and I now weight 255. I not only look terrible, but I feel terrible too. I have been playing around with the McDougall Plan but haven't gotten serious yet. I need a lot of tips and advice as well as encouragment.

Right back at ya ....

We can all support each other, that is what this board is about. I think it really helps us help ourselves.

I weighed myself Tuesday and I was 163.5 - up 3 pounds since I've been working 2 jobs. They both end Sunday so hopefully, by next Tuesday, when I've had a chance to really work out on Sunday and Monday, I'll have lost the weight I gained and can get down another 15 pounds or so by Christmas.

It is hard to get motivated to move, I try to exercise the same time everyday, usually after I pick my daughter up from school. I am not too tired and it makes me feel better when I am done.

The last few weeks I've been busy and haven't felt too well. So I just didn't plan meals or snacks, strayed a bit, and therefore just maintained. I'm making the commitment to really PLAN meals and snacks (and take snacks when running errands) so next week I will have no excuses!!!!

I'm all for changing the day to weigh in; whatever we can all agree to is fine with me. I used to post at a site years ago, which did the numbers like this: highest wt/current wt/goal wt, so mine currently would be 278/263.5/140. I NEVER got support on that website. I'm happily surprised at how many responses I've gotten already to my initial post here. Thanks fellow McDougallers!!

Restless Brain wrote:I'm all for changing the day to weigh in; whatever we can all agree to is fine with me. I used to post at a site years ago, which did the numbers like this: highest wt/current wt/goal wt, so mine currently would be 278/263.5/140. I NEVER got support on that website. I'm happily surprised at how many responses I've gotten already to my initial post here. Thanks fellow McDougallers!!

That sounds like a low carb website I used to be on.