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WickedWench New Member 
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Hi Sugar  !I figured I might as well start this thread for us! So here goes.. I didn't bring your last post over but I'll address it. Saturday is GREAT for me.  You're as bad as I am with finding an excuse to push it away or back another day but alas.. now you have me to shake my finger at you and push you out the door! I actually kept up with my normal food diary yesterday and I'm beginning to think one of my main issue is meal timing, as opposed to -what- I eat. I'm a fan of.." Nothing is off limits.." Because when I start outlawing food in the house, I get icky and it's easy to sway from the weight loss plan. So I'm going to go with the.."Everything is okay..in moderation and reason." Sound good, eh? Alas, I felt really good yesterday even without the exercise, I guess cause I knew I wasn't going at this alone but instead had a friend to trudge along with me. I was thinking possibly (when you're ready) that we might put up our stats. Current weight, 1st goal weight and overall goal. Maybe every two weeks we can repost them with "Starting weight, current weight, goal weight, overall goal weight." Just to keep in our minds how far we've come, because I KNOW we're going to come far! With all hope, this time next year I'll be sitting here writing to you saying.." WE DID IT!!"  Along the lines of changing slowly, I thought maybe I'd do better if I set smaller goals for myself until I reach the overall goal. So my first goal is 23lbs. If/When you feel comfortable and confident in revealing your weight specifics, I can edit the Stats post to add them in.I think you're absolutely right about changing one thing at a time, I'm very much a "jump in and do" kind of girl, when I get a wild hair.. but that may be my downfall with all my other "diet plans".. I get revved up, jump in head first and find I'm starving, exhausted and burned out. Maybe I oughta try this your way. :D So I'll continue with the food diet and I'll walk Saturday but no heavy, cardio aerobics. At least not until I lose 20 pounds or so. Not sure I could handle it, at the moment. Anyways! I need to head off to work..but a weigh in before I go. I'll report back with the..  numbers.. TGIF! WickedEdit reason: Added more information. Last edited on 9 January 2009 12:36 pm by WickedWench |
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Hey Wicked! Saturday it is! We can definitely do this. And.. the other thing I was thinking is that, it's probably best to start slow on the exercise anyway. My first mistake is always starting out at my exact current level of exercising capability, but that doesn't give you much room to grow and eventually you start to level off and build a tolerance. So instead... let's just kick our metabolism into gear! I think I have also unconsciously decided to become a vegetarian again as last time I went grocery shopping all I did buy was fruits/veggies. The last time I lost a lot of weight I was working out regularly and was also a vegetarian while monitoring my food intake and making sure I ate 3 times a day. My biggest issue is eating breakfast and not fasting until dinner... Usually I eat one mega meal a day and end up snacking until I go to bed - what a disaster! And as for setting weight goals... I think I'm going to give myself a week, and a week from today I will reveal my final stats and goals. I think it will also help us out to set goals having to do with food, exercise, and anything weight loss... just so we aren't only focusing on the numbers on the scale but also integrating lifestyle changes. So your goal for next week: Take the stairs at work instead of the elevator. My goal for next week: When I walk to the bus stop - go to the next one further down the road. Even doing those little things should help us to always keep active. AND ... My goal today: To buy some vitamin supplements to help keep my protein on par as I won't be eating meat. Hope you have a fabulous Friday! Ciao! Sugar  |
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Sugar  ,That sounds like a great idea! Let's focus on other goals as well, as opposed to just numbers.. I should of thought of that. *laughs* I guess that's why I have you, eh? I am a bit consumed at the moment and needed your advice. I'm not vegetarian (though I don't eat a lot of meat..I do like it).. I am trying to decide if I should count my calories for each day or just focus on eating more healthy and more frequently.. Smaller portions more frequently as opposed to a big meal once a day.. I am writing down what I eat/drink so that I can keep tabs on it for my own information but counting calories and looking at grams of this that and the other really seems overwhelming and time consuming. I mean, we all know carrots are better for us than cookies, right? What's your opinion... I already failed at my goal this morning! I took the elevator and didn't even -think- about it til I read your post and I went.." Did I take the stairs this morning?...NO! ACK!" So to make up for it, I'm going to park extra far from the store today when I go grocery shopping after work. I may even take a walk around the neighborhood when I get home from work, if the sun is still up.  I need some CHEAP and healthy ideas for meals. My husband is currently laid off and my work is wishy-washy, we sure don't have a lot of extra money..thus we tend to make the fast and easy meals which are of course..not good for us. Any ideas? Thanks, Sugar! Enjoy your friday! Wicked |
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Hey Wicked! Okay so... For healthy/budget meals it may be easier for you to follow a plan, and hopefully your hubby can get on board to at least eat healthier dinners with you. But what I find most helpful are the Recipes listed on the Kraft.com interactive site. They have this section (which you have to search a little bit for) that includes 5 meal recipes for monday-friday with a shopping list for what you would need for that week. It takes all the guess work out of shopping and planning! If it wasn't just me, I'd be doing this every week - but it's hard to plan dinners when you're on your own. So check it out when you get a chance... Here is the website for the 1 bag - 5 dinners sections with three different examples of healthy meal bags and recipes: http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/Dinner/1Bag5Dinners/1Bag5DinnersHealthyLiving.aspx You'll see there's also a link to the right with "budget" meals. Hoenstly.. I just love Kraft haha. What I really like about the "1 bag 5 dinners" is that it has a frozen pizza for friday nights! It's encouraging to see that we can still eat the foods we love. But I honestly believe we should stay away from calorie counting. Counting calories can easily become an obsession - so can counting grams of fat or "food points" that Weight Watchers does. I'd suggest focusing on portion sizes... I like to rely on the food pyramid for portion sizes/number of things from each food group. So if I have a bowl of cereal I use a 1/2 to 1cup of cereal, 1/2 to 1cup of soy milk (maybe try to switch down to 1% or skim!) and chopped up banana on top. But all of this self-monitoring gets hard. One of the things I'm having a problem with is snacking.. I know I should snack on veggies and stuff but what's close enough to potatoe chips that I won't feel like I'm totally missing out? Do you have any ideas? Because generally it's the feeling of missing out that makes me fall off the diet-wagon with a major binge session. Anyway hope work is going well for you! I don't have class or work Friday afternoons so I'm off to run errands as an excuse to get out and walk haha Talk soon! Sugar  |
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Hi Sugar, What a day! I got off work a bit early and fell asleep soon as I got home.. I snoozed til almost 7pm. I feel horribly guilty for it, too.  My only issues is that the hubby isn't really interested in dieting or changing what he eats, he HATES low fat, no fat food. Hates it. So I told him he'd have to get accustomed to him eating his meals and me having something less fattening. :) Just last night we had steamed brocolli. I wanted to spritz a little butter onto it and have it plain and he wanted to pile the cheese on. Silly man, so I split it up and he piled cheese on his and I spritz'd the butter on mine. A little extra work but it'll be worth it. I am DEFINITELY going to check out that website and slack up on calorie counting. I do check the calories of the things I buy but I may try not to consume myself with it- though that's very hard, as I can already feel the need to input my daily calories into a tracker. As for snacks.. I just bought some yogurt and actually if you have a dehydrator you can make dehydrated fruits. That's an awesome way to have something "chip like" but it's still good for you! I'm not sure if you're a fan of it or not, you can even buy the banana chips and fruit chips at most stores.. Though you'd probably have more variety in say.. organic-based stores. I actually use pretzels as a snack, I know it's not the most healthy but I measure out how many I can have to stay in a healthy range and enjoy them once in a while. I dehydrated some bananas a while back, it takes a while.. 24 hours or so. But they are so delicious and pretty healthy too! And they crunch! So you kind of feed that chip-like need. I think the most important thing is to snack if you want to..but in moderation. Don't binge on a whole bag of chips and you won't feel the need to do that (I don't think) if you allow yourself to have a few chips. Maybe something fat-free and light, a baked chip of some sort..but you still get a little bit of chips, a little snacking feeling without the need to take the whole bag to the couch for you. Weekends are terrible for me, maybe we should start our own weekend challenges for one another next week. To help us stay on track. Hopefully this helps! I'm going to walk tomorrow, you too right? I haven't decided if I want to do it in the morning, at night or both.. We'll see I suppose. I think we're supposed to get rain, so I'll likely go out between a shower!  I wanted to thank you for jumping on the wagon with me. I cannot believe how much more "into" this I am, with a diet buddy..someone to report to, talk with and compare ideas with. I really feel success in our futures!  Be well! Wicked |
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Hey Wicked ! I think everyday that I wake up and do my morning weigh in gets me more and more psyched about finally deciding to get my weight under control. Because I am SEVERELY overweight I always find that I lose weight pretty fast BUT the struggle is always to maintain my momentum. I just want to say that I'm super excited to be doing this with you too. Sometimes the hardest part is being able to express your frustrations and share your excitement with someone pound by pound. I think being able to talk to you about these things has made me even more excited for this opportunity. It's a new year and by next year we will have reached so many of our goals! Okay as for the chip thing.. you're not going to believe this haha But I guess when you are motivated enough to eat what you absolutely love you will find new alternatives - case in point.. the new chips I found that are STAGGERINGLY better for you than regular chips. And usually I find that baked/low fat chip alternatives taste like #%@&!, but this brand packs such a tasty punch I can't even believe it! So I just HAD to tell you about it... now they are very, very, very expensive but I figure that since I'll be cutting my grocery bills in HALF just by eating proper portion sizes, that I can afford to treat myself every once in a while. Anyway they are called "Kettle Brand" and it's their "Bakes" line of chips. Now.. you can have 30-32 chips for 170 calories and 4g of fat. Yea.. I know... pretty unbelievable eh?! That sure beats the usual 10 chip servings for hundreds of calories and around 20g of fat regular chips that are out there. And I mean.. 10 chip serving sizes? Come on! Who eats 10 chips? I haven't gone for my walk yet today, I'm thinking I will go sometime early this evening.. so I will post again once I've done that. I'm adding to my original goal for next week which included walking to a further bus stop... So... My NEW goal for next week: Walk to a further bus stop AND do 40 sit-ups a day in 2 groups of 20 reps (morning & night). What do you think? I figure if I start at 40 I can add 20 sit ups a week. As for the eating dinner issue.... I think that you'll be able to do those healthy dinner alternatives on Kraft for you and your hubby, but just like with the steamed broccoli last night - you can add additional side dishes for your hubby or have him make his own additional side dishes. At least then, you'll both be sharing dinner duty AND you won't have to make two completely different meals! Let me know what you think.. I haven't revealed by current and target weight yet because I have quite a bit more to lose than you do BUT let's just say by the time I reveal I will have lost at least 10 lbs. So far I've lost around 8-10lbs, so wish me luck! Have a great Saturday! I find it's always harder to eat healthy on days off because of the amount of extra time you have to think about food, but just hang in there! Talk... & Walk... soon! haha Ciao Sugar  |
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WickedWench New Member
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Hi Sugar! Sounds like you are super motivated! By the time you've reported your weight and goals, you'll have lost 10lbs more than me! I JUST started this diet thing when I joined the boards, I'm such a slacker. Hehe.I was so proud of myself today! I had a light breakfast, a cup of yogurt, glass of milk and a banana. I haven't even touched my ounces of water yet.. For lunch it was a turkey sandwich, lite no-fat mayo (only half a tbs), spinach leaves, no cheese on wheat! And milk. I thought of cutting my milk to skim or 1% but I can't. I'm not a huge fan of milk as is, it took years for me to be able to drink it.. and it's good for you. It's a sopping, rainy mess today. It was supposed to turn to snow by tonight. I'm hoping it turns earlier so I can get the walk in before dark. However, to make up for possibily not being able to walk.. I power cleaned my house for three hours! Moved around the furniture in the living room, ect, ect. So I got a work-out at least.. I hope it counts. I really hope the rain stops so I can actually walk, I'll feel much better then. I am excited to start seeing results, not just in numbers but in how I feel. I think this is the most motivated I've been to diet and change my eating habits, ever. Thank God for you.  With infertility, I do suffer another very popular (many woman have it) condition called PCOS. So, the doctor has told me that losing weight will be hard and a slow process, I'm not at all expecting to see "fast results" or even results at all for a couple weeks. But I'm told if I just lose 10% of my weight it will increase fertility chances, ect, ect. However, I'm heading for a home run.. If I'm losing just 10% of my weight, I'm going to go a step further and lose all the weight I need. The sit ups sound great! I considered doing them but I can barely get one up.. *laughs*. I also considered doing general measurements, thighs, waist, bust, arms..ect. Just so maybe monthly I can measure again to see the results in actual -inches-. Who knows, I've not really decided. I think it's just important to see the improvements on paper, because it reminds you how well you're doing. I hope you get to that walk! I'll report in tonight..whether the rain lets up and lets me walk or not. If not, I'll be huffing it in the morning tomorrow.  Good Luck! Wicked |
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Hey Wicked ! I did it! I actually went for a walk. I'm not going to lie... I had been thinking about not going for quite a while but I didn't want you to feel alone in this and I didn't want to feel guilty so... I did it! As for a walking route, I've decided to walk to a cheaper grocery store which is about a 15 minute walk away (or so), because I always feel a long walk has to have some kind of destination. I made the HUGE mistake of buying apples, bananas, and cans of soup so the walk home was almost unbearable... but I made it! haha I have to agree with you on the milk thing.. I haven't liked the taste of milk for YEARS now. I actually prefer the taste of soy milk to the real thing - have you ever tried it? I started out on like chocolate soy milk and vanilla flavoured... because let's face it - it's SOY milk hahaha But honestly it tastes so good! Maybe try one of the small sizes you can buy at the grocery store that you can drink and toss. You know what else you can try.. is buying a 1L of 1% for cereal and cooking, but buy a 1L of 2% for drinking! Or even try soy milk in cooking. I started out with soy milk IN things so I couldn't taste it. But eventually you get used to the flavour. Don't get down on yourself for the number of pounds. Like I said, I lose weight fast because eating smaller portions and doing any form of extra physical activity will do it for me. It's good, but at the same time my goal weight is around the same as yours so it will take me a LOT longer to get there. I think if we move at the same pace we should both get there around the same time *fingers crossed* or close to it. But I know after a few weeks it'll start getting a LOT harder for me to shed 10 pounds in a week. That's funny that you ended up doing cleaning all day - I did the same thing! I was doing laundry, taking out garbage, and doing dishes for HOURS today. I hate cleaning, but when it's done you always feel so good and proud. Here's hoping this whole weight loss thing will make us feel just as good. I'm already starting to rethink my whole crunches & walking to a farther bus stop thing. I'm afraid that I'm trying to do too much too soon. What do you think? Is it unrealistic to do both? Okay well I have some homework to get too and... some t.v. to watch haha. I deserve a few hours of couch potatoe'ism after the day I had! And I'm definitely sure that you do too! Hope you have a great and restful weekend, keep me posted and don't give up! Just think, at the end of all of this we can be those annoying people who are like "Yea.. I just lost 80 lbs, don't I look great?" - and people will hate us for it! hahaha Ciaooo! Sugar  |
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P.S. - Don't even think about doing measurements more than once a month - it's too many things to measure! haha... Actually maybe get your hubby to take a picture of you from various angles once a month or maybe even twice so you can see the differences in your body without involving numbers. Because your numbers may not change a lot, but you know your own body and when you see the pictures you will probably be pleasantly surprised! Not only that.. but you can show them off too! haha |
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Hi Sugar! It's been such a wasted day for me. The rain is still going on and it's freezing cold now! I'm hoping that my vigorously cleaning the house, moving furniture and carpeting cleaning will have had enough of an effect today. I just want to kick the weather for being #%@&!. I did okay today on eating, hopefully within an acceptable calorie range. I don't think that your situps are overdoing it! I thought about just trying 20 each morning for the first couple of weeks and then moving it up after that. I'm determined to see some results and half-scared that if I don't see any, I'll get discouraged. But that's why I have you! That's a good idea about the milk, I may give it a try. I'm still trying to adjust to eating healthier and smaller portions. My poor body is probably in shock. I'm proud of you for walking and carrying stuff on the way back! That's the way to do it, girl! I feel like such a  today. I think mostly because I couldn't get out and walk and I was really gearing up for it. Who knows. Hope you have an awesome, restful remainder of your weekend! Will check in tomorrow!Wicked |
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Hey Wicked! I think I am determined to stay with my original goal, just wish me luck. It's easier to say that I'm going to walk to a further bus stop.. but when it's 7am and freezing outside we'll see if I can actually put that goal into use. I'm totally with you about the results... I think my problem right now is that I'm weighing myself more than once a day and it gets so discouraging, I've decided to do my weigh ins in the morning and forget it after that. If each morning there is even a fraction of a pound lost I'll be happy! But it's hard to stay motivated when you want instantaneous results, eh? One of the things that keeps me going is how I feel and how my clothes fit. I've noticed my jeans aren't giving me as much of a muffin top as they used to, and some sweatshirts aren't as tight. I also feel like I have more energy and happier. So I guess we should both focus on the positives, like how we feel, how content we are, and how much more comfortable our clothes are. Anything more than that and we will CLEARLY be disappointed. Anyway I'm off to the school for some major homeworking sessions... hope you are having a restful and productive Sunday. I'll check in later tonight. Remember - we're in this together... through the bad days AND the good! Ciao! Sugar  |
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P.S. - Don't call yourself a cow! Remember - you did 3 hours of intense cleaning that not only brought your heart rate up BUT also de-cluttered your living space. You should be VERY proud! Don't worry about the weather... I've decided that January is the absolute worst month to decide to lose weight, because the weather is always working against you. It's cold, snowy, windy, slushy, and overall UNPLEASANT. If the weather clears up today, take a little walk. If not, we have a walking date next Saturday too! You can do this - I have faith in you! |
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Hi Sugar! So.. first news of the day.. I weighed myself out of sheer curiousity (maybe a bad idea). But I weigh 218.8lbs!! Which means I've lost 4.5 lbs! I understand this could be natural water weight and weight change but I've worked really hard the last almost-week and I'm feeling really good about myself, so I'm taking this as an accomplishment! I also went for a walk too! My little puppy had a blast and loved it; I was going to walk the route twice but it's bitter cold. So I walked for 20 minutes or so, give or take. I think the route is a mile.. I'll need to re-drive it to be 100% sure. I had a heavier breakfast today. Cut up banana in blueberry lite yogurt and toast with half a serving of no-fat peanut butter..so I went lighter on the lunch to make up for it and completely forgot about a snack between them..mostly because I fell back asleep on the couch. But I'm feeling really good about my progress today! I have been keeping track of what I eat on http://www.livestrong.com/ under " The Daily Plate". It does count calories but I've not really been so obsessed with that, it also keeps track of exercise as well as what you can eat that would be better for you than whatever you're putting into the tracker. It's a neat little tool. It also has a graft where you can put your weight in. I can't do daily weights, because I'd get too discouraged..so I told myself once a week..(We see how that works) but it is neat to track there, to see the progress of decrease on a grid. I've not drank as much water today as I should, so I've got to step up on that.. and dinner hasn't been decided, I may broil some chicken. So my goal for this week.. (I assume week means Monday-to-Sunday):
I have to tell you, Sugar. I don't think I could do this without you. I look forward to checking in daily with you and having someone to keep me accountable for my goals and actions. I know we're going to be able to do this and maintain our desired weights together. We can do this. Have a fabulous Sunday. Will probably check in before bed, not sure if I'll post or not. As you can tell, I'm a talker.. Wicked |
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Hey Wicked ! First of all... CONGRATULATIONS on the 4.5 pounds that's you've lost!!! Again, I am SO very proud of you, and you should be too. It's all down hill from here! haha I actually did walk to the further bus stop this morning! I honestly didn't think I could do it... and when I passed my old bus stop I had a little moment - I was like "Bye bus stop, we've had some good times but I'll miss you!"  . BUT then I kept walking and I was there in no time! All I kept thinking the entire time was that I knew I could do it and you knew that I could do it so I HAD to do it  I've also noticed that my stomach is starting to hurt - as in the long lost muscles that are there, that I never felt before.. but all of a sudden because I've been doing my sit ups all weekend I can FEEL them there. And they hurt! haha I know I couldn't be doing any of this without you though. Everytime I want to give up, or I talk myself out of things, or I make excuses for NOT doing something I know that you are there with me and I'm not alone in this. Anyway, I'm in class so I've gotta jet, but I'll check in later today after all of my classes. Hope you've had a great weekend, and good luck with your Monday! Mondays are always so hard haha Ciao! Sugar |
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Hi Sugar ! Thank you for the encouragement, it's much easier to do this with you. And CONGRATS on taking the further bus stop -and- doing the situps! I'm so proud of you. I just knew that you could do it! I haven't started the situps yet, I may do them this evening along with walking. I havent decided if I should walk every day or if I should do it every other day, I do know my shins are sore! I guess from walking yesterday! I weighed again this morning (because I must be addicted) and it was 217.8 I was in shock! I just stared at the scales and then did a little dance of excitement. So far I've been eating like I'm supposed to, no binge sessions yet! And I feel really good about that. So I think we're both in this and doing the right things! I've lived off Banana's and Lite Yogurt every morning.. *laughs* Have a wonderful monday, Sugar!! Keep up the good work! Wicked |
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Hey Wicked ! I've been feeling kind of stuck with this whole weight loss thing for the past couple of days. Generally I don't like to have a lot of people in my life know that I am trying to lose weight, because I always end up falling off of the wagon sooner or later... BUTTT I've had a big turn around today and feel like I've definitely made it around a tough corner. The hardest thing is getting used to giving up the big macs and mccain cakes while doing at least three times as much activity as you're used to doing in any given day haha But things are starting to turn around.. I feel the best I have in I don't even know how long, I no longer want to sit and veg on the couch when I have days off and I'm pushing myself a lot harder than I know I would be if I didn't have someone who completely understands what I'm going through. The commercials, pills, detox diets, made-for-tv exercise machines and especially skinnier friends make it all look easy - but what people DON'T know is that for people like you and me it's a daily struggle. It's literally something you have to be conscious of every single day and it's anything BUT easy. I know if I didn't have you I wouldn't have made it this far. Now I know we seem to be thanking the earth each of us walks in every post, but what most people don't understand is how much of an emotional process losing weight really is when you have become so accustomed to being chronically overweight. It's something I'm sure we've both struggled with for years, but it's nice to finally have someone who gets IT and gets ME so thank you, thank you, thank you for that! I'm very proud of myself today, I did a lot of things I didn't think I could do. I walked to the farther bus stop, did my crunches this morning, took a 45 to 50 minute walk this evening and will be doing my crunches for this evening in a few minutes - so life is looking good haha I never thought I'd BE that person who goes for walks just for the #%@&! of it, or does CRUNCHES morning and night, or says "I think I'll have some salad for dinner, it's SO good".. but look! Somehow in a week I've become this completely different person, I'm happier and healthier and my life feels like it's finally coming together. And I know that this may sound strange, but I feel like the two of us will be friends for such a long time now - I so look forward to checking up on your progress just as much as I enjoy posting mine thus far too. Enough with the epiphane-daytime-television-moment .... I just wanna say today will mark the day that I have lost a total of 12 pounds since last Tuesday. 12 pounds! Can you believe it? It always seems so easy after the fact hahaha Well I hope you've had an awe-inspiring day like I have and hopefully your week has gotten off to a great start as well. I'm so proud of your progress so far! It's like a war of us against the buldge... and we're winning! hahaha Take care and we'll talk soon. Ciaooo! Sugar (that's for your rainy non-walking weather weekends AND just to let you know that  youuu can stand under my umbrella.. ella.. ella.. eh, eh! hahaha) |
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Hi Sugar! Congratulations!!!!! 12lbs is AWESOME, Sugar!! I am so proud of you I can't stop grinning! Wow- just reading about your day really inspires me, you've really motivated yourself today and I can tell just by reading your words that you feel SO much better about yourself and you accomplishments, as you should! You've earned every single smile, pound and good day!! I have to tell you, I couldn't agree more with your words on having a person to go through this with. I have a best friend who is significantly overweight as well, she always tells me year after year that she's going to lose weight and I'm really trying to help motivate her; though commiting to exercise with her is a NO NO for me. She talks herself out of it and talks me out of it too! And a lot of the time she lets me talk me out of it. There's something different about you, however. Whenever I think about putting off walking, I always think of you working your fanny off and I know I have to work mine off as well so we can do this together. In that regards- thank you, thank you, thank you. I think two people who go through a significant change together, such as this..remain life-long friends. I have no doubts that we'll remain as such long after we've lost our weight. For that, I am also forever thankful. You're an awesome woman, inspiring and fantastic and I'm honored to have met you here and to go through this journey with you. We're supposed to get some snow tonight and tomorrow, I think. So I'll be bundling up to walk! Hey, out of curiousity..what state are you in? I'm in good ol' Kentucky!  Have a good night and fab-tastic Tuesday, Sugar! I may weigh in, in the morning out of curiousity..I'd love to write more and I usually do but I've got to crawl out of the bed at 4:30am, so I need some sleep. Wicked |
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Hi Sugar ! Just a quick check in before work. Hope your morning thus far has been fabulous! I woke up with a massive chocolate craving so I had one of those mini 3 musketeers.. I didn't feel too guilty about it, I guess because my first rule was.." Any food is okay in moderation and sensibility". And one really shouldn't tip the scale, especially since it was a mini. I did my morning sit ups! As I was doing them and got to 10.. I realized I was going to have to break them up even smaller. As I was huffing and puffing. So I rolled over at 10 and did 10 push ups.. then back down for 10 more sit ups and then back up for 10 more push ups. So all in all I did 20 situps/20 push ups. I feel good about it already..  I'll also be walking when I get home, as well as taking the stairs at work..might even take a couple breaks during the day to run up and down the stairs at work for that extra push. See how your 12 pound loss has really inspired me. Ha-ha. Actually, what really inspired me most was your awesome attitude yesterday in your last post...so I was hugely impressed with both. I weighed this morning, didn't lose a pound. Went down a few tenths but I'm okay with that because I wasn't expecting to lose -anything- the first week..except maybe a pound or two and here I've lost almost 6! Well, I gotta run!! Have a good one, I'll check in and update this evening! Wicked |
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Hey Wicked ! I'm actually from Canada - I thought you'd catch it through my excessive use of "eh" and the extra "u"s I put in some words hahaha I'd like to blame my being in Canada for my initial lack of motivation for walking... But I can't anymore! If there's something I absolutely hate though, it's walking in sand - and walking in snow is JUST LIKE walking in sand. There's too much resistance! If I wanted resistance when walking, I'd use a treadmill hahaha It's actually REALLY storming out today, and it was snowing quite a bit this morning. But today is my day off SO I went to bed very very early last night and got my butt out of bed around 6:45am. Did my sit ups, AND went for a walk this morning... in the snow! But there's something about walking while it's dark out that I like. Chalk that one up to the relative anonymity you get AND the fact that your overall huffing and puffing/sweating isn't AS noticeable by strangers haha But anyway - what I was most excited to tell you about today... is that I think you are on the right track with the counting of our weeks as Monday-Sunday. I think every monday we should post our weigh in progress AND update our fitness schedule in our stats (the 2nd post)... What is the fitness schedule - you may ask? haha I think in spirit of changing our LIFESTYLES we should not only focus on the pound loss per week BUT also focus on increasing our incremental fitness level to make sure we aren't levelling off in our efforts. Sure.. it sounds ambitious, but have you started to notice that some of your walks/sit ups/push ups are starting to get easier and easier with each passing day? The easier it gets the more we need to add to make sure our metabolism stays on track. I'll send you an example of my fitness schedule on friday when I send you my stats and you can put both up on Monday WITH our weigh ins. Yea it sounds a little TOO organized, but I think by posting our goals and staying on top of things we'll be less likely to wane in the next couple of weeks. I'm crossing my fingers that the weather will hold out for both of us for the next couple of weeks. The fact that we decided to lose weight in the dead of winter definitely works against us, and this is probably the key time to have one of those stupid gym memberships... BUT if we forge ahead no matter what mother nature throws at us we'll feel so much more accomplished with our goals. Just think of us like the postal service ... through rain, or snow, or... yea I'm not sure how that goes hahaha Well I've gotta get going, I've got some errands to do today and major loads of homework, so I hope you feel just as energized as I do and remember - everyday that goes by we are one day closer to our ultimate goal! Bathing suit season here we COME! haha Ciaoooo and talk soon! Sugar  |
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Hi Sugar!!! Today has been an awesome day! I feel so awesome, I feel so energized and in a fabulous mood! I've done so many good things! First, I did the situps and pushups this morning, then I did 44 flights of stairs! And when I got home..I took a walk. Only 0.7 miles but that's because it's bitter cold.. and I was aching numb. If you can be achy and numb. I've stayed within my calorie range, highly so..so I decided I'd have to cream of mushroom soup for dinner and I made this really good "stew". I cut up some carrots, brocolli, celery and a wee bit of cucumber..and half an onion. I put it in a cup of boiling water on the stove with about five beef cubes..those little powdery beef cubes. And let it cook for about 20minutes. It looks kinda iffy but mmm it's delicious! I'm going to put my meal into my tracker tonight and I'll report how many calories it was all together with the veggies, they were all fresh veggies. I'm sure it wasn't much. I'm probably actually -under- my goal calorie. I'm trying not to focus too strongly on that but it's hard. Today I feel like a new woman; totally energized, in an awesome mood..just very fresh. Like you said, I know we keep blessing the earth each other walks on but I truly know this wouldn't be possible without you there. I get so excited to write to you and read your updates! Admittedly, I'm sore today. My body is feeling kind of like.." What're you doooooing?!" haha. It'll just have to get accustomed to this way of life, cause this is the new way of life! I hope you had as good a day as I have! I'll weigh in the morning and hope and cross my fingers that I see a little payoff in numbers at least. The rest of this week and this weekend, I'll work on some real goals (not that ours aren't real..but I mean more indepth and thought out), and some fitness goals so I can post them Monday when I post our weekly stats! Can't wait to hear from you!! Wicked Edit: My whole dinner calorie total was only about 425 calories. Huzzah!!! (Yippeee!) Last edited on 13 January 2009 11:32 pm by WickedWench |
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PS- Weighed in this morning and gained like 0.6lbs. What's up with that? Just trying to stay up beat and remind myself..water weighs, as does muscle.. I guess I need to stop weighing myself every day..gets me too down if I don't lose like I think I should..considering my day yesterday.. So yes, once a week weighing.. (if I can stick to it). I wasn't able to do my situps/pushups this morning because I got up late for work and was in a rush to get out of the house, so I'll have to do them tonight. Hope you have a great day! Will check in this evening!! Wicked |
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Hey Wicked! Stop weighing everyday! haha I've noticed that if my weight goes up even a fraction of a pound then I get all grumpy and unhappy. So I know how you feel when you see that little 0.6 staring up at you. At first when I started I weighed myself so many times a day that I could see my weight fluctuations - and it's crazy. Usually based on the scale alone I can gain 3 pounds in a day if I drink water! It's gone by the next day - but still.. seeing those unaccounted for 3 pounds can really do some major mojo to your psyche haha So I'm limiting myself to one morning weigh in everyday - until I stop seeing day to day progress then I will probably only weigh in once a week.. which is what you should do. Just know that even though I'm sure in the big scheme of things "scales don't lie" but they CAN be tricked by so many different variables in our bodies that they can only measure what's there, right? I'm starting to get a bit down, only because I'm such an impatient person. I want to be at the weight loss stage where people around me start to notice and comment - now I know it depends on what type of body we have, and someone may have to lose at least 20 pounds before people notice... but I can't wait that long! haha Okay I've got a jam-packed day so I can't stay on long, but I hope you have a great day, and good luck at work! I'm so proud of your progress so far, we just need to keep it up! Ciaoooo! Sugar Last edited on 14 January 2009 02:25 pm by SugarPlum |
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Hi Sugar! Today was an alright day, I took a day off from walking. I kind of figured I'd ease into it and do it every other day, not to mention it's like 5 degrees outside and bitter cold. So, I thought I'd just do my million stair flight climb and be happy. I go down a few times during the day at work and do the stairs twice each time to get some exercise while I'm in the office. I've also stuck healthy, I haven't caved or had chocolate or sweets since my one little three musketeer!! I'm proud of that, at least. Hey- don't get down on yourself, darlin'. You've done AWESOME this week. Look at all the exercise you've added into your schedule, the healthy eating and the weight loss! Don't worry about people noticing, those who see you every day probably will be the -last- to notice anyways. I do know where you're coming from, I was telling my husband just last night that I was eager for someone to notice..or for me to notice by going down a pants size. I know, just rushing the boat. You're doing fabulous and have no reason to get discouraged.. look at how loose the sweatshirts are and how much less of a muffin the pants give you.. as you said before. You are doing fabulously! We should expect rough days, I had one myself but I cannot let myself get down when looking at the overall picture. We're going to be THOSE girls who are slender and strutting it.. and I can't wait! Hope you had a good day!! Wicked |
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Hey Wicked ! Thanks for making me think more sensibly... of COURSE you are so right when you say it's the people who see us everyday that won't notice a change. Not that this very fact is really all that encouraging, but at least now I know not to expect anyone to notice until I've lost over 100 lbs lol It's been an alright day here too. I guess I feel pretty plateaued during the week, I'm holding out more and more for changes that I notice rather than the numbers on the scale. Like the fact that I no longer have any sort of muffin top in my jeans - HURRAY! And I seem to have developed some sort of jawline haha I try to catch glimpses of my profile in the mirror when I get ready in the morning. Oh - AND - my butt is probably the most firm it's ever been! Cheers to us eventually having the best booties out there! I didn't get home from work/school until around 10:30 tonight, but I somehow still pushed myself into going for a walk. So far I've gone for a walk everyday this week since Monday Tomorrow's another long day.. I'll be out of the house around 7am (as I walk to my further bus stop  )and won't get back home until around 7pm. But I will still make it out for my walk, which you can blame my supreme stubborn streak for. My morning/evening sit ups are starting to get too easy I think... I mean I'd love to limit myself to 20 in the morning and 20 at night, but by next Monday when I add 10 to each set it'll be just in time. It's become so automatic too... before I hardly even open my eyes in the morning I'm doing sit ups haha Welllll it's past midnight here and I have to wake up in less than 6 hours SO I will catch up with you again tomorrow night. Thanks again for helping me keep my eye on the prize. I just need to keep reminding myself that this isn't a weight loss sprint - it's a marathon. Sweet dreams and talk soon! Ciaoooo Sugar  |
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Hi Sugar ! How're you today? Staying warm, I hope. It's been so cold here that the local schools are closed! Our high tomorrow is about 7 degrees. That being said, I've had a lazy, lazy day. I've not done -any- exercising, except the stairs and that's because my townhouse is broken up by stairs so I've climbed them countless times. On that same note, my mother has a treadmill that she doesn't use anymore because she has a bad knee; so I called her up to see if she minded my borrowing it through the winter or so I could use it on the colder days. She was agreeable, so I'll be picking that up tomorrow morning and -making- up for my lack of exercise today. I've slept most of the day, I guess I was just really exhausted- which has thrown off my meals and snacks.. but when I've eaten, it has been healthy choices within my calorie range, so I'm not feeling like too much of a .I'm so very proud of you, Sugar. Look at all these changes you've made and that you're noticing! I've only lost 6 pounds or so, so I'm not surprised that I notice no sorts of changes, none in the face or anywhere else. I'll see changes later, I'm positive of that. So, I know we spoke on outlining our goals on mondays and stuff, and that's a fabulous idea. I had another great idea. There's obviously a big change between weekend dieting and work-week dieting. My idea was that we could do weekend goals/challenges. For instance:
Once I find my Billy Blanks tape, I may give that a go a couple times a week.  I am -excited- about these changes and hopefully the results I see and feel. I'm really energetic about feeling better and feeling the results in my clothes, it makes me very excited. Reading your progress every day makes me all the more determined; you've done so much to change your lifestyle for the good. Your crunches, your next-bus stop, your evening walks, your healthy diet. You're an inspiration. Hope you had a great day, Sugar. You deserve it! Wicked |
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Morning Wicked ! When you gain the treadmill that will make a HUGE difference - talk about convenience! It's hard to get out there for a walk when it's freezing out. I've started to wear multiple layers of pants and such, because even through I bring on a nice sweat when I walk I never feel it because it's SO COLD haha The old me would come up with something like the fact that I just MAY get frost bite to get out of my walks. But thanks to you, the new me is like "Frost bite? PLEASE!" haha I'm not too sure who Billy WhatsHisName is, but if it's aerobics tapes then that's a good idea. I remember my mom used to have some Richard Simmons VHS tapes circa the early 90's... or maybe even the 80's. I remember I used to do that stuff when I was little and the things he would say and do were SO funny. I should ask her if she can dig em up - as a throwback and more ways for me to stay fit. Better believe I'll be sporting a side-ponytail and some neon bicycle shorts when I work out to that one hahaha Day by day this all gets a bit easier. I was actually talking to a friend of mine yesterday, and we were just discussing how her *old* best friend and my sister lost a bunch of weight (my sis and the old best friend ARE best friends now). And how it's all easier to face when you have someone doing it with you for motivation and support. Which definitely reminded me of you. I wouldn't have stuck to this so far if it wasn't for you and your daily encouragements. I know we both have such a long way to go, but I really do believe we can both do it. Just look at us now! You're doing situps everyday, taking the stairs at work, walking all the time, eating healthier food AND constantly thinking of what more you can do. If that's not a lifestyle change, I don't know what is! I'm so proud of you! Well today's the big day.. I've gotten into the habit of walking everyday since Monday, so hopefully I can keep that up. I have today off (except for hours upon hours of homework  ) but I've already done my sit ups and gone for my walk. I will probably go for another one later today as well... BUT all that aside - here are my long anticipated stats (can you paste 'em up to the post with yours?). I've got so much more to lose than you do, but I'm hoping we'll be well on our way or congratulating eachother for a job well done a year from now! I'll put together my final fitness plan over the weekend so we can start fresh with everything on Monday - as for a weekend goal.. my goals will probably be considerably smaller than yours only because weekends are homework days for me. I find I get a LOT more done during the week as far as fitness stuff. I hope you've gotten your day off to a great start, and good luck with work this morning. TGIF!!! Ciaooo Sugar Sugar Plum ~~~~~~~~ Starting weight: 312 lbs Current weight: 294.8 lbs 1st goal weight: 275 lbs Ultimate goal weight: 175 lbs |
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Hi Sugar! It won't let me edit a post after so long of posting, so I'll start Monday's post out with our stats. I wanted to wait until Monday to update mine, since Monday is when we're doing our fitness plans as well. If that's okay with you? I hope you're having a wonderful friday! I've been off work so I've been working hard cleaning the house, seems like a never ending job sometimes! But it's good exercise. With these days off, I tend to sleep a bit later so getting three meals and two snacks in is a bit hard. I'm on a snack now and it's nearly dinner time! It doesn't help that I stay up til 3am on my days off. But I've been drinking more water, I tried for 64 oz a day but I've not yet once done that.. I never have drank much during the day, usually just 8 ozs a day, so adding 56 on top of that is a bit overwhelming! But I've managed to swallow 32oz today thus far. Anyways, so! I managed to get the treadmill this afternoon..and I hopped on for a 35 minute walk/jog.. add that to my house cleaning and I feel so good today! I've hardly had many calories, which really isn't -good- considering how much I'll be working out. Ah well, it'll work out in the wash. (Maybe that's just an American saying..haha) I haven't been doing my situps or pushups because each one is such a struggle, I almost wonder if I should lose a bit more weight first.. I'm not sure, what do you think? And a bit CONGRATULATIONS!!! goes out to you for the weight loss!! Almost 20 pounds!! Almost 10% of your body weight! No wonder you're feeling so much better and notice that jawline of yours! I'm so very proud of you! I weighed this morning..still lingering around 217.. I guess I shouldn't complain because I only expected to lose 2lbs a week..and I've lost 6 in just eight days, I need to be more positive about it. I am just hoping that I'll be able to stick with my thirty minute walks in the morning and the evenings, every day..now that I have a treadmill. I just have to keep myself doing it. My best friend is coming over tomorrow, she's overweight as well..and I'm sure she'll bring stuff to munch on. I just hope she heeded my telling her that I'm dieting and instead she brings something healthy.. .Well, I think I may catch a short snooze after I update my Daily Plate on Livestrong.com. I have a nagging headache that I can't seem to get to go away. Can't wait to read your update! Hope you're not drowning in homework.. Wicked |
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Hey Wicked ! Way to go with the treadmill'ing today! That's the way to do it! I didn't think you'd be getting it so quickly, but I guess when we stay on top of things we definitely stay on top haha I was thinking about your weekend goal suggestion all day, and I kept thinking how much of an excuse it is for me to say that I'm too busy and such... SOO I made a trip over to Zellers after studying today and took a look at their exercise section. They have SO much Bally-Fit stuff I wasn't even sure what some of the stuff was! haha I ended up opening up all of these boxes - kind of praying a sales person wouldn't wander by (you KNOW they always seem to show up when you DON'T need them). I ended up getting some resistance rubber things - which came with a fitness charts for positions/rep numbers, a yoga/pilates mat (I've been noticing my situps are starting to really hurt my butt) AND a few pilates/cardio workout dvds. I figured if you are motivated enough to step it up a notch, then I should be too! I'm hoping the pilates will help to tone my *non*muscles while I lose weight. And about the weight loss - I was talking to my mom over the phone today and she was mentioning that it's MOST healthy for someone to lose like 2 pounds a week. I'm not being unhealthy really, I'm just in a stage where by properly portioning my meals, abstaining from most junk foods AND tripling the amount of acitivity I would have regularly done has allowed me to lose about 1-2 lbs per day. This won't last forever, I know I'm bound to plateau sooner or later (especially since walking, the sit ups and walking to the farther bus stop are getting easier everyday - I hardly break into a sweat!). So don't get discouraged or compare my weight loss to yours at all! This "doing-ANYTHING-at-all-is-better-than-my-lifestyle-before" stage MAY last another week - IF THAT. That's why I think it's important we decrease the weigh ins to weekly - if not bimonthly. It's not the lbs that matter, so much as the flexibility, agility, stamina, endurance and toning of our bodies. Also ... it may even be best for your friend to come over and binge on the snack food. No.. I'm not crazy! Just consider it for a moment... I find it even more satisfying being around friends who AREN'T on a diet, or who eat whatever they want/whenever they want in excess because it's like constantly staring at temptation and NEVER caving in. Not only does it boost your pride for "just saying no", but it also builds you confidence in your choice to finally fight the buldge. So you know what.. LET her come over, let her bring whatever food she wants, let her binge eat in front of you, let her try to guilt-trip you into caving. You stick to your healthy snacks and workout regimin BECAUSE eventually our choices WILL be noticable and those friends who weren't supportive will feel pretty badly about themselves for not being considerate. If you can change your meals, walk twice a day, take the stairs at work, move your mom's treadmill into your house AND keep so motivated with a positive outlook everyday... well then you can do anything! I know you can do it, and deep down you know you can do it too. And I'm here for you! Take your frustrations out in post form! Okay - my last thing to mention is the DVDs that I bought. Some of them have 10, 20 or 30 minute routines and the pilaties I already know are low impact and super slow movement. So when I try it and I find any totally awesome moves you better believe I will be passing them onto you. Maybe we can do pilates dates! I will be all like "Hey buddy, have you tried the lotus position?" and you will be like "Not yet! but that cobra position is to die for!". We can definitely be "those hip people" that do pilates! hahaha Let me know what you think. Anyway I'm definitely done for the day, all this exercise tuckers me out and I'm about ready for bed around 9 or 10 every night now haha. Good luck with the weekend goals, and keep the faith! YOU CAN DO IT! Talk tomorrow! Ciaoooo Suga' |
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P.S. - I FORGOT TO MENTION... I totally had a dream last night about MCCAIN and DAIRY QUEEN cakes. There was some drama rama going on somewhere in the dream with my friend and her boyfriend, but eventually after my dreamself realized I was eating a mccain's cake I was just focusing on that. There was frosting everywhere! Now.. the moral of the story is that we must be doing something right if I am now fantasizing about desserts in my sleep, AND not binge eating after that. hahaha Just HAD to share that with you ... Bye! |
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Hey buddy! Just a quick note to post my finalized/current fitness schedule. I gave the cardio and pilates workouts a try last night and WOW... I was dripping in sweat only 10-15 minutes into the cardio routines. And I'm always afraid that it'll be moves that I'm not capable of doing, but they were so easy! It's mostly punches, kicks, lunges and crossover walks. So I'm replacing some of my walks with cardio workouts- I'll still be walking 2 times a week (3 .. if you count grocery shopping at a store about 15 minutes away). But I don't need to grocery shop this week, so there won't be a walk today. The pilates - by the way - are way harder than they look! you have to do all these moves centralized to certain muscles WHILE constantly squeezing your abdominal muslces. 10 minutes of pilates and my muscles are QUIVERING hahaha Anyway here's my fitness schedule for Week 3 and Week 4 (that's right, we're entering week 3 .. and now we can refer to weeks by numbers). I won't be tweaking my fitness plan until the end of week 4, and by then we'll see if my stamina has been hightened or if I can resume with the same schedule for another week. I've already done 20 min of pilates, 30 min of cardio and 20 morning crunches today! I won't be sticking exactly to my schedule until Monday... I hope you're having a great weekend so far! Can't wait to see how you're doing! Ciao! Suga. Week 3 and Week 4 Fitness Schedule: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday - 20 morning crunches, walk to a further bus stop, resistence band stretches (reps of 15), 10 min of pilates, 20 min of cardio, 20 evening crunches Tuesday - 20 morning crunches, 30 minute walking route, resistence tubing stretches (reps of 15), 20 min of pilates, 30 min of cardio, 20 evening crunches Wednesday - 20 morning crunches, walk to a further bus stop, resistence band strethces (reps of 15), 10 min of pilates, 20 min of cardio, 20 evening crunches Thursday - 20 morning crunches, walk to a further bus stop, resistence tubing stretches (reps of 15), 10 min of pilates, 20 min of cardio, 20 evening crunches Friday - 20 morning crunches, 30 minute walking route, resistence band stretches (reps of 15), 20 min of pilates, 30 min of cardio, 20 evening crunches Saturday - 20 morning crunches, grocery shopping walking route, resistence tubing stretches (reps of 15), 30 min of pilates (*if I can!), 40 min of cardio (*if I can!), 20 evening crunches Sunday - 20 morning crunches, resistence band stretches (reps of 15), 20 min pilates, 30 min of cardio, 20 evening crunches |
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Hi Sugar! I am glad you're having such a fabulous weekend and sticking to your plans! I'm going to lay out my weekly plans tomorrow, because I'm still finalizing them and adding things. Technically this isn't quite week 3 for me, I've only been "hard core changing" since the 7th, but it's close enough that we can call it week three..I'll just need to remember I'm several days behind you on the "week scale". I've been working really hard, I got up early this morning and hopped on the treadmill for thirty minutes. I did half of that time on maximum incline at 2.2mph. Doesn't seem like much but boy did it burn the fire out of my legs and my heart rate was up, up, up! I ended up buying Pilates. I had to. You inspired me! I bought a simple 5 sessions, 10 minutes long.. that came with two resistance bands. I sat down and tried to follow all 5 of the sessions, so it was 50 minutes all together. Admittedly, a lot of that time was spent staring at this sleek, slender woman bend around and balance in ways that I could only dream of. But by the end, my muscles were burning and I felt like I'd done something! So I didn't walk on the treadmill tonight..I'm so sore. Tomorrow I'll do the treadmill both morning and night. I was thinking of taking my pilates weeks at a time. For instance. Week 3 and Week 4, I'll concentrate on the lower body pilates..and then Week 5 and 6, upper body..ect, ect. I know the abs and things will be much easier once I've toned up a bit more around the middle. I've also followed my eating plan -pretty- well, I did eat a bit more calories today..even though my best friend came over and pigged out, I managed to stick with fruits and veggies, however I caved in for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich this evening because it looked soooo good. I'll write more tomorrow, after I am able to get my diet plan and fitness schedule worked out. Hopefully I don't wake up crippled tomorrow, who knew pilates would be so hard! I considered trying yoga sometime..wonder if it's worse...Alas, have a good night!! Wicked |
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Hey Wicked ! Just a quick note to say - CONGRATULATIONS on standing your ground and eating only fruits and veggies! I'm SO proud of you and I knew you could do it! And even if you were to cave a little, all you have to do is step up for your physical activity a bit that day and all will balance out... The pilates are amazing eh?! I mean - yea they really REALLY REALLY hurt.. hahaha. BUT at least you can feel how it works in your muscles. Imagine what only 5 minutes of pilates a day for the rest of this year will do for our bodies! Now Yoga... I'm not sure about. I think I'm more afraid of yoga, only because it seems like you have to be super flexible. But you know what.. I'm willing to try. So since you tired pilates for me I'll try yoga for you. Let's look around for good DVDs next weekend and integrate some of that into our routines... then we can alternate between pilates and yoga everyday. And you know what? We actually started on the same day! I posted my original post on the Sunday but gave myself Monday to have my "last supper" a.k.a. major binge session. I fell off the wagon already on the Tuesday in favour of a McD's Big Xtra with fries combo. BUT you messaged on the Wednesday which helped me stick to the program. So we're missing a few days but whatev... numbering the weeks kind of reminds me how committed we've been and it feels good Anyway I've got so much homework to get to today.. I'll probably be at the school for 10 to 12 hrs  I hope you and your hubby enjoy a restful Sunday together, and good luck with your food/workout regime. I believe in you!Ciaooooo Sugar  |
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Hi Sugar! I've had a pretty busy weekend! I decided last night that I would take Sundays off. I've read in many places that a day of rest is not only needed but recommended. So- I took the day off the treadmill but still woke up and did my upper body pilates. Boooy were my muscles quivering by the end! I had just been telling my husband that pilates couldn't be -that- hard, all you're doing is working with a resistance band! I made myself out to be a liar by the first 10 minutes, I was huffing, puffing, trembling and sweating. He laughed at me a bit. I've noticed with my increase in exercise, I've been more genuinely hungry so I've increased my calories a little. I hope your weekend has been great, even though you're doing so much homework! You poor thing. So, I've worked out my fitness plan for the next two weeks, I'm excited to get started on it tomorrow! Along the lines of fitness, I looked up some yoga stuff on youtube. Owie. That may be something I do when I've gotten down below 200lbs. So many stretchy positions and I am -not- limber like I wish I was, even some of the pilates require balance that I do not have and flexibility that I can only dream of. Though I am confident within time, that I will be able to move into many positions that I've only dreamed of. Week Three & Week 4: Monday: 15 Minutes of 10% incline on the treadmill (before work), 10 Minutes Upper Body Pilates (before work), taking the stairs at work a total of 6 times (up and down=1), 30 minutes on treadmill (post-work). Tuesday: 15 minutes of 10% incline on treadmill, 10 minutes upper body pilates, stairs at work x 6, 30 minutes treadmill. Wednesday: 15 minutes of 10% incline on treadmill, 10 minutes upper body pilates, stairs at work x 6, 30 minutes treadmill. Thursday: 15 minutes of 10% incline on treadmill, 10 minute upper body pilates, 10 minutes flexibility pilates, 30 minutes on treadmill. (I don't generally work thursdays so stairs are out.) Friday: 15 minutes of 10% incline on treadmill, 10 minute upper body pilates, stairs at work x 6, 30 minutes on treadmill. Saturday: 30 minute morning treadmill, 10 minute upper body pilates, 10 minute flexibility pilates, 30 minute evening treadmill. Sunday: Day off from treadmill/stairs, 10 minute upper body pilates. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How does that look? I'm going to try to get up a bit earlier in the mornings to work in a short treadmill workout and pilates, I wanted to do 30 minutes of morning treads but I had to be realistic with myself, I struggle as it is to get up.. because I have to get up at 4:30am to be at work by 6:00am. I knew myself and that I couldn't get up at 3:45am because I am not even disciplined enough to get up at 4:30am. So my personal goal is to get up at 4:00am and do my exercises, hit the shower afterwards and not be in a rush every morning. That's not so much a fitness goal, as personal. Eager to hear from you! Sorry for my semi-silence this weekend, been busy, busy! I'll update on my stats tomorrow morning and copy yours to a new post so we can track out stats and goals for the next two weeks. Wicked |
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Hey Wicked ! Wow that is quite the workout regimen, can you believe that we are now THOSE people who work out (almost) everyday and kind of love it? Okay ... maybe not LOVE it, but I'm getting to love it. I find myself not craving food anymore because I'm keeping myself SO busy with working out and homework. As per use, I am SO very proud of you. You've come a long way from even a week ago. I'm so glad we're doing this together because I feel like it's such an ample opportunity for us to grow internally as we slim externally. Now.. I know that sounds kind of mushy. But I have started to notice that I'm a lot more cool, calm and collected, and I've been starting to face the world with quite the "zen" outlook. Maybe the pilates are seeping into my brain... do I care? Heckkk No! haha I've been doing my daily weigh ins over the weekend, and even though I haven't changed my eating habits in the slightest I've noticed that I seem to be gaining weight ever since I introduced the cardio/pilates into my workout regimen. I guess as I'm shedding the fat I'm NOW gaining muscle... and AT LAST I am finally toning while I slim down. My body shape is about the same as before - I swear - but the scale keeps getting higher! I have to keep reminding myself that this is a good thing. ... Right? haha Maybe I need you to remind me too. What do you think of the breathing exercises they make you do in pilates? I kind of like the whole clenching your entire mid section a.k.a "core". I've kind of brought that over to my cardio (which involves a LOT of punching). Also, clenching the *ahem* buttox area has been kind of sweet too. It's been hard to make sure my legs get the same attention, and since my cardio seems to be heavily upper-body (with a little less lower body), I'm introducing a bit more lower body movement into my pilates. But guess what?! I now have calves of STEEL. ... Cooming Soon: BUNS of steel! hahaha And - let me just be frank for a moment - I've been afraid that by losing weight I may lose it in the places I love most ... ya know, my ample bosom. My push up bras are seeming a little less pushy upy lately. Are you noticing any of these changes too?! Please tell me I'm not alone. I was wondering if you know of any exercises that are good for getting rid of that little pooch we all have on our tummies. I've seen a few informercials about how important core movement is a.k.a. standing crunches - and a lot of the exercises now incorporate dance movements. I'm thinking I may look into that next and make a trip to check out even MORE workout dvds. I swear those dvds are the best thing to happen since the gym membership. Anyway it's been a long, long, LONG weekend and I am exxxxhausted. Hope you've had a fantastic weekend, and good luck with the beginning of your week 3 fitness schedule! I know we can do it! We haven't fallen off the wagon yet! Ciaoooo Sugar. |
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Hi Sugar ! Let's see - the daily update is that I'm not feeling good. I think I've got some kind of stomach bug, but I still followed the plan and did 15 minute treads and 10 minute pilates. I don't think my pilates dvd is as good as yours, it doesn't really go into breathing techniques or positions, so much as just 10-minute body-oriented workouts. I really needed to do upper body because I felt like my lower body was getting plenty of exercise on the treadmill. You know, I really owe you a huge thanks. Over the last week, any time I feel like I want to put off my exercises, I always say to myself.." She'd be doing it. Now get moving." And your success, in both how you feel and how your clothes feel..really caused me to kick up my exercise game for the next two weeks. I guess you could say I am really determined to see the results like you have. That brings me to my next point.. I really don't see any physical changes with me. I don't really feel different in my clothes, as far as their fit. I do feel better as a person, more energic (at times), more focused and determined to not only lose the weight but to up my resistance and stamina. I guess I've only lost like 7lbs, so maybe that's why I've not seen clothes related changes.. Once I've lost 20 or so pounds, I'm sure I'll see/feel a difference in physical ways. As for the gaining weight.. I'll tell you what I've noticed.. a few times I've daily weighed and noticed a gain.. sometimes as much as a pound or more! But I found if I weigh myself every morning (if I cant get away from daily weights but I've done well) soon as I get up, after I pee.. naked.. I get a good weight idea. That's before I've consumed a zillion ounces of water..and food (which I assume adds weight albeit temporary). What am I trying to say? Don't sweat it. Muscle does weigh more than fat and you're noticing changes in your exercises becoming too easy, that's because of muscles! You're doing so fabulous Sugar, I'm honored to call you my buddy! Coming soon..our stats! And fitness plans! Have a good monday!! Wicked |
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Sugar Plum ~~~~~~~~ Starting weight: 312 lbs Current weight: 294.8 lbs 1st goal weight: 275 lbs Ultimate goal weight: 175 lbs Week 3 and Week 4 Fitness Schedule: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday - 20 morning crunches, walk to a further bus stop, resistence band stretches (reps of 15), 10 min of pilates, 20 min of cardio, 20 evening crunches Tuesday - 20 morning crunches, 30 minute walking route, resistence tubing stretches (reps of 15), 20 min of pilates, 30 min of cardio, 20 evening crunches Wednesday - 20 morning crunches, walk to a further bus stop, resistence band strethces (reps of 15), 10 min of pilates, 20 min of cardio, 20 evening crunches Thursday - 20 morning crunches, walk to a further bus stop, resistence tubing stretches (reps of 15), 10 min of pilates, 20 min of cardio, 20 evening crunches Friday - 20 morning crunches, 30 minute walking route, resistence band stretches (reps of 15), 20 min of pilates, 30 min of cardio, 20 evening crunches Saturday - 20 morning crunches, grocery shopping walking route, resistence tubing stretches (reps of 15), 30 min of pilates (*if I can!), 40 min of cardio (*if I can!), 20 evening crunches Sunday - 20 morning crunches, resistence band stretches (reps of 15), 20 min pilates, 30 min of cardio, 20 evening crunches ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WickedWench :
Monday: 15 Minutes of 10% incline on the treadmill (before work), 10 Minutes Upper Body Pilates (before work), taking the stairs at work a total of 6 times (up and down=1), 30 minutes on treadmill (post-work). Tuesday: 15 minutes of 10% incline on treadmill, 10 minutes upper body pilates, stairs at work x 6, 30 minutes treadmill. Wednesday: 15 minutes of 10% incline on treadmill, 10 minutes upper body pilates, stairs at work x 6, 30 minutes treadmill. Thursday: 15 minutes of 10% incline on treadmill, 10 minute upper body pilates, 10 minutes flexibility pilates, 30 minutes on treadmill. (I don't generally work thursdays so stairs are out.) Friday: 15 minutes of 10% incline on treadmill, 10 minute upper body pilates, stairs at work x 6, 30 minutes on treadmill. Saturday: 30 minute morning treadmill, 10 minute upper body pilates, 10 minute flexibility pilates, 30 minute evening treadmill. Sunday: Day off from treadmill/stairs, 10 minute upper body pilates. |
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Hey Wicked ! I hope you feel better soon.. it's about that time of year where EVERYONE gets sick, but seeing as you are now the picture of perfect health *hopefully* it won't last long. Be sure to have your hubby take good care of you (which I'm sure he will) Just a short note today. I'm having one of those days, and I am so exhausted. I've been at the school all day and I still have a few chores to do around the house as well as a bit of homework to do. How long will it be until April? lol.. Feel better soon buddy and take it easy. This is probably your body saying "gimme a break already" so take a day or two off from the fitness if you don't feel up to it. ... You can always make up for it by adding a new weekend goal or adding 5 or so minutes to your treadmill times later in the week. Have a good night, I hope your Monday was considerably better than mine haha.. Ciaooo! Sugar.  |
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Hi Sugar ! Yesterday was a bit rough for me, I wasn't feeling good at all. I still did the treadmill and 10 minutes of pilates, but instead of 30 minutes last night on the treadmill I only did 15 at high incline. I just wasn't feeling up to 30. How're you today? I'm doing pretty good here, feeling a bit better..but off work again because we're out of work. Which means, I'm not getting paid..so it's a bad situation considering my husband is also laid off. Eek. I'm just trying not to stress out, because stressing out makes me eat. :) Hope you're having a good tuesday. Will check in again this evening! Wicked |
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Hi Sugar! I'm feeling much better this evening, a bit headachy but I think some of my "downer" feelings are because I haven't worked since last Wednesday.. As I said in my previous post, I'm just stressed. Tomorrow, I get back to work so I'm hoping that'll help boost my spirit some. I did my 30 minute treads tonight, a little over a mile and a half today on the treadmill..plus those pilates which still make my muscles quiver. I'm concentrating on upper body for two weeks, I'm hoping as he days progress I'll be feeling myself get stronger. I'll tell you this much, I'm very eager to start physically seeing changes. I guess I'm impatient too. I just want someone to say.." Wow! Have you lost some weight?" Or I want to feel a change in my clothes..I don't know, I guess I just -want- things to change physically, I'm ready to look as good as I've been feeling! I was considering sending before and after pictures to you. I'm not sure I'm up to posting them on this forum but I'd like..(once I've made visable progress) to allow you to see! If you're interested.. I feel like we're doing this together, I want to share these things with you. How're you feeling today? Hopefully you've had a calmer Tuesday than you did Monday. :) How're those pilates treating you? I thought about getting a cardio dvd, since I can't find my Billy Blanks one..but I think I'd like to get some sort of dancing tape, cause I love to dance. Anyways! Hope this day was a good one for you! Wicked |
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Hey Wicked Sorry I was in communicado yesterday, I had the day off but it was one of those jam-packed days AGAIN. lol... I'm glad that you're feeling somewhat better. I had an off day yesterday too. I did my morning crunches and my 30 min walk sometime before 8am, but by the afternoon I could hardly walk! The squats I've been doing during my cardio must have caught up with me.. my entire right leg muscles were just PAIN, and the pilates have messed with my neck too - I couldn't turn to the left for the life of me! My neck is still in pain but my legs are much better... I did what I could, given the situation - and stretched my legs as much as possible while limping around my apartment or laying on the couch. BUT I had to bag the cardio and pilates yesterday. There was no way my body could do it. Even missing one day I find kind of throws me off track. I feel SO guilty because I have pushed my body farther than I ever thought possible already... but when you're in enough physical pain that you can't walk I guess you have to compromise. Now I know how you felt when you were sick. I think I'm so on track with the eating well/exercising that I feel extreme guilt if I even THINK about not doing something. Thank god for that... I was going to suggest we post pictures too, but I think we should wait a few months. I'm no longer weighing myself everyday because I'm gaining muscle now, and the scale kept going up at one point... When you feel good and you know your body is changing and you can SEE the muscles working or places are firmer than they were before I guess it's important to hold onto that and NOT what number the scale gives you. I think I'll weigh myself every week on Monday's maybe, or every 2 weeks. Which system do you prefer to do? Well I've got another busy day to get through... good luck with work today! Here's hoping we can both make it through the day haha Ciao! Sugar. |
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Hi Sugar! I hope you had a fabulous day! I'm feeling SO much better now that I got ten hours in at the office, 15 minutes of morning treads, 10 minute of pilates, 20 more tread minutes this evening and.. well the stairs a few times at work! I am so eager to see results, that I feel like I'm not doing enough. I know it's stupid, I always knew I'd lose slow.. I just wish I'd make more progress.. I work ten hours a day and drive two hours round trip to and from work, so getting in a lot of exercise is hard sometimes.. I don't love it, so I'm still in the "make myself do it" stage, though I still feel guilty as all heck if I don't do it. Silly, yah? Well, hate to be brief but I have dinner to finish and dishes to clean up. I hope your tuesday was fabulous! As for weighing in, I still do it every few days because curiousity kills me. But I say we officially update every two weeks when we update our fitness plans, does this work for you? Wicked |
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Hey Wicked! I'm actually back on track! I did an extra 10 minutes of pilates and cardio yesterday, and I'll be doing an extra 10 minutes for both today as well to make up for what I missed on Tuesday. I might also add a walk tonight.. we'll see. I just may be a little TOO ambitious today haha. I hope your week is going well, it sounds like you're definitely turning a corner. I really am starting to love working out - or at least how it makes me feel. I've noticed little things like how my posture is MUCH better, and I no longer get winded from going up stairs or walking to my (further) bus stop. Things are looking good fo' sho'. Anyway this is just a short note as I'm in class AND I have a full day of work afterwords, so I hope you have a great/productive Thursday and good luck with your treadmill'ing tonight! We're fitness rockstars! Ciao Sugar. |
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Hi Sugar ! How're you today? Sounded like it was going to be a very busy day for you. I'm feeling a bit blah today. I didn't do my exercises like I said I would, I've got a tight place in my left calf that pulls when I stretch it.. not sure what it is, I think I need to give it a rest.. I hope this isn't a bad decision, already feel bad. I did do 15 minutes this morning on the tread mill and I did to the stairs four times.. but I didn't do the thirty minute treads when I got home -or- my pilates. I bought a dance dvd..10 minute segments, like my Pilates. I watched it through and piddled around trying a few things.. I am not a very good dancer, I lack major coordination and I don't get much exercising done following up.. more like I just bounce around and give up. I think I'm just having one of those "giveup" kind of days, I'm sure the sun'll be brighter tomorrow. I am just eager to see results, I'm not really losing anymore weight..just capped there at 216.. I keep wanting to add more and more to my exercise schedule but the fact is I don't get a lot of freetime outside of work..and the workout schedule always looks better on paper. Oy. Sorry, Sugar.. don't mean to be such a downer today.. I just feel blah. I'm going to sign off and let you keep up with your good mood, don't wanna bring you down. I'll talk tomorrow.. Hope your day was great.  Wicked |
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Hey Wicked ! Don't get too down on yourself. Sometimes we just have to take a break. And don't get discouraged either! We just have to keep reminding ourselves that we're doing this the RIGHT way. We aren't crash dieting, or starving ourselves, or trying miracle-infomercial-cures in hopes of taking the easy way out. Everyday is a struggle, there are good days and bad.. but one thing I've realized this past week is that if our bodies are literally one big blob of PAIN that we do need to stop and take a breather. This whole lifestyle change is about learning to push ourselves, sure, BUT it's also about learning our limits. Neither of us can possibly work out 2 hours a day - like come on, that is impossible no matter how fast the results would come. But one thing I have learned from you is that this isn't *just* about losing weight... it's about changing our lifestyles, feeling good about ourselves and staying committed to a goal we've tried our whole lives to keep. I don't know about you, but I'm pretty #%@&! proud I've stuck with it this long. And you should be too! This is officially the longest I've stayed on the wagon and I KNOW it's because we are doing this together. Keep the faith! I literally just got home from being at the school since around 7am this morning ... I still have the 20 min of pilates and 30 min of cardio to get to.. it WILL get done but geez.. all of this working out kind of tires me out. The walk was WAY ambitious - but since it was extra I don't feel so bad about caving on that. I just hope I don't end up with a bum leg tomorrow.. AGAIN. I've been noticing this stabbing pain between my shoulder blades lately too ....... So I guess the moral of the story for both of us is - "No pain, no gain". I've always hated that saying, haven't you? haha Hope you are feeling mucho motivated, remember that...... the sunnnnn will come outtttt tomorrrooowwwww I swear that Annie was wise beyond her years! haha Ciaooo! Suga' |
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Hi Sugar ! That's for the encouraging reply. I did a bit better today, no treadmill but I did pilates, the stairs and some housework. I'm determined tomorrow to get up early and do all the exercises I committed to on my fitness plan. It's kind of funny, how not doing my exercises can really put me in a funky mood. I get eaten up with guilt and then even though I try to remind myself that we're allowed days off, I still get guilty. :) While at work today I remembered that I have a belly-dance for beginners tape here somewhere and a beautiful aqua coin-skirt/sash so I think I'll see what I can do with that dancing. It's good exercise, surprisingly, it gets the heart rate up! I'm eager to find an exercise that I really enjoy, or a hobby that provides fitness. The husband and I found our tennis rackets, and though we aren't good..we're both excited for spring so we can play some tennis; we live really close to the park now where the courts are. I hope your day was productive and a good one! Try to relax this weekend, hm? Talk later ( I actually am thinking of going to bed- yes..at 10:45pm on friday night)! Wicked |
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Hi Sugar ! Just checking in with you! I'm feeling pretty good today... I ate a big dinner which I feel a bit cow-ish about. I decided instead of putting a time limit on my treadmilling.. I'd put a distance on it. Because I push myself harder when I have a distance goal. So I do half a mile in the morning and a mile in the evenings now. I started walking the first few times at 2.2mph.. and realized after a few days, that was too slow..so I went up to 2.4mph. Well today, I felt sluggish at that speed so I went up to 2.6mph..and then every .10 miles I'd jog. Anyways. A long story short, I can tell the difference in how it's easier and easier. The first few times, half a mile took fifteen minutes and a mile was thirty. Now..I can get half a mile done in just a bit over 10. And a mile took me 22 minutes this evening. On week five, I'll add another half-mile to my route on the treadmill. I didn't do pilates today, however.. I'm not sure if they are benefitting. As much as my muscles quiver afterwards..I'm not feeling any real soreness or muscle buildup in my arms and that's what I've been concentrating on. I guess we'll see how it goes. I just wanted to check in! Haven't heard from you in a day or so.. hope you're sticking to the lifestyle change! Wicked |
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Hey Wicked! Just a quick note to let you know that I haven't disappeared. I actually read your last post a day or so ago and kept trying to remind myself to respond on the end of that day (whichever day that was)... but suffice it to say - my memory is horrible! Clearly! haha I actually went to a cocktail party at my friend's place tonight.... and it was okay. The whole goal of the "cocktail" party which my friend loves to host, is to try a new drink - so all we do the entire night is well.. drink girly drinks. I didn't have as much fun this time around because I was hyper-aware of how sugary everything was. I guess when you cut most artificial sugars out of your diet, every little bit hits you like a ton of bricks. I was actually starting to feel sick to my stomach, just because of the sugar! haha Anyway, I find now that if I don't know EXACTLY what I'm consuming I start to get anxious, and even thinking about the astronomical calorie count in each drink was kind of bringing my mood down. From now on I'll be sticking to wine, WHEN I do in fact drink. All in all, however, I am quite proud of how the two of us are doing. You keep upping the ante on your fitness routines, and so do I! The changes are getting more and more noticeable. The other day, a friend who sees me everyday, actually told me that my butt was looking great. hahaha I'm just hoping my 40 min of cardio, 30 min of pilates and 40 crunches have counter-acted the amount of sugar I took in tonight I suppose time will tell.I'll post something more substantial tomorrow, but I hope you've had a fantastic Saturday and we'll talk soon! Keep up the awesome work! Ciaoooo Sugar. |
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Hi Sug! Today was my day off.. of exercising! It is amazing how I feel guilty for doing nothing today. I just wanted to check in with a hello and I am SO PROUD OF YOU! I also wanted to update my fitness plan for Week Four. Because I wanted to make a few changes. I know it's not necessary to actually update it on here, but I feel like I hold myself more accountable. Week 4: Monday: 0.5 tready miles, walk-jog alternating, 10 Minutes Upper Body Pilates (before work), taking the stairs at work a total of 5 times (up and down=1), 1mile on treadmill (post-work) walk/jog. Tuesday: 0.5 Mi treadmill, 10 minutes upper body pilates, stairs at work x 6, 1 mile treadmill. Wednesday: 0.5 Mi treadmill, 10 minutes upper body pilates, stairs at work x 6, 1 mile treadmill. Thursday: 0.5 Mi treadmill, 10 minutes upper body pilates, stairs at work x 6, 1 mile treadmill. + 10 minutes lower body pilates Friday: 0.5 Mi treadmill, 10 minutes upper body pilates, stairs at work x 6, 1 mile treadmill. + 10 minutes lower body pilates Saturday: 1 Mi treadmill, 10 minutes upper body pilates, stairs at work x 6, 1 mile treadmill. Sunday: Day off I don't know why I feel better having that written out, I guess because I make myself do it when I know I have to. I wanted to change a few things, that dance tape is off limits... I pull a muscle trying to do it every time. So when I reach my first goal of 200lbs, I'll start doing the dancing..maybe I'll have better coordination by then. I also know what you mean about drinking, the hubby and I tend to drink now and again and I felt like playing darts and having a few draft ciders on Saturday but after looking at the calories and fat, I couldn't do it! I couldn't make myself drink them.. Towards the end of May thru October, I'll be doing Renaissance faires almost every weekend. It's a -lot- of walking, a lot of sweating and a lot of indulging in faire-cider.. so I hope I don't gain it back..I'll just have to double up my workouts during the week. I'll worry over that when the time comes. Hope you had a good weekend! Wicked |
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Hey Wicked! I took Sunday and yesterday off from exercising. I think you are right with the one day off thing... I've started to get so exhausted and I needed the time to rest my body AND mind. I'll be back on track today... hopefully... but I may work a day off into my schedule - perhaps Sundays just like you are. My fitness plan for week 4 will be the same as week 3, however I have already missed monday, and I haven't gone for a walk this morning. I will however get my cardio and pilates in before my friend from school pops over to do our ritual homework session on tuesdays. I guess I'm just having one of THOSE days... over and over. haha I ended up going to one of my best friend's baby shower on Sunday, and AGAIN it's like I'm made to feel rude for deciding not to eat anything. I had purposely gone to lunch with another friend I was going with so that I wouldn't have to eat food I had no idea about. But AGAIN I hate being made to feel like I'm inconsiderate for trying to do something for me. Maybe it's making me a lot more angry than I thought... I just find that there are those people that do love and support you throughout your journey, but then there are those people who are a little spiteful and WANT to see you fall flat on your face. It's the latter that I have no patience for. The moral of that story is... that I no longer feel like I'm indebted to do certain social obligations, especially since they just make me feel horrible about myself. All in all, it was a bad weekend. And I'm finding it harder and harder to stay strong. I just need to get myself back on track today. Anyway I hope I haven't brought you down... I'm very proud that you're increasing your fitness AND getting speedier at treadmilling. I've got to jet, but I will post again tonight. Ciao! Sugar. |
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Hi Sugar ! Hey- don't let your friends get you down, girl. Look at how far we've both come! This is the longest either of us has stayed on this wagon.. and we've lost WEIGHT..and we FEEL BETTER! Look how much farther you can walk without getting winded, look at your cardio and pilates routines and look how they are getting easier..and if all those aren't enough factors to make you want to hop back onto the band wagon.. look at the numbers on the scale.. I do know what you mean, I work with two very awesome ladies. One of which who is a health-nut and considerate and supportive of my dieting, she walks the stairs with me when she can, she asks how I'm doing, encourages me and gives me ideas on different health-foods to eat. And the other is the opposite. She just found out she's pregnant, so she can't lose the weight she wanted.. She is constantly leaving sugary treats on my desk, chocolate, cookies..buying McDonalds and bringing it over.. She is -trying- to make me fail. To me.. that's not a friend, at all. I politely decline and sometimes I put the treats in the bucket for the rest of the office to enjoy if they want. She constantly tells me " Oh, a little sugary goodness won't hurt you.." What people like her and some of your friends don't realize is..it WILL hurt us. Sure, one candy bar isn't going to make or break the scale but it makes or breaks us. I have enjoyed a bit of sweets lately and I find it makes me feel guilty and like I am slipping on my changes.. it makes it harder to stay on the wagon! Don't worry about your blah days, we're all entitled to them! Hey- you ought to take a day off a week, it makes the exercise more enjoyable. I have read in many places that if you feel like you don't want to exercise, don't.. that doesn't mean every single day.. but this means if there is a day during the week you don't feel like exercising, then don't. If you feel guilty the next day, you can always make up for it by a walk or a bit more cardio. Bottom line.. don't push yourself -so- hard or you really WILL burn out! And don't fret.. you're making awesome progress! More than me! I only did a half a mile and pilates this morning, as well as some stairs.. I didn't do the mile this evening.. I still may but I haven't yet. I don't feel SO bad about it, *though I do feel like I'm slipping* because I am not gaining on the scale.. I'm hovering..which is expected and my calorie intake hasn't been above 1200 really.. Hope you had a good Tuesday!! Wicked |
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Thank you Wicked... You have no idea how much more incredibly easier this is - having someone who understands and even goes through the exact same things I do. I keep trying to remind myself that everyday is a struggle, and it truly is. I guess those people in our lives who don't get our desire to lose weight, our motivation to have a healthier lifestyle - or even get how important all of this is to us... well they are really hurting us more than they know. Food for me has always been a comforting thing. When so many things in my life may go wrong, I always NEED to cheer myself up through binging on junkfood and sugar. For some reason things seem so much easier when I just let myself go. And I'm not even sure why that is, but what those enabling-type-people don't understand is that we're not just changing our lifestyles, we're trying our hardest to change a set of behaviours that are so ingrained in our lives that it's almost like learning how to walk or ride a bike. I mean - that's the best way I can describe it, at least. So thank you for the constant encouragement, and thank you for reminding me why I'm doing this. I have my fair share of days when I just don't feel strong enough to cope with everything, and I feel so greatful to be able to go through this experience with you. Slowly and surely we're doing this, we WILL get there. It's going to take some pretty intense blood, sweat and tears but it WILL happen. I guess I just need to keep the faith. Enough of the mushy stuff haha It's most definitely WAY past my bedtime. But I just had to thank you again for not only encouraging me to get back on track, but reminding me that I'm not in this alone. I know I couldn't have made it this far without you Tomorrow's another day, and I'm looking forward to letting things get back to normal this weekend. I hope you've had a good start to your week, you definitely deserve it! Cheers to us slimming down! Ciaooo Suga' |
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Hi Sugar. Just a quick note.. I have fell off the bandwagon! It's been three days and I've not really done any of the exercises.. though I've been watching my calories, I havent been as careful as I should be. TOMORROW..I am getting back on the wagon, I haven't lost any weight! Well..I went down to 215 but was up to 216 again... BLAH.. I guess Im paying for my slacking.. Forgive me? We had a huge ice storm and my internet is on and off..so I just wanted to send a quick note. Talk soon! Wicked |
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Hey Wicked... I feel your pain. I'm kind of hanging off of the wagon right now. I got back to my exercises on Tuesday, but missed them again yesterday. I've been pretty good with the food - it's just the exercising. My weeks are always so jammed pack that I am so exhausted by the time I get home, and then working out after that makes me so tired. I think it's just a matter of us ensuring we keep pushing ourselves, or if our workout routines are too much we decrease them a little. I'm not sure what else to do at this point, because I don't want to completely fall off the wagon - but I'm also getting so frustrated with how tired and sore I am ALL the time. Not only that, but we've kind of grown up in a society where everything is increasingly instantaneous - from the Internet to anything else you could think of. I don't think our generation sees patience as a virtue, so when we actually have to play the "wait and see" game we get SO frustrated. We just need to be strong and stick to our goals. Maybe take a break from adding goals every week, and instead feel satisfied if we get through the day doing half if not all of our fitness plan. What we're doing is the hardest thing to stay accountable to, because aside from each other neither of us has much of a support system to help us through. And with our fitness so reliant on US keeping ourselves in check ... well it's almost like setting ourselves up to fail. I don't know about you, but I really don't have that much willpower.. and if I did I definitely wouldn't be in the position of having to lose weight in the first place! You just need to keep reminding yourself that weight loss and healthy living is not a sprint.. it's a marathon and it's definitely going to take a LOT of time and discipline. I think a year from now we'll both be really pleased with the outcome if we can just stick to the program and stay on the wagon. I'm not going to say that it's unacceptable for us to slip every now and again, but when we slip off the wagon we need to be realistic and force ourselves to jump back on. I also don't think we should be weighing ourselves more than once a month. Let's face it, at this point we've both plateaued... even as we lose FAT we are gaining muscle even faster. And we both know that muscle weighs more than fat. We should be pleased if we lose a few pound each month, but expecting anything more than that will definitely make us disappointed. Don't worry about slipping up, and don't beat yourself up over lagging on the fitness. If you need to take a few days off, take those days off. Just know that I am certain you are strong enough to pull yourself back onto the wagon. We've both been strong enough thus far to even STICK to the program. Let's not do ourselves the disservice of just giving up. Sure, it feels like things are taking forever right now, but in the big scheme of things the time it will take us to slim down will be equivilant to the blink of an eye in our entire lifetime. THIS is the perfect time for us to change our lives. We're young and bounce back easily. We are bettering ourselves and preempting any future of health issues relating to not only weight, but also the consumption of food that makes you feel like #%@&!. E-mail me if you want to talk more.. and I have MSN too if you want to add me so we can have a quick chat when either of us are feeling weak. I'm here for you as much as you're here for me and we WILL perservere. I hope you have a better day today.. just think - tomorrow's Friday! Happy TGIF-eve! haha Talk Later Sugar. |
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Hey Wicked ! I actually just had a really good talk with my mom over the phone and had to share with you a few of the kernels of wisdom she shared with me regarding this whole weight loss thing... One of the things she said was that it is awesome how we (yes she knows about you!) were doing great with the fitness plan and added activity everyday and whatnot, but when I explained to her about how we were both kind of feeling down and out she said that when it comes to lifestyle changes (or any issues to overcome) it always seems much easier to just hit the ground running, change EVERYTHING, and get over zealous with our goals/plans. But even she said that living a healthy lifestyle is more of a marathon, it's not a sprint. So when we are super hard on ourselves for not doing activity for a day or two, we need to think back to even a month ago BEFORE we started and remember the level of activity we did then. I'm not sure about you, but for me even the IDEA of leaving my apartment resulted in me being lethargic and staying glued to the coach. If you visualize the amount of changes you have overcome since then, you realize how far you've come. And she even told me that my whole plan to work out 7 days a week (and even yours to work our 6 days a week) is great on paper, but when you're exhausted or over-committing yourself your even MORE likely to build on a desire to eventually jump off the wagon. REALISTICALLY, most people who do live healthy lives work out maybe 3 to 4 days a week. If we get in at least that much we should be dam*n proud of ourselves. Basically what I got from our conversation is that there is no reason we should be feeling guilty if we take a day or two off- or if we feel like we just can't do it. Because in all liklihood, we can't. She actually made me feel like I was being an idiot. And in hind sight - I kind of was. So I'm going to revamp my workout schedule to have around 4 major days of fitness with sporadic 10 minute pilate sessions throughout the week.. and I urge you to do the same. I think at this point we have more than proven to ourselves that we are comitted to changing our lives for the better - so let's stop setting ourselves up to fail. Finally, my mom also said that with most things in life the "turtle plan" (so to speak) is the best plan. Even if you apply that to other aspects of your life - say finances. When you save up money you never expect to make back loads of money right away. It would be like someone expecting to win the lottery so all of their money woes are gone. So why wouldn't it be any different with weight loss? We can't expect to miracerously lose weight overnight... that just DOESN'T happen. But what we can do is slowly change our lives so in a year or two from now we end up being the ideal weight we had wanted to be from the get go. So please don't give up... We can do this and we will do this. We just need to be realistic and keep our eyes on the prize. I am feeling more energic everyday, and I know you are too. Let's not work ourselves into the ground OR force ourselves to fall off the wagon.. AGAIN. haha If we want chocolate - we have chocolate (in moderation). If we want to take a few days off of the *new* fitness plan - we take a few days off (then get back to it). The second we make this into a "no options program" is the second we will want to opt out as fast as we possibly can. Anyway, I hope you have had a better few days, I know after talking to my mom she kind of put everything into perspective.. Don't you hate how moms can ALWAYS do that? hahaha Take care and talk soon! Ciao Suga' |
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Hi Sugar ! Thank you so much for the sweet words and the words of massive wisdom, they were really what I needed. I have been eating the best that I can as of late, but I haven't been doing my fitness like I am supposed to be, granted I did vigorously clean the house today and I am planning to hit up the treadmill in a few minutes for at LEAST a half mile. With the big ice storm and most of the county being without power, we've had two families staying with us.. which has put a hurting on our budget.. We've also resulted to "quick and easy" meals, but I've managed to only eat a bit of that and stick with what's left of me fresh veggies and yogurts and fruit. Your mom seems like a very smart woman, you are lucky to have someone like that to stand behind you on this change and to encourage you when you feel like quitting. It's a blessing, it really is. I know I am blessed to have you talking with me and encouraging me when I'm feeling down, if it wasn't for you.. I'd of been off this diet a long time ago. I will work on a new fitness plan as well, I think that's the best idea I've heard. And though I know I shouldn't, I still weigh myself every couple of days.. more curiousity than need. I know I shouldn't, but I wanted to report in..that two weeks ago when I put up fitness plans (okay, almost two weeks) I was at 216.6. Since then, I've not stuck exactly to my plans for exercise and the last week has been rough for me..but this morning I hopped on the scale just to see if I had truly done damage.. and I was down to 214.2!! Almost TEN POUNDS LOST!! And 14 away from my first goal! It seemed so much more in reach and to see that I had actually lost when I thought I'd gained, I was in shock! I was holding rough at 217-216 and thought I'd never get below it. To my excitement, I did! On a note, off the subject of our lifestyle revamp.. I had a job interview today and should hear back the first of next week if I make it to a second interview. I'm not sure how well I did, I always get so tongue tied and blank minded when it comes to interviews. But, my husband ALSO got a call about a job and they are supposed to call him next week about orientation information. It looks like things are really starting to look up, financially.. I am thankful for that, and for you. I'm feeling much better about it. Well, I am off! I intend to go in tomorrow for a few hours a work since the ice-storm has kept me out of work all week and I neeeed the hours! I'll write more tomorrow and I'll post my new plan on Sunday! Thanks again, Sugar.. for being so much support and most of all, for being such an awesome friend. Wicked |
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Hi There Sugar! I hope you've been doing well this weekend, maybe getting some much needed rest, as it were! I wanted to check in and update my fitness plan. I'll update my weight and add the fitness plan to the bottom tomorrow, like I did two weeks ago if you wanted to write up your plan, weight loss accomplishments. I was talking to a friend of mine (the one who is a health freak and supports me) Saturday, I was telling her how I felt guilty for not exercising but I managed to lose a little weight still. And she pointed out that once you get some muscles developed, (like we have) even when we're not exercising, our muscles are burning fat. So see, we shouldn't feel so useless when we don't exercise, our muscles are STILL working off that fat for us - might not be as fast as we want, but they are working! Electric is still mostly out in my state, I have my parents and brother staying with us so the house is full and eating healthy hasn't really happened because we've been making quick, big budget meals..so knowing my calorie intake is higher, I've just been eating less leading up to dinner. Hope this compensates well.  Fitness Goals Week 5 and 6: Monday: 0.50 tready miles in the morning, 10 minute pilates and 0.50 evening tready miles, Stairs X3. Tuesday: 10 minutes pilates and 0.50 tready miles. Wednesday: 0.50 tready miles in the morning, 10 minute pilates and 0.50 evening tready miles, Stairs X3. Thursday: 20 minute pilates and 0.50 tready miles. Friday: 0.50 tready miles in the morning, 10 minute pilates and 0.50 evening tready miles, Stairs X3. Saturday: 20 minutes pilates and 0.50 tready miles. Sunday: 0.50 tready miles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I obviously lessened CONSIDERABLY my fitness goals. I took what you said to heart and realized.. I had so much fitness in my day, I had no way to PROGRESS.. in order to progress and take on more, I'd have to dedicate many hours a day to exercise and realistically.. I don't have that kind of time. So I decided I should start smaller, count my calories (roughly) and have something to build up to. I'm hoping this way I am not setting myself up for failure. Hope you're doing well!! Wicked |
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Monday: 0.50 tready miles in the morning, and 0.50 evening tready miles, Stairs X3. Tuesday: 0.50 tready miles. Wednesday: 0.50 tready miles in the morning, 0.50 evening tready miles, Stairs X3. Thursday: 0.50 tready miles. Friday: 0.50 tready miles in the morning, 0.50 evening tready miles, Stairs X3. Saturday: 0.50 tready miles. Sunday: 0.50 tready miles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PS- I didn't do anything exercise wise today, I haven't felt the grandest. I'll pick up tomorrow. Last edited on 3 February 2009 11:34 pm by WickedWench |
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Hey Sugar! I'm worried about you, dear! I've not heard from you in several days, I'm hoping you didn't cave off the bandwagon completely. I revamped my fitness for the weeks to take out pilates, I haven't done #%@&! this week. Not one minute of exercise... My eating hasn't been the best either, because of the icestorm and the fact that we're so broke we're struggling to pay rent.. but my mom brought over a bunch of food that was thawing out and that needed cooked, it's not always the most healthy..so we've not been having healthy dinners.. Ugh. Soon as life gets normal and my family gets electric back and my house stops being a hotel, I'm going to hit it again really hard. Weighed this morning (because I wanted to see what damage was done) and weighed 213.0 So I'm hoping I can continue to lose, I'm hoping my muscles I've built will continue to burn fat while I don't exercise. I am getting up tomorrow and doing my two-times of tready miles.. 1 mile all together. I AM DOING IT. I don't know what my problem is.. How're you holding up? I hope better than myself.. Wicked |
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Hey Wicked ! Sorry I have been in communicado of late, as I mentioned in my brief email I was out of town for a few days. I had SO much to get done before I left that I completely forgot to let everyone know that I was going... which is typical me, as you will soon know. I should have been born a blonde (no offense if you are one!) haha. I've stuck to my "healthy eating" (I refuse to use the D word) and didn't even cave on the vegetarianism while away. It was really hard though, especially when you go to a restaurant you've never been to before and they don't really have a wide array of vegetarian selections. But I did it! My fitness plan, however, has gone to the wayside for nearly two weeks now. This weekend I will make a new fitness plan like you did and I WILL get through 20 minutes of pilates and 30 minutes of cardio. I'm not feeling as great as I used to, which is probably due to the fact that I've ignored my fitness for a little while now. The pilates and cardio will KILL me but I have to get back in gear. I'm sorry things have been so hard for you lately, and even sorrier still that I haven't been around this week to help you out. Even in the hardest situations, all you need to do is think and plan. If you can't afford healthier alternatives right now, then just eat what's most convenient in moderation. You know this as well as I do. And make certain foods off limit - like french fries, potatoe chips or anything else. Look up online to see if there are certain foods that have EMPTY calories, or google any resources about the nutritional information on the package. The only things I know for sure are that saturated fats are MUCHO bad - so stay away from those. Ultimiately we are on this plan to get healthy, but at the same time we need to be aware of our overall ability to stick with it. Case in point - I HAD to decrease my fitness because I was burning out and starting to resent working out. Now you will have to eat a few more of the foods you feel guilty about because of your financial situation, but you know how to do that wisely now and you can always remain in control. I have faith in your ability to persevere through this hard time. You need to have faith in yourself too. And when you get down or frustrated just think of the amount of good karma you're generating from allowing a family with even LESS means than what you have to stay with you. Sure, sacrifices must be made, but you are doing the right thing. And if you were in that position, wouldn't you want someone to take you in out of the goodness of their heart? I'm a firm believer that what goes around comes around and that it's important to treat people how you would like to be treated. You're doing an amazing thing for these people and I'm so very proud of you! Anyway ... you know how it is when you get back, you have more work piled up than when you left. Today is going to be such a long homework day so I better get started. Sorry again for forgetting to let you know that I was going to be away. I haven't fallen off the wagon yet, I promise! Nor do I plan to fall/jump off. We are going to do this! Take care of yourself Ciao! Suga' Last edited on 6 February 2009 04:03 pm by SugarPlum |
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Hi Sugar ! I am so proud of you for sticking to the healthy food choices! And I was beginning to wonder about you, last I heard you were having a revelation after a few rough days..I really was hoping you wasn't gone.. the funny thing is.. I found it a struggle to get through my lifestyle change when I hadn't heard from you! It's amazing the effect you've had on me!I'm currently working this Saturday, and though I did decrease my fitness plan.. with the people in the house, I didn't stick to it. So, everyone has power and is back home. It's back to just me, the hubby, the dog and our two cats.. So it's time to hit the exercises again.. I'm going to clean house when I get home and tomorrow I'll start out on my fitness plan and follow it for two weeks, which means I won't update next monday..it'll be the monday after since I've slacked this week on exercise. Thanks again for the encouraging words. I'll write more this evening after I've worked all day and cleaned the house. It's sunny here!! And no more snow is on the ground, that makes me super excited!! I'll talk more later, when I've the chance.. I just wanted to check in and tell you how proud of you I am. Wicked |
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Hey! I was hoping I could join your group! I am 5'4'', 20 years old, and 288 pounds. My name is Allana, and I just lost four pounds this week! Yay! lol I work in fast food (The evil McDonald's to be exact) so it's very hard to diet, and I have been overweight my entire life. I live in Nebraska. I'm going to spend some time reading all of your posts cause I wanna catch up! Anyways, here's my info. My diet began because I was eating 2500 calories a day and 2000 calories at eork alone! I have cut that back to 1500 calories. I no longer drink pop, but still don't exercise much. Other than that, it's simple calorie counting. Stats: Starting weight: 306.7 lbs Current weight: 288.0 lbs 1st goal: 265 lbs by June Overall goal: 204 lbs |
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Welcome aboard!! I'm glad you decided to join us and you're more than welcome here! Sugar is awesome support, I'd be cowing on pizza if not for her! haha! We all have big overall goals and a lot of weight to lose, we also both know it won't be a fast process, changing a lifestyle never is!I hope you find yourself feeling right at home here with us, we try to check in daily and sometimes I get wordy and write two times a day, I guess because it is a real help for me to write my emotions as soon as I feel them.. as opposed to opening the refrigerator. So, long story short.. Welcome!! Now- as an overall thing.. I didn't exercise today. Bleh on me. I do plan to get to it tomorrow, I know I keep putting it off but I feel like I'm eating "okay" so I am at least not cowing and lazing. Allana, how do you count your calories? I use an awesome website http://www.livestrong.com and the "Daily Plate" is a calorie tracker, as well as a goal and a chart that you can track your weightloss -as- well as your food intake, exercise and measurements.. it's awesome. Anyways, you should check that out if you have never seen it. Okay! I will check in tomorrow after my exercise. Wicked |
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Calori counting helps me watch my portions a lot better. Without counting I would simply eat however much fit in the bowl. lol For example, I only eat vegetables if they have butter on them but I have cut down to less butter. I can't believe it's not butter is what I use actually. I get the nutritional facts from my job and have found that the snack wraps only have 260 calories each so I have those at work and then when I go shopping I look at all the boxes and make the the portion is a good enough size for the amount of calories. Like one of you said earlier, who eats 10 chips? lol I simply keep it under 1500 calories a day. I actually weigh in on Fridays, so I'll post any progress then and I love trying to post every day! P.S. You guys sound like good friends! I hope I fit in with you well! :D |
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Hi Ladies! Let's start this week out right! First off, I hope you both had wonderfully fulfilling weekends and are all rested up for the beginning of another week! Sugar: Don't feel bad about leaving without saying anything, I am forgetful like that as well. Hey! On a side note, did you want to update your stats tomorrow or next week when I update mine? If we can all update on the same day, I will post a topic at least outlining the three of us and our stats! I hope you got those pilates in like you were saying you were going to do, I know that will help make the week start out right for you! A new week means a new chance to stick to our fitness plans and meal-goals. Allana: Sugar and I seem like such good friends because we -are-. I only met her here, on this forum but like I've said numerous times in my previous posts, I am a strong believer that people who go through life changing events together build and have lasting friendships. This that we're doing here, is a lifechanging event. It's a lifestyle change. We refuse to use the "d" word. :) I know Sugar isn't really big on counting calories, and I'm addicted.. and you count as well. I strongly suggest http://www.livestrong.com I know I've brought it up before but it has so many helpful tools -and- it lets you see through grafts and the likes just what you need to decrease, fat, carbs, ect.. I think.. (I could be wrong) that you can subscribe to other people's "calorie plate", I'd be more than happy to subscribe to yours and vice versa. At least then we could keep up with each other's meals and suggest changes. This goes for you as well, Sugar.. if you are wanting to start keeping up with calories in vs. exercise. I really just like having things put in perspective that I can see in numbers, grafts, ect. Here is my plate, in the case you can actually view it.. http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/users/myplate/ Anyways- I did my exercises today. Just a half mile. I know, I know..I'm starting so small. And technically I should be well above that, but I've slacked so much the last week or two, I just want to start over on exercises. I also ate pretty good today, as far as calories go.. Not enough, if you ask me but.. I didn't go grocery shopping until this evening. Hope you both are great!! Wicked Edit: If you can't actually view my plate, you can create a free account and search me up I think and add me to your "friends".. My user id there is SassyLass. Last edited on 9 February 2009 01:05 am by WickedWench |
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Hey guys! I had a great day. We went out for my mom's birthday and my favorite restaurant but instead of eating the fried chicken strips and salty french fries with lots of ranch that I really wanted, I had a grilled chicken salad! I felt so great afterwards! For lunch, I had 2 grilled snack wraps from McDonald's, and for dessert I had a cone. Overall I had 1378 calories. My goal is 1500 so I'm happy! I also bought a new scale! I use to have to go to my mom's to weigh myself. I've decided I need to start some sort of exercise program, but everytime I do, I just get annoyed with it and stop my whole diet plan. Maybe I will try some little things like you guys. I am really hoping that this week, I lose at least 1.3 pounds because that would mean that I am halfway to my first goal! Anyways, I have some homework to do so gotta go! :D |
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P.S. I started the daily plate at livestrong.com and it was very helpful! I wasn't able to see your plate though. Thanks for the tip! |
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Hey girls! I know I seem to talk alot but bear with me. I am really not sure how old you guys are, but I wanted to share something with you that I thought of last night. Maybe it will be motivating. I have worried about have a heart attack or a stroke or getting diabetes. I am only 20 years old and I should not have to lay around at night worrying about this things, but my mom, dad, great-grandpa on mom's side, and grandma on dad's side all have diabetes. Now, my heart is beautiful and artistic (I write poems) and I consider my heart to be talented. Now, why should my heart have to suffer because I have put all this weight on it. My heart keeps me alive yet I am doing nothing to make it easier. All I have been doing is making it harder for my heart to do that. My heart deserves to be is a beautiful artistic healthy body and that is my motivation for today. :D Hope it helps you guys a little! Thanks for listening to my babble! :D |
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Hey Ladies. ! I hope you both had a good monday. Mine was okay, I did not stick to my diet at all..despite my big post this morning.. I ended up getting a new job offer, so I celebrated at the local chinese resturant and totally blew my calories out of the water (I think), no exercise either!  But I am getting back on the bandwagon tomorrow morning, provided I get up in time to get on the treadmill and get a shower and still be at work by 6am! The new job has some odd hours, 11:30am-8:00pm! But I can kind of sleep in, so that will be nice.. I hope you guys have had a great start to your week. Allana - I like the way you look at things, the heart thing really made me smile. I agree.. I tell my husband all the time.." I love myself, I don't know why I treat myself so badly." Hehe. And to answer your question, I am 23, I won't be 24 until August. Sugar - I haven't heard from you in a couple days and you know it's like me to wonder if you're resisting temptation or forgetting all about me. *I kid, I kid*. I am sure you're doing fabulous! Did you update your fitness plan to something a bit lighter for this week? And did you weigh in? I just bet you've got some awesome progress to report!! Both in feeling better and the numbers. I will write more tomorrow, when I've followed my plans and schedules better. Have a good one! And Allana, don't apologize about being chatty.. It's nice! We're pretty chatty ourself when we have the time, Sugar's been a busy bee lately. Be good! Wicked |
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Hey Girls! I am doing great today. I had cereal with skim milk for breakfast, snack wraps and apples for lunch, and chicken and scrambled eggs for dinner. lol That's a strange combination. Also, I've drank about 80 ounces of water today! I had 64 just at work and then like 20 since I've been home. I really feel like this is a lifestyle change. I am starting to feel like it's a normal routine. I eat healthy without even realizing it. Even when I forget I'm dieting, I've noticed I look at a menu and automatically order something healthy. And it's weird but I am suddenly craving salads! lol Anyways, I started some exercises. I did 100 crunches last night and did some thigh muscle exercises as well. Today I am going to do some crunches during commercials of my favorite shows. lol I read one of your posts about dieting with a friend who pulls you off the wagon. I agree completely. I have a friend who gives up very easily and when we try to lose weight together and I lose more in a week, she gets upset with me. I am so glad that you guys are so encouraging! |
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Hey Ladies! Just a quick note from me; I accepted the new job and decided to keep my current one as a part time second job, so I'll be working two jobs starting at the beginning of March.. Wish me luck! I know with all of that, I'll be pressed for exercise time so I may need to cut my exercising down to the days I am not working both places. Here's the deal.. I am struggling. I cannot get myself to get back onto the routine of the treadmill. I go to bed with intentions of tomorrow being a new day and I get up in the morning, way past my alarm..never have time to get on before work.. I get so busy at work I can't do the stairs and when I get home, I reason away my treadmilling. It's pitiful and I'm so ashamed.. On a side note, I am sticking within calories..though I have noticed that I am not eating as much calories as I had been, I am thinking it's possible I am eating too little and gaining again, if that's even possible. I'm back up to 214.4. *sigh*. I just want to be able to get myself back on the treadmill, I want to feel a difference in my clothes and see a difference in how I look and feel..in my own skin. I guess I'll be eating better/more times a day once I get some extra funds and am able to get groceries. We're so out of food here.. it's just odds and ends meals now, no fresh fruit, veggies, nothing. I am so ashamed, I know I've said that a few times now in just this post alone... I apologize. Thank you girls, for being so great a listening to me. Sugar.. you still out there?? Allana- I am SO proud of YOU! You're doing so great! Have you noticed a difference in the way your clothes feel? I am so proud of you!!! Keep up the great work! Wicked Last edited on 11 February 2009 02:00 am by WickedWench |
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Hey girls! I had a another good day. I had a salad with grilled chicken for lunch (and only half the dressing!) and for dinner I had grilled chicken, a side salad, and broccoli. I still have lots of calories for today but I don't know what I'll have before bed. I am going to do some crunches before bed too and maybe some other excerises. Wicked- I might suggest getting some kind of motivation for the treadmill. Maybe do it while watching TV. That always worked for me because I got so into the show that I forgot I was working out! Another idea to get motivated may be to do it at a different time. Mornings are hard for everyone. Getting up early to excerise is no fun. Try doing it right after dinner or right before bed. Anyways, I hope you do better and don't fall off the wagon. I need support! lol And yes I've been noticing my clothes fitting looser, and my jawline is smaller. Good Luck!! |
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P.S. Maybe you are just weighing too often. I don't know how often you weigh yourself, but I noticed I weighed myself friday and then two days later and it seemed like I gained. lol We have to wait a week!! It's important so that we don't get discouraged. |
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Hey girls! I had a good day today. I had cereal for breakfast, snack wraps for lunch, and chicken and eggs for dinner again. lol I have about 100 calories left for the day, but I'm still hungry. I think I might do some excerises in order to be able to eat something yummy! lol I hope you are both doing well though I haven't even met Sugar yet! lol Good luck with everything. |
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WickedWench New Member
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Happy Friday the 13th, Ladies!  I just wanted to check in quickly, for the moment..quick because I'm currently at work.. I can write more tonight after I get home. I still haven't kicked my butt back into exercising yet.. I have a strained muscle in my back so movement like that really irritates it. :) Being Valentine's Day weekend and a celebration weekend for my new job, I already know I won't be sticking within calorie range... Hubby is taking me out to chinese tonight and a movie and Sunday we're gathering at a local irish pub for some ales and a great band..we all know how many calories beer has.. Anyways! I'll write more later, I weighed in today at 211.4 I know people say I weigh too much but curiousity gets the better of me! Sugar- You still with me?! Hehe. Hope you guys are well! Wicked |
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allana73 New Member
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I gained 1.6 pounds! I'm upset, because I have done so good this week. I was surpirsed to gain weight! Maybe I need to exercise more. We'll see what happens this next week. The only upside is it's a new week! I'll try again! |
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SugarPlum New Member
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Hey Wicked ! Hey Allana ! It's nice to meet you Allana! I have been MIA for much too long so I am back ... with a vengeance! These pounds are going to come off if it's the last thing I do! Now, first just let me say I haven't lacked on the "d-word"ing. If anything I've amped it up a little. I've been buying all of these books that help you make better decisions - and if I had to recommend a few to you ladies.. well these would be it! (1) "Eat this Not that" by David Zinczenko - Not only has this book been featured on Oprah (aka the first lady of daytime television), but it really is that great of a book! The entire book is set up in categories/sections of food from everything you can think of (energy bars, meal supplements and much to my enjoyment MEAT ALTERNATIVES are even included). Each page features grocery store products, those that you should eat and those that you shouldn't. It really takes the guess-work out of grocery shopping! It even gives tips on produce buying, alcoholic beverages... wait a sec the legal age there is 21 so Allana - cover your eyes! haha If you guys want some example pages I can scan some and email them to you. (2) "The Fat Counter" 7th Edition by Annette B. Natow and Jo-Ann Heslin - I just about had a heart attack when I first flipped through this book. The book is a few inches thick, and it looks kind of like a dictionary of sorts BUT when you flip through foods are sorted by category (i.e. JAM) and then brand (i.e. Welches) all in alphabetical order (the category coming first and then alphabatized by the brand). Each entry has: (1) portion sizes, (2) calories, (3) g of fat, (4) g of SATURATED fat (aka our worst enemy), (5) g of trans fat (cousin of the evil saturated fat). I know, I know, it doesn't include carbs or any of those nitty gritty factors - but these facts are presented for EVERY product imaginable. AND .. there is a section at the back for over 120 restaurants and their menus. And seeing as this is an American book it has all of your American restaurants like Carl Jr,'s and stuff I've never heard of haha ... I can also scan a few pages from this if you would like. NOW.. moving on to the next most important aspect .. FITNESS. I've been all about those pop-in dvd's you buy at Walmart (some of which are in the $5 dvd bin). And let me tell you - they are amazing! I found a walking one the other day which means I no longer have to subject myself to bitter cold winds and slush/snow on the sidewalks! I organized my fitness dvd collection the other day and I have about 10 now, which sounds ridiculous, but I find that the most helpful thing you can do is SWITCH UP your fitness activity every few days. Your body eventually gets used to activities you do on a regular basis which really hinders any cardio you can do. The absolute best thing you can do for your body is select 4 or 5 cardio exercises you can do and disperse them evenly over a few weeks... So Wicked - the treadmill is great but if you are loathing its existence (which I KNOW you are) consider doing something else, or investing money in a workout dvd OR more workout paraphinilia.. OR rework the resistance bands into rotation (I know you have one!). And Allana - if you are intimidated by doing fitness start off small with maybe a 20 minute walk around your neighborhood. Or.. can I just say, pilates are the best thing to ever happen to a girl with more junk in the trunk. Seriously. If you start off with beginner moves, pilates can really help you tone up as you lose weight (which is really important) AND lengthens/strengthens your spine. I stand up SO much taller now that I have regularly inserted pilates into my workout regimin. I don't think I'm going to be updating my stats for a while, or at least not until I introduce the measurements I had mentioned to you today Wicked. I think I'm decreasing my weigh-ins and all stats to once a month. Because I'm gaining muscle and toning my weight is hovering over the 290's and it's really starting to discourage me. BUT at the same time, my clothes are fitting looser everyday. Explain that one to me - please haha. And my revamped fitness plan? I've decided to do at least 40 minutes of cardio 4 days a week, and AT LEAST 10 minutes of pilates everyday. I may increase that at any time, but I feel like I need a bit of flexibility right now. Welcome again to you Allana, I look forward to us getting to know eachother better. And if you haven't had a chance to read all of the past posts - just to update you .. I am 23 years old, reside in Canada, initially weighed in at 312, got as low at 293 and now I'm hovering in the 290's. My first goal weight is 275 and my ultimate goal weight (a girl can dream) is 175. Oh yea.. and HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY to the both of you! Hope you and your hubby have something special planned, Wicked (if he knows what's good for him haha)... you definitely deserve a day full of lovey-dovey'ness. And Allana - if you have someone special I hope you have a great day with them. And if not.. well there's nothing wrong with a single, independent woman enjoying VDay with friends or family. I'm spending VDay with my sister .... hahaha Talk soon! Ciaoooo Suga' Last edited on 14 February 2009 05:37 pm by SugarPlum |
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P.S. - Allana, if you have gained a little weight don't get discouraged! When you initially start to lose weight it comes off SO FAST, but eventually you hit the plateau and have to work that much harder to keep the momentum going. Not only that, but depending on when you weigh in you could be retaining a lot of water (especially since I see that you are drinking a ton to begin with). Also, if your fitness regimen includes elements that help you tone as you lose weight REMEMBER that muscle weighs MORE than fat. So if you've started to gain any muscle it will initially look as though you are gaining weight. The scale isn't smart enough to separate body fat from muscle... although there are some out there that can. But the bottom line is - take the number on the scale with a grain of salt and consider ALL of the abovementioned factors that contribute to your overall potential weight gain. Don't lose faith! |
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allana73 New Member
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Hey girls! I would usually give up at this point after gaining, but I got this sudden burst of motivation. I hate very healthy the last two days AND I exercised both days! Friday I walked for about 20 minutes, and today I walked for 30 minutes! I rewarded myself by going to a movie with my boyfriend, and I didn't even buy any snacks! Yay! I am definitely hoping for the best this week. And I think I lost calories by laughing so hard! My nephew, who is a year old is learning his animal sounds. I'd say 'what's a cow say?" and he'd say "mmm". lol And then I said "Okay, what's daddy say?" and he started making fart noises! I laughed so hard and then he would just giggle and giggle. It was great motivation, because he's the whole reason I am doing this! lol Sugar- I'm so glad you finally posted. I have been wondering about you for awhile. lol Hope everything is well for you. I have come to realize that even though I'm usually very hungry for lunch, I realize if I don't order a lot of food I won't eat alot. I only eat what I have. That was uplifting. I just have to remember that. And exercising isn't so bad! lol Thanks for the support! Wicked- So, was the Valentine's dinner good? I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you are back on track tomorrow! One day of just enjoying life is very important, as long as you have the willpower to shrug it off. Hope everything is going well for you! Hope to talk to you soon! |
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allana73 New Member
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I can't wait til Friday. I feel so good about myself, and I feel like I have been doing so great. I hope I lose some. I ate really good today. I had a chicken sandwich for lunch and a bowl of soup for dinner with a small fruit salad. Now I only ate like 700 calories today, but I'm not hungry. I woke up at 10, had lunch at 3, had dinner at 8. Now, it's midnight and I'm ready for bed. Is 700 too little? I am sure I will eat more tomorrow, but I don't want to be eating to little. I did not exercise. I did make a CD of some upbeat songs to exercise to though. I will more than likely exercise tomorrow to that CD. It's about 30 minutes long, so I'll know that I did 30 minutes. Hope all is well for you both! |
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Hey Wicked ! Hey Allana ! Allana - 700 calories is definitely too low! If you were working out that same day I'd be worried... but just remember that you need to take in enough calories that you will have energy to work out and still have energy afterward. And seeing as you're making sure to eat well rounded meals with portion control, you body will need as many calories it can get to stay energized. One of my mistakes earlier on was crash dieting while working out 7 days a week - you get so tired ALL the time! And eventually you want to JUMP off the wagon... So be careful. Wicked - I hope your week has started off well and congratulations again for the job! I am so very proud of you! How is the working out coming along? Have you started back up yet? If you haven't, try maybe 15 minutes of treadmill today. I'm finally trying to kick my lazy butt in gear and start working out more regularly - and you better believe I'll be pushing you to do the same! I think my *new* updated plan is working out Monday through Friday with weekends off. The "4-day-a-week" plan I told you about this weekend leaves me way too much room to opt out of fitness altogether haha And even though I KNOW I will be so tired working out Mon-Fri I need to get myself back into some sort of fitness routine. Anyway, if you can't make it on the boards this week because you are busy with the new job AND the old job (the first week is always the worst!) then send me off a quick email to let me know how you are doing I did it ladies! I forced myself to get up 3 hours before I have to be at the school for homework and I DID my 20 minutes of pilates and a 3 mile/45 minute walk! I could've sworn when the alarm went off that I'd bail yet again, but I forced myself to do it. You always feel so much more accomplished after you've done it and I even prefer to force myself to work out in the morning just so I can feel this great all day. Anyway I've gotta get ready for a huge homework day - spring break means nothing when you have THIS much homework to get through haha I hope you two are doing well, and I hope you both have had a restful weekend. Keep up the awesome work! Ciao Suga'.P.S. - One of my besties that I see everyday told me yesterday that I have lost a LOT of weight. That's definitely the best feeling in the world. And the moral of the story is? The scale means nada when you are gaining muscle and toning! I'm still hovering over the same weight but I look better and better! |
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WickedWench New Member
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Hi Ladies ! I hope you guys had a wonderful weekend! I am actually off-work today, I don't start the new job until next week.. and I had a very big night last night with celebration! Sadly, I ate way under my calories and drank way over. I had so much fun however, hanging out with a huge group of my ren-faire buddies at an Irish Pub, listening to Faire Tunes. It was such a blast! I took the day off, on the hinge that I'd have a rough morning but thankfully I don't! I haven't exercised yet, but I intend to get back into it this week..if not this very day! We are low on food, so it's quick meals again.. I need to go to the grocery and at least get some things for snacks, else I don't eat enough.. I am glad the two of you are doing so well, I'm so very proud of the both of you!! I am not going to put a time limit on my treadmilling, but rather a distance goal..that way I push myself to do it as opposed to lazily walking for X minutes. I hope this approach will be a good one. And then when I feel the need to be lazy and not devote X amount of time to the tready, I'll just remind myself I only have to go X distance and I can do it quickly, if I just do it! I'm still not seeing a huge difference in how I look or how my clothes feel.. I have a pair of "skinny jeans" that I can't fit into and they are only a size smaller than my normal pair. I am not going to get discouraged however, I'm going to go at this with a head held high. With working two jobs and helping my husband manage the household, bills, groceries and cooking.. that'll be workout all in itself! So I'm hoping that, plus some exercise will whip my butt back into shape. Well, folks.. I should be going! I am going to catch a late morning nap; because I am never off work with an opportunity like this on a MONDAY. Hope you guys had a fabulous weekend and are starting the work-week/school-week out right! Wicked PS - Hubby and I had a great Valentine's Day . We didn't do anything huge, just spent the day together.. ate out on Friday and just enjoyed one another's company on Saturday, we did some house cleaning to..I guess that was a present to me! Huzzah! *Yippee for those who don't know what Huzzah means*. |
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Hey Ladies! Count down to Ren-Fair season, Wicked! haha... I'm glad you had some fun out, and hey you partially compensated for the beer so kudos to you I woke up early AGAIN this morning and did 20 minutes of pilates and 45 minutes/3 miles of walking... I'm definitely on a roll! My diet has been pretty steady too, I'm STILL a vegetarian and I haven't fallen off the wagon for a binge session yet either! I have probably eaten out a total of 3 times in the past month - which is a HUGE decrease for me. I feel like I'm finally back on track and it feels great... here's hoping I can keep up the pace. Anyway this is just a short note for my daily progress, it's another long homework day ... with laundry to boot I wish laundry would just do itself hahaHope you both have a productive Tuesday and talk soon! Ciao. Suga'. |
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allana73 New Member
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I did really good today, and ever since i gained, I have been doing really well. So, about fitness, how often do you guys exercise. My weeks go from saturday to friday, and I walked Saturday and sunday. Should I only walk one more day? Or would you suggest more? I don't want to walk every day because I'll get tired. lol Anyways hope all is well. |
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I suggest that you exercise at least 4 times a week... I'm trying to do 5 right now and work my way up to 7. But it's up to you. And maybe now's the time for you to explore more ways to exercise than walking because once you keep doing the same thing you get bored of it, which is NOT good lol But good luck! I'm so proud of both of you! |
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WickedWench New Member
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Hi Ladies! I hope the two of you are feeling well this week! Allana- I am so impressed with you! Look at yourself and feel proud; when you first joined us.. you mentioned that you weren't exercising, just going to cut calories..and now look! You're walking during the week and really feeling good about yourself, I'm so proud of you and all the steps you're taking! Just don't get discouraged if you see a gain on the scale, muscle weighs more..remember that. Sugar and I have both suffered that loss of willpower when we saw the gain. Though admittedly, she's sticking to her end of things way better than myself lately. Also, I'd walk 4 days a week.. at least, depending on how far you're going. Since I'm only doing a half a mile once or twice a day, I really need to do it six days a week. I think I need to revamp my fitness schedule..yet again. Don't burn yourself out.. Sugar - You rock, girl! Did you get a video to walk in doors? How does that work without an exercise equipment of some sort? Or did you go out and buy something? You always have such great words of encouragement, I need to get off my lazy bum and get on the tready or at least do some pilates.. I've been so lazy, just drained. I think the prospect of two jobs if really wearing me out before I even get started on the second. So - I start my second job next Monday.. and I'm working at my current one from today til forever with no days off... I am hoping I can get back into the tready or some form of exercise before I start doing both jobs Monday..else I'm doomed, I already know this. I'll be working from 6am-8pm..every day. That's not counting the hour drive I will have between work and home. So technically it's more like.. 5am-9pm every day.. I am really hoping I can pull it off -and- stick to my diet.. I'm still sitting pretty at 212.0lbs. I dipped down to 210.8 but I think that was a scale fluke... hahaha. Anyways, I broke down and had taco bell the other night.. But my gosh I was craving it sooo badly, as was the hubby. So I had a taco-salad and didn't eat the shell.So, I don't get off til late tonight but I am hoping to hit up the tready when I get in.. I'll check in this evening and let you know whether I failed or succeeded.. :) I think I need to get back into the habit of checking in two times a day, that made me stick to my lifestyle changes, much, much better.. As long as you guys don't mind my long windedness!Wicked |
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Oh and Wicked.. I haven't read your post yet - but what's that website that you log your calories again? I think I'm going to start calorie counting... |
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Haze New Member
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Hi I posted looking for a buddy and wicked witch invited me over here. I hope you don't mind. I have quite a bit of weight to loose but probably am a bit older than you all but have been told I act my shoe size more often (size 5 english size) Starting weight is 240 lbs Weight yesterday 236 lbs (weigh in day) Target weight 140 -160 lbs I am setting myself small targets of 14 lbs each time which are more achievable I think. I am reducing the fat intake of my diet and am using the Wii Fit to exercise with at home. At the moment I am not very well so the eating plan is a bit topsy turvy because of being quite sice for the past 36 hours. I will understand if you want to keep your litle group closed but I really need some people who will push me a bit and help me achieve my goals and hopefully I can help you too. Hazel |
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Welcome Haze!!!  Of course you're more than welcome here with us! We're here to help and having a support system really helps! I really don't mind having new people join us! Grats on the weight loss already! I'll write more, when I get home this evening and have a chance.. But welcome, none the less!! Sugar- the website is http://www.livestrong.com and from there you use " The Daily Plate". If you sign up and give me your username, I can add you to my friends, like I have Allana..and we can watch one anothers diaries and food intakes, offering suggestions and stuff! If you'd like, of course.. Talk more later, folks!! Wicked |
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allana73 New Member
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Hey girls! Ok I plan on exercising tonight and maybe tomorrow. That will make 4 days a week. Then I will weigh in on friday and buy more groceries. I use to hate grocery shopping! Now it's exciting. lol Any tips or recipe ideas would be great! I really like chicken but hate pastas if that helps! lol Hazel- Welcome! I personally love having lots of people in this group. I love that there is a new reply almost every day. It keeps me motivated. I want to have some good news to tell you all. Today, there was like 5 new posts! Wicked- I just love your long posts! There great. lol Thanks for all the support. I hope your new job treats you well. I've been at the same job for 5 years, and I'm very burnt out! In our town, there isn't must choice though. That's why I'm going to college to open a business. That way, I can boss people around and do things my way! lol Sugar- I plan on exercising 4 days a week now. Thanks! Also, I will try to find some other things I like doing. Maybe I will like pilates if I try it. Is it like yoga? Thanks for the support. |
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Hello Sugar , Allana and Haze !! I would say "Ladies" but I am not sure if you are male or female, Haze.. forgive me. I hope all of you had a very good and very productive workday! Wednesday means half -way through the week, yay!! I came home and got on the tready, just like I said I would.. despite my general exhaustion I feel good that I made myself get on it! I was using the calorie tracker on http://www.livestrong.com and keeping track of exercise, it says that typing burns like 143/cals an hour. It's really hard to believe that and despite that I do that all day; I don't like counting it towards calories being worked off. I guess I'm just funny like that. Haze- As you might of read, we like to do fitness plans every other week but we've totally slacked off. Being as we have two new members, I would like to suggest that we all post a fitness plan to start on monday and update our stats on monday. If we all do it on the same day, it's much easier to keep track of. It'll be a plan for two weeks, you can include other such goals..calories, personal, fitness, ect. Also include your starting weight, current weight, first goal and overall goal. I think we've slacked in updating and maybe have allowed ourselves all to slip a bit. I'll do mine monday and hopefully I'll be more able to follow through with the plans for fitness if they are written down and revamped a bit more. I hope.How're you all? Wicked |
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Hellooo Ladies! And Haze - as your gender has not yet been confirmed or denied (I apologize in advance) First of all, sorry for the short spurty posts this morning. I was on a schedule that definitely included my 20 min of pilates and 45min/3mile walk. That's right, I did it again! My legs are absolutely killing me tonight though, they better sort themselves out before tomorrow when I do it allllll ova' again. Also, let me prewarn all of you.. I am a chronic skimmer when reading, so if I misread or give insane advice it's because I never read every word. Allana - Good luck with the 4 days a week.. I think you will soon find that your walks will get easier and easier. The more frequent you go you will be increasing your body's overall fitness capability - which will translate into one bangin' bod. Binkini season anyone? BUT I have a new philosophy of trying everything once, which I think you will like too. Pilates are cool, especially since yoga scares me half to death. I can barely do a "lotus" position, forget all those things where you throw your legs in places legs shouldn't be. Pilates are much more lower impact and can be targeted to just your legs, arms or core aka your future six pack. Although I may be biased as pilates have zenified me. If you try out yoga please please please let me know what you think and what poses you do. What kinds of exercise do you generally like? Wicked - I was watching this one episode of "X-Weighted" (I'm not sure if you've seen it) where this chef guy who was trying to lose 40ish pounds worked 14-20 hours a day (seriously, how crazy) AND still managed to work out at least 15 minutes every night. Not only was this guy OBNOXIOUS but he was so very unmotivated to diet. So I figure if that guy can do it.. then you WILL do it! You are a superwoman and there is nothing you can't possibly do! If you make a goal for yourself you WILL achieve it. Start out slow and build your stamina, if you're tired take a day off to recoup, break up your workouts into mangable chunks throughout the day, pile on the physical activity on days off - whatever you need to do to stay motivated .. do it! Canada isn't that far away you know, don't make me come down there and kick your butt into gear. hahaha Oh and PS the walking thing I've been doing is a dvd (like all my workouts haha) they have you walk in place while regularly doing side steps, knee lifts, kick backs, and a host of arm movements with a resistance band. It's the best dvd ever - I'll email you the name if you want... and thanks again for that website - I'll check it out on my next day off!Haze - Welcome to the group! I hope you are feeling better soon.. and if you need diet help wellll.. check out the website Wicked posted a few posts ago. I'm pretty sure I'll be joining, and we can all "friend" eachother on there. But take it easy and make sure you get plenty of fluids... Dr's orders. Okay. I am t to the izzired. But I agree with Wicked - I say we do updated fitness plans/stats next monday... which means I will be crash-fitnessing for the rest of the week hahaha. When's the best time in the day for a weigh-in BTW? I usually do mine in the morning after a work out because I haven't eaten yet and I assumed your body won't account for as much "water weight" and such. Any ideas? Ciao & sweet bikini bod dreams everyone! Suga'. |
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Sugar  - I personally don't like much exercising. I don't mind walking, and I love the dance dance revolution games, but I don't have the money to buy a system to play them. I don't know of many exercises, so I can't say I wouldn't like them unless I tried them. Wicked - Good job on walking! I'm so proud! Also, I've been watching your diet on livstrong, and you've been doing so great. I do not count typing or small things like that either. I only count what makes me sweat! lolHazel - Hope to hear from you soon! Hope you can clear up the gender question! lol I have been doing so great! I plan on walking tonight, and My calories have been between the 700 I ate one day and 1400 on all the other days. I am really really hoping for a weight loss this week. I will weigh in on Friday! I will set up my goals and everything on Monday as well! |
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Hi Ladies I am defenitly female (all woman so my other half says he! he!) sorry I thought that I had already posted that. My apologies. I am 5'5" tall but look much taller for some reason. WIl being sick for the past two days it has halted my eating plan but I am feeling a bit better this morning and going to have a healthy breakfast of cereal and banana and a half ltr of water. My exercise will not be much today as want to feel 100% before exercising again. While not sleeping I have been reading quite a few of your posts and really appreciate the welcome to your little group. I have an engineer coming this morning to check my central heating system so have to move stuff so that he can get near the boiler. I will pop in later to catch up. Hazel Last edited on 19 February 2009 09:23 am by Hazel |
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SugarPlum New Member
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Hey Ladies! I'm doing so well with the fitness this week.. I did 20min of pilates and 40 min of cardio (not walking) today! I'm really afraid that I won't be able to keep up this pace after my spring break is over ... I've only been working/doing homework everyday so I have time in the mornings to do the hour long work out but as of next week I'll be having 12 hour days at work/school and early early mornings Allana - I checked out a few websites for you for suggestions to amp up your walking and found this... Walking Walking is by far the most popular low impact exercise, but in order to get your heart rate up there are some things you may need to do.
Getting Started If you’re just beginning a fitness program, start slow with a goal of walking for 20 minutes. Before you begin, take a few minutes to warm up your muscles with some light stretching, paying special attention to your hamstrings. Walk at a pace that gets your heart pumping and you’re breathing hard, but not so hard that you can’t comfortably carry on a conversation. Aim to walk for 20 minutes five to seven days a week and end each walk with more light stretching and rehydrating your body with a glass or two of water. Step It Up When you’re comfortably walking 20 minutes at a time, you’ll want to start challenging yourself and, in the process, work your way up to walking for 40 to 60 minutes at a time, especially if you’re walking as part of a weight loss program. If you walk outdoors, you’ll also want to begin varying your route to include hills or other naturally challenging terrain. Bike paths, hiking trails or hilly neighborhoods are all good choices. To challenge yourself further, pump your arms as you walk or carry light hand weights. You’ll ratchet up the intensity of your walking program and increase the number of calories you burn as a result of working at higher heart rate. Staying Motivated When pursuing a walking program, you’ll need to find ways to maintain your motivation. You may want to walk with a friend, write it into your schedule as an appointment each day, and reward yourself when you meet fitness goals. Look for new places to walk so you won’t get bored, and find indoor places (indoor malls, fitness centers, treadmills) to walk in inclement weather. The only other thing I would suggest is that you might want to invest in a step counter or more importantly a heart-rate monitor.. I haven't had a chance to check these out and price them for you BUTTT I think they should be around $10 if you go to Walmart or something... Or one of those stores you have down there haha Target? But let me know if any of these tricks work for you.. I can't wait until the weather is better outside- then I'll be walking too! Maybe we can do walking dates, Wicked and I did that a few times.... way back when hahaha Wicked - I hope you're doing well! I'm going to check out that website tonight after work actually and I'll post my nickname later so we can "friend" eachother haha... How are things with you right now?Hazel - It's good to hear from you! Good luck with the boiler today and I hope you are seriously feeling better soon.. Being sick during this season absolutely sucks!Welllll I'm off for work so I hope all of you have a great productive day and I'll check in tomorrow! Ciao! Sugar. |
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allana73 New Member
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Hey Girls!  I did great on eating today and am very excited to weigh in tomorrow. I haven't excerised at all though! I did on friday and saturday, but that's it. Then, today I was just ready to go exercise when my boyfriend found out his tax return came. lol So obviously we had to go shopping. lol Anyways, I'm still proud of my two days a week though, because it's better than doing nothing! Hope everything is going well with everyone. I am actually going to post my stats tomorrow because that's when I weigh in. And I'll make a fitness schedule for next week as well! And I'll think of some goals I want to accomplish! Thanks for everything guys! You guys are so helpful! Hope to hear from you soon! |
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allana73 New Member
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HEY GIRLS! To begin, I had 2 dreams last night where I lost 2.8 lbs and I was so super excited in my dreams! lol Then, I woke up and weighed myself and I lost 5.4 lbs! That means 22.5 lbs lost so far! Forgive me for all the smiles, but I'm finally realizing what I can accomplsih! And it's about time! lol I'm halfway to my 1st goal weight! Stats: Start weight: 306.7 lbs Current weight: 284.2 lbs 1st goal weight: 265.0 lbs Overall goal weight: 204 lbs Fitness plan: My fitness plan is going to start out small. Last week, I did 2 days of walking. I think I will bump that up to three or four days. My week goes from Friday to Thursday, so I plan on walking Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Goals: I will walk 3 days this week for 30 minutes. I will look into pilates fitness dvds. I will follow my 1500 calories diet. I will drink at least 64 ounces of water each day. You guys are amazing! Thanks for the support. I don't think I could have done it without you! Well I'm going to go walk now, because I don't have to work today and I'm very motivated! |
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allana73 New Member
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P.S. Sorry if I seemed a little selfish in my last post! By the way, how are you guys doing? I hope you had a wonderful day just like me! |
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Hazel New Member
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Wow what a great loss. I am really inspired by how well you girls are doing and aim to get as good as you are. I don't have any room in my home for exercise equipment but plan to use the Wii Fit and walk as much as my asthma/ lung probs allow. My next weigh in with the nurse is in 10 days time but according to my scales I have lost another 3.8 lbs since Tuesday. I have learned a lot this week by reading your posts and in a week or so I will start to post my exercise plans etc which I am hoping to keep to as I don't want to let myself down by not eating properly and exercising to loose this weight. # Hazel |
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valarienku1 New Member
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Hi everyone. I thought I'd drop by and intro myself. My name is Valarie and I'm new to the boards. I got invited to drop in by one of the lovely ladies here in your group :) The boards have been great so far. Just looking for a place that I can come to for support, knowledge, and motivation, hoping I can also provide the same to someone else. I am so impressed with you guys, with what I have read! To jump in, I'll post my stats, etc.: starting wt: 220 current weight: 204.6 1st goal weight: 199 Overall goal: 140 Other goals: Eating 1200-1400 cals/day Working out 4 times per week (I change it up, so I'm not sure of specific stuff to put here.....I do the treadmill, eliptical, weight training, exercise bike, etc.) I started 2 challenges if anyone wants to join (on the challenge board: one for the next 3 months, and one over the next few weeks before St. Patty's Day). Thank you guys so much for having me! I hope I can pitch in with information or resources, support, encouragement, and anything else I can help with. Oh, and a little about me: I just turned 28. I work full-time and have recently gone back to school (again). I am divorced but have a great boyfriend, and a new kitty named Jackson. Emotional eating is a problem for me (when stressed) and I have never had the motivation to really stick with weight loss until now. Again, thanks for having me! Last edited on 20 February 2009 11:58 pm by valarienku1 |
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SugarPlum New Member
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Hey Ladies! Welcome Val! I hear you with the emotional eating - I am such an emotional eater. I always stick with the tried and true excuse that what I eat is the ONLY thing I can control in my life. But that's not true at all haha Congratulations on your weight loss so far! And congratulations to you Allana! You should be SO very proud of yourself, I know I am. You've been sticking to the activity and calorie counting and look what it's done for you! You've got this whole weight loss thing under control, for sure... it's all downhill from here - right? haha And Haze! You've lost quite a bit too.. it sounds like we're all on track. By then end of the 10-day mark you will have lost at LEAST 5 pounds (and that's definitely under-estimating). Anyway I just wanted to let you ladies know that I have joined http://www.livestrong.com and my nickname there is AllyJean - so friend me.. stat! This is my second official day and let me just say.. it's the best tool ever. I didn't realize how much I was under-eating most days and over-eating others. I honestly thought I could just estimate my intake and the amount of calories I burn everyday... BUT now that I'm on the site I have realized: 1) I don't drink nearly enough water, 2) I take in WAY too much sodium, 3) I don't get enough protein now that I'm a vegetarian again... and 4) working out everyday (whether it's a big amount or small) makes ALL the difference when trying to lose weight. Before having increased my fitness on Monday I was plateaued at 298, and now since I have been working out everyday AND counting calories/measuring everything I've already lost quite a few pounds... I will do the big reveal on Monday with my updated fitness plan. Anyway I hope everyone is doing well.. I miss you Wicked! You are my partner in crime and my motivation! You better add me to that site thingy so I can comment all over your plate. hahaha Ciao and Happy Weight-Loss'ing Everyone! Sugar. |
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WickedWench New Member
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Hey Ladies!! Thank Goodness it's Friday! I was so ready for this weekend I could of sobbed like a child. And I'm not even sure why I am so ready for the weekend, I have to work Sunday. Haha. Welcome to the group, Val! I am glad you decided to join us afterall. I think you won't have any problem slipping right into home here; we all care a lot about one another, at least I know I care alot about everyone else here. I've told Sugar several times, when you have a lot to lose or are going through a big lifestyle change.. those who experience it with you become life long friends. Which I am very excited for. It looks like you and I are very close in weight, my first goal is 200lbs.. I'm not there yet. 10 lbs to go! Welcome again!Hazel- I am so glad you decided to join us as well! Sugar has an awesome dvd (she could tell you more than I could about it) that centers around indoor walking and doesn't require a tready or what have you.. Maybe it's something you could look into. I got a pilates dvd from Walmart.. for like $14 and it came with resistance bands. It's also broken into five 10 minute workouts. So if you're short on time, you can do one 10 minute session or you can push them all together for a 50 minute session. I also bought a dance dvd.. but I am not down enough to do that! I have no rhythm! It's more like I stand there staring in disbelief, rather than dance.. and it's broken into 10 minute sessions as well. I'll start that once I hit the 200lb mark I think. Allana- I am SO SO SO proud of you! Look at how much more weight you shed when you toss in a little exercise! Totally boosts you! I am so motivated, thanks to your loss! You all know I've been struggling, that's no lie.. I'm just hoping I can finally get back into a regular exercise routine so I can start seeing bigger results. (Right now, I'm at a pound a week or so). Keep up the good work and don't burn yourself out on walking, change it up a bit! Note the portion about pilates I wrote to Hazel. :) Sugar - Last but certainly not least.. No need to miss me too much! I'm right here! Partner in crime signing in. :) I friended you on livestrong.. I am not sure if you have your plate set to public but you may have to do that. I can't wait to comment there with you and help you with food choices and vice versa. :) I am so proud of you as well! Look at us.. all slimming down (some faster than others).. and our little corner of the world here is growing! Started out with just two.. hence the name.. now we're up to a handful! I love it. Can't wait to see your updated stats, Sugar. This coming monday, is that when we're posting new plans and stats? Is everyone good for that? As a personal update, I did get up from work to climb the stairs a bit extra today to get my blood pumping. No tready. *sigh* I swear girls, it's an uphill battle with me and the thought of home exercise. I guess because I'm gone so many hours of the day..when I get home, I don't want to exercise.. I want to do lazy things. I promise you though, I am going to get a handle on this and swing myself back on track.. very very soon. I've still been eating pretty healthy though! So glad to have the new members with us.. hope you can make yourself right at home and bare through my long winded posts!! Talk more soon!! Wicked |
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Hazel New Member
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There are certain cardio exercises that i cannot do as i have titanium plates and screws in my right lower leg and ankle. I have the tinies living room and nowhere else to exercise . The Wii Fit is great I just need to do it every day as I have reached the free jog and yoga is great too. there are loads of things on it that I can do just need to give myself a kick in the a** and do it. I have been on www fitday.com and am recording my food intake etc as it is so easy to use . Tomorrow I am going to get a good pedometer and try and up my walking a bit more. Hazel |
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valarienku1 New Member
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All of you ladies are amazing! Everyone seems to be working their a** off....literally :) lol. I know I am going to love it here with you guys. I'm already learning from you all! I did pretty well today....within my cal range and worked out. I usually weigh in on Mondays....any certain day with all of you? Keep up the good......no, great....work. I hope I can keep up with you all! And thank you all for such a warm welcome. Much appreciated!!! |
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allana73 New Member
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Thanks for all the congrats guys! It feels great! I kinda celebrated today by going to Carlos O Kelly's! I may have overeaten a little, but I also excercised a little-only 10 minutes. I think I'll be okay! I'll post more tomorrow. Have a great night girls! |
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valarienku1 New Member
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Happy Saturday girls! I'm going out to lunch with a friend today, so that may be a challenge to eat well, and not over do it. But I got a little more encouragement this morning from the scale :-) My current weight that I posted was 204.6 and this morning I weighed at 203.8. Small victory, but a victory none-the-less. Almost to my first goal of 200 (well, 199). Yay! I hope you ladies have a wonderful Saturday and I'll check back in later this evening. Keep up the great work! |
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allana73 New Member
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Hey girls! I did so great today! I'm very proud! Here's a list of my accomplishments: 1. I resisted all the sweets at work today. (Donuts, Reese's, Snickers etc.) 2. I went out to eat and controlled my hunger with a filling sandwich. 3. I drank a little more than 64 ounces of water. 4. I worked out for 30 minutes after nearly quitting after 10 mintes. lol (Walk away the pounds DVD) Sugar - Just so you now, on the livestrong site, you can change the serving size so you dont have to type your peanut butter and jam in twice. Just click the 1.00 next to your item and you can change it to 1.50 or 2.00. Val  - Great job! That is a great loss none-the-less! Good luck in reaching your goal! How did the dinner go? Did you do well?Hazel and Wicked - Hope to hear from you soon!Tip of the day: Always remember this when choosing what to eat! No matter what you decide to eat, once you eat it, it's over. Either you can choose to eat a whole bag of chocolate kisses by yourself and then be full, or you can eat a salad, and still be just as full! It's up to you to make the choice! |
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Hazel New Member
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Morning evryone. Its a bright Sunday morning and am planning to do some time exercising today. I have just had to mop dry my living room floor where I found nearly half of it covered in water. I cannot find the source of where it came from so am watching the heating system for leaks. That was my first bit of exercise ...lol lol. Billy has a really bad chest infection so have told him to stay away until he gets it sorted.. I have just recovered from my second bout of pneumonia in 12 months and don't want another chest infection just yet. Breakfast is 500mls water small bowl of special K with banana cut up into it...no milk I like my cereal dry (sad arn't I) 250 mls grapefruit juice unsweetened Don't know what I will be eating for the rest of the day yet but will post and update this post with it. Hazel |
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SugarPlum New Member
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Hey Ladies! Just a quick note to update... I've been working out everday since monday, counting calories since wednesday and have officially blasted through the plateau I was previously at. As silly as this sounds... working out and counting calories makes all the difference. AND now I'm not under-eating too! Val , Haze & Wicked - You ladies are doing great! Keep up the absolutely awesome work AND take it one step at a time. We'll all get there.. a year from now we will be looking back as wondering why it seemed all too easy after the fact! hahaAllana - Thanks for the advice for logging the calories, I'm still trying to play around with settings and figure things out but I'm getting it slowly and surely. And I can't believe you got "Walk Away the Pounds" with Leslie Sansone! That's the DVD I use for my 45 min/3 mile walking routines! She is so awesome, and the time just kind of flies by. Which one are you using? You can also probably google the title for the average mph in each workout (that added option on livestrong). The one I use is between 2 to 6.5mph so I put my walks at 4mph, if that helps any.Anyway I've gotta jet. Full day of homework. Tomorrow is stat/fitness plan day ladies! Is everyone ready? Ciao and Happy Weight-Loss'ing! Sugar. |
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allana73 New Member
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Hey girls! I started off good today. I'm having a small sub sandwich and grapes before work. Sugar - I got the one with 3 mile or 4 mile workouts and had a strechie band with it. I almost quit at ten minutes cause it was kicking my butt, but I made myself continue for 30 minutes. Which one do you have?Hazel - Housework and mopping definitely counts as exercise! Good work! Hope you do well this week and don't catch anything. |
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valarienku1 New Member
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`Hope you guys are having a great Sunday! Everyone looks like they are sticking with their plans, eating well, and exercising. Keep up the good work ladies....you are all my inspiration! I did pretty well with going out to lunch. I was worried I'd give in and be impulsive and eat at least 3 of all the worst foods on the menu! I did well though.....salad w/ about 2 T of light ranch, broccoli, and grilled chicken. I did have a dessert, but it was tiny...only about 4 or 5 bites worth....it was smaller than a pudding cup. Yesterday was kind of wierd though. I did well all day, but then toward the evening, ate way too much of this dessert stuff my friend gave me. Felt really bad about it, and so did my body, b/c I ended up getting sick, and let's just say some of it came back up. Today, I'm actually going to have to make myself eat. It is almost 6pm and I've only had 450 calories so far today. Got TONS of homework, so no gym time tonight, unfortuneately, but going to hit it extra hard tomorrow. So, I've done pretty well this weekend, with the exception of the stuff last night and then getting sick from it. It was popcorn covered in caramel and white chocolate by the way. I should have only had a small handful so I didn't crave it, but ended up eating like 4-5 handfuls....yuck! (but oh so yummy, lol). So, we do updated weigh-ins and everything tomorrow? Should I include any other info tomorrow? Thanks ladies!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, and I have a spring challenge (going until May 20th) and a St. Patty's day challenge (going til March 17th) on the challenge board if anyone wants to join in. |
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Hazel New Member
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Morning Folks I am off out today to a conference/workshop on a ship!!! They are providing lunch I will have to watch carefully what I am eating or chang my intake for the rest of the day to suit. Breakfast 1 cup Shredded Wheat dry with banan cup and mixed 250 mls Grapefruit juice (unsweetened) Mid Morning 1 medium apple Lunch Onboard ship ....don't know hat it is yet. exercise walking while on ship and to get to the dock where ship is about 1/2 mile from bus stop. (I will update this post later today) |
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SugarPlum New Member
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Morning Ladies! Sounds like you have a jammed pack day Haze , but have fun at your workshop (if this is a fun workshop lol) and good luck with walking from your bus stop the cruise ship! It sounds like you're going to have quite a long day!Thanks for the invite to your challenges Val - I know you'll meet your goals, and if not any weight loss at all should always be celebrated! I kind of have my own *internal* goal.. I want to have officially lost at least 50 lbs by my university graduation on June 5th.. so wish me luck!The WATP DVD I have is the exact same as yours, Allana ! Mine is the 3 mile advanced walk with the stretchie band in the last mile. The stretchie band ALWAYS without fail kills me every time! Sure, I'm sweating 10-15 minutes into the first mile, but those reps make my arms BURN hahaha I guess that's a good thing though right? No pain no gain! How are you liking your WATP DVD so far? Have you made it the full 3 miles yet? Don't you find Leslie's peppy attitude a bit annoying sometimes? hahaI've been keeping on eye on your dailyplate totals and fitness, Wicked , and you are doing so well! You're definitely balancing out your g of fat, g of carb and g of protein intake AND sticking to the portion sizes. The amount of activity you're doing is so great too! You have SO many badges, I hope I can somewhat catch up to you soon hahahaWell ladies, today is the big day so here are my updated stats and my revised fitness plan that I have been following for the past week... Sugar Plum ~~~~~~~~ Starting weight: 312 lbs Current weight: 289.8 lbs Total Weight Loss Thus Far: 22.2 lbs 1st goal weight: 275 lbs Ultimate goal weight: 175 lbs And my fitness plan will consist of 20 minutes of pilates 7 days a week, and at least 40 mintues of cardio 5-7 days a week. Sounds simple, BUT as you can see on my dailyplate, if I have the energy I double up on the cardio whenever I can. Hope you all are doing well and I will check back in in a few days. Ciao and Happy Weight-Loss'ing! Sugar. |
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allana73 New Member
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OK ladies, I seem to be having a problem. I have been really lowering my calories but not on purpose. I try to stick to 1500 but I sleep really late in the day til at least noon and then I go to bed late. My calorie intake for today is only 966. I had a sandwich and soup for lunch. That was about 1 pm. Then I had some grapes as a snack at about 5pm. At 7pm I had dinner which was some baked lays chips with sloppy joes made with veggie meat instead of real meat. (I use to eat it all the time when I was a vegitarian.) Then for a snack, I had 2 peices of toast with butter and apple butter. I still only have 966 calories. I don't know whether to eat more or just keep it the same, because I'm not hungry. I also want to exercise tonight. I'm not sure what to do. Any advice? |
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valarienku1 New Member
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Hi ladies! Okay, I'm not really sure what all to include here, so I'll just put some of the things you posted. Starting weight: 220 lbs. Current weight: 204 Weight loss so far: 16 lbs. 1st goal weight: 199 lbs. (to break 200) Final goal weight: 140-150. Fitness goals: Workout 4-5 times per week, with each workout consisting of: 40-60 min. of cardio 20-30 min of weight training. Keep up the good work on everything, chicks!!! |
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WickedWench New Member
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Hey Ladies! Everyone is doing so WELL! I'm so proud. I've been slacking.. And with working two jobs, at the moment I only have time to update my stats and fitness plan. Sorry I haven't offered much support the last few days via posting, but just know you all have my support even when I'm not talking. Stats: Starting Weight: 223.2 lbs Current Weight: 212.0 lbs Total Lost: 11.2 lbs First Goal: 200 lbs Overall Goal: 145 lbs Fitness
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Hazel New Member
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Well ladies here are mt stats for the week i hope I have done them right. Been busy today and not posted much . I will have to carch up tomorrow and fill in my food diary in Fitday.com as i missed today. Am going to have a tidyup day and try as much exercise as i can tomorrow as am busy Thursday and Friday and want to get a good result when I get weighed on Monday. Have a great day and I will drop in tomorrow. Hazel Stats: started weight loss programme on 5th February 2009 Starting Weight: 240.7 lbs Current Weight: 230.0 lbs Total Lost: 10.7 lbs First Goal: 200 lbs Overall Goal: 140 lbs approx Fitness
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valarienku1 New Member
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Allana: If you are going to be working out, I would definitely try to eat some more calories. It might seem wierd to "want" to eat more calories, given that we are all trying to lose weight. However, I would try to eat something 30-45 minutes before you workout, and then something afterwards, as well. some type of protein, along with a carb or sugar is good....I will eat a little bit of tuna and an apple or something before a workout, so that I get enough calories to give me energy for my workouts. If I don't eat enough before, I can definitely notice a lack of energy and even may get dizzy or light headed, even though I am drinking tons of water to stay hydrated. I guess my advice would be to eat something before you workout, even if its just something small (so that even though you may be "forcing" yourself to eat, it won't be that much). I hope this helps! Good luck! Girls, I have been beyond stressed today! but instead of wanting to eat more (like I usually do when I'm stressed), I have lost my appetite. Similar to what Allana was saying, I have only had 980 cals today and still wanted to workout. I am going to have to make sure I eat something before working out, even though i don't want to....but I want to workout in hopes it will relieve some of the stress. Ah, the joys of losing weight!!! lol :) I hope you are all doing well today. also, I really appreciate hearing how you all are doing, as it gives me extra motivation, and god knows I can use all of the motivation that I can get! lol |
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SugarPlum New Member
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Hey Ladies! Just a quick note in response to Allana's earlier post... I've read in a LOT of books and articles that it's best to eat within 30 minutes after working out and most of the sources suggest a glass of chocolate milk (yes you read that right.. chocolate instead of regular) and something with protein in it, most places suggest pb&j sandwich (seriously) OR even pasta. I know that sounds a bit out there but I've been eating pb&j after workouts and I'm definitely noticing a difference as far as getting my calories in AND eating well-balanced meals AND the amount of lbs I lose day to day. The only other thing I would suggest is that you take a look at.. I guess it's called the "food pyramid" down there, and make sure your calories are representative of the servings in the food pyramid that you should have daily. So for example, I'm supposed to have 2 servings of meat and alternatives. So by having 2 tbsp of peanut butter after a workout I'm having 1 of my 2 servings for the day. Some added protein in dinner and I'm good to go. I understand your frustration with the calories, I've been having problems with undereating too. But the second you get your calories up to the levels they should be you will see IMMEDIATE results. When you undereat your body goes into "starvation" mode and hangs on to all of the weight it possibly can. So just slowly work your way up to increasing your calorie amount. Also, consider having meals with higher caloric values OR increase the number of snacks you have throughout the day. I hope this helps, Allana.. and I hope everyone is doing well. Happy TGIF-Eve! haha Ciao Sugar. |
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allana73 New Member
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Thanks girls! You've been very helpful. I ended up not working out that day, so I think I am okay. I'll try to bump up the calories. The only problem is I can't snack all day I work. I have my one break in the middle of my day, but that's okay. I'll try to figure something out. Thanks! I weigh in tomorrow. Last friday I was 284.2 so we'll see! Good luck to everyone!! |
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valarienku1 New Member
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I hope every one has had a great week and is ready for the weekend! I went over my calories today, but had a good day at the gym. Not much time to post right now, but I'll check in over the weekend. Keep up the continued good work, girls! |
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allana73 New Member
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So tomorrow is weigh in day and I am starting to get unmotivated. No offense girls but I think we need to bump up on our posts. I was really motivated when I had to reply on my progress every day but now everyone has stopped doing that and so have I. I only worked out 2 times this week but stayed in my calories all week and I feel like I'm going to gain on my weigh in tomorrow. Anyways, Hope to hear from everyone soon! |
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allana73 New Member
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Hey girls! So, I'm not as peppy as last week when I lost 5 lbs, but that's okay. This week I only lost .8 lbs. That's almost a pound, so it's still a loss. Plus I'm bloated from "you know what!", so do you think that could have something to do with it? Anyways, a loss is a loss none-the-less! Yay me! lol How is everyone else doing? Everyone still on track? |
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Hazel New Member
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My next weigh in is on Monday and I seem to be looseing very slowly even tho I am just 3 plus weeks into my eating plan. I lost 4.4 lbs in 10 days but don't know what Monday will bring. I don't care what I loose as long as the weight comes off and not on. Hazel |
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SugarPlum New Member
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Hey ladies.. Yes, Allana, that has everything to do with it! haha It's about that time for me too and my weight is yoyo'ing everyday (I know I know I shouldn't be weighing in everyday). And Hazel, a slowing down with weightloss isn't necesscarily a bad thing. You have to keep in mind that during this whole weightloss "journey" that you will lose weight the fastest within the first little while that you change your lifestyle. As you body becomes accustomed to increased activity and different types of food your weight will level off. Try not to get too invested into preconceived expectations you may have - if you go into a weigh in with no expectations than any loss will be a good loss... Which is WHY you should be proud no matter what, Allana. You are so right - any loss is a good loss. And even if you were to gain, you should only look at it as a learning experience. There is no 100% right way to lose weight for everyone, and everyday will be trial and error until you find the perfect fitness/food formula that works for you and your body. And on days when any of you may feel unmotivated just take a few moments to yourself and remember why you started this journey in the first place. We've all had our rough patches when it comes to our weight, and it wasn't long enough ago that you may have run out of breath going up one flight of stairs, or dreaded walking ANYWHERE. When you get to those moments just focus on how your body feels right this minute and how much you want to improve that overall good feeling that you have. My mom actually told me a really wise thing today when I told her that I wasn't getting a lot of support from friends with my new lifestyle. She said that motivation and perservence need to come from within. Hope this helps, and I hope everyone has a restful and productive weekend.. Ciao Sugar. |
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WickedWench New Member
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Hello Ladies! Yes - I live! Shocker, eh? It's been a long week and I'm at work currently, so forgive me for my shortness of post. I just wanted to check in.. I've not had the time to fit in a bunch of exercise, I did some tready time and a little pilates this week but to be honest, have lacked the energy for much else. I am going to try to use today and tomorrow to bust out a couple of miles on the treadmill. Forgive me for my lack of motivation? I agree that we should try checking in daily here, it's a lot more motivation when you know you have to check in with progress, fears and just general chatter each day. So with that, I will try to do what I can about checking in daily.. CONGRATS on all the weightloss, ladies! I am so proud! I am hovering back up at 212 and I'm just trying not to worry about it, my eating has been iffy this week..within calories but really isn't healthy. Though I did get spinach and cheese on wheat crust. Ah well, we'll see how this works as the time progresses and my work schedules becomes more solid. Right now, it's pretty much up in the air.. and I've been working 14 hour days.Hope you guys have a great Saturday! I'll check in tonight to let you know if I succeeded on getting my exhausted butt on the tready or not. Eat well, rest well! Wicked |
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allana73 New Member
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Hey girls! Lately I have been eating really good, but I'm not really in the mood to work out due to it being "that time of the month"! lol Plus, I worked 10-7 today and am very tired! I'm ready to eat dinner and go to bed! Today I have some baked chips before work, and then had a salad for lunch, and I'm getting ready to eat some grilled chicken for dinner. Hope everything is going well! Can't wait o hear about your weight losses! |
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Hazel New Member
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Hi everyone I am soooooooooooooo delighted as I got weighed this morning and have lost another 8.6 lbs. I only get weighed very two weeks but in the past month I have lost 15.7 lbs. Tomorrow I will be trying to step up my exercise. I aim to try for another 14 lbs in the next 4 weeks..may not do it but sure am going to try. Hazel |
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allana73 New Member
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Wow! Way to go hazel! I'm really glad you posted. I haven't heard from you or anyone in awhile. You are obviously doing amazing! I'm so proud of you! Today I did really good too! I don't weigh in til friday but I plan on excercising here in a few minutes and I did really good on eating today! (Even after I went over my calories yesterday! )Oh well, every day is a new chance to do great! GREAT JOB HAZEL! You should be very proud! |
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WickedWench New Member
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Hey Ladies! You have all been WAY too quiet! I'm so busy with both jobs and I've been massively sick this week with a head cold..so no exercise for me and I'm eating whatever tastes good, cause not much does. You all aren't writing every day, even if I don't write every day..I do look forward to reading all of you! I weighed myself this morning, to assess the damage.. and I'm at 208.8!! 8 pounds from my first goal!! Now, I had to weigh myself twice because I was sure it was a fluke! But I got 208.8 both times so that's my story and I'm sticking to it! How're you ladies? MISS YOU! Wicked |
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Hazel New Member
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Great news bout being near to your first goal...Keep up the good work. I have been busy with my voluntary work in the past few days do have not got ib the computer as much as I would like to. Am still attempting to loose weight so will keep you all posted. Going to treat myself to something today not clothes Hazel |
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allana73 New Member
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Hey Ladies! I have busy this week as well with final projects for school. I haven't excercised all week, and I have eaten out about 5 of the 7 days of the week, but GUESS WHAT?! I LOST 5.2 LBS THIS WEEK! Today was my weigh in day and I feel great. I tried on some clothes at my favorite store, and one-size-smaller jeans fit! Yay! I am so super excited. Thanks for all the support guys! Great job Wicked and great job everyone! I'm so proud of all of us! |
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Hazel New Member
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5.2 lbs that is brilliant. I have been trying hard this week but nothing seems to be happening. Its another week before my weighin so need to get myself sorted Hazel |
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WickedWench New Member
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Hey ladies! Both are you all a quiet bunch lately. Surely the Spring hasn't caused us to fall back? I was just wanting to check in. Congratulations on all the weight loss! You guys are doing fabulously! Just think about how good it will feel to buy Summer clothes in a size or two smaller!! It makes all the difference in how we feel. I went over to Highlight my Mom's hair, and every time I go over, she has me try on her "Skinny Jeans"..and by that I mean, she buys all sorts of jeans that are too small in the hopes someday that she'll get into them. By skinny, I don't mean literally..they are a size 18 probably. Anyways, so every time I try them on..they never fit.. EXCEPT THIS TIME! I got into one pair of them that I hadn't been able to before, so she gave them to me..of course. She even mentioned (as I haven't seen her in a few weeks) that I was looking a little slimmer, that she could tell I'd lost some weight. Huzzah! I'll write more tonight, I am at my first job for a little while longer before I go to the other job. I have not been counting calories because my eating has been sporadic at best, mostly because we haven't had enough money to buy groceries so we're just eating whatever we can find.. One night we had a can of green beans and a can of corn for dinner.. *laughs* Gotta love married life and being poor. :P But I am trying to be mindful of my intake and now that I'm over being sick, I'll hit up the tready again..or at the very least..pilates. Be good ladies! Wicked |
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SugarPlum New Member
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Hey Ladies! Sorry I have been MIA for a week or so. Last week was really rough for me.. my computer crashed about 4 days before my final thesis presentation so I lost everything, and my parents decided to inform me that they put on offer in on a house for me the day before the homeowner didn't accept the offer. Needless to say I've been off the exercise and calorie counting for a week. I feel so guilty and I'm having such a hard time getting back into everything. I've been trying to stick to lower calorie foods - but without counting there's no way of knowing whether I am under-eating or over-eating. I've decided that I'm at least going to TRY to get back into the rhythm of things today, but we'll see. Anyway I haven't had a chance to read all of your posts yet so I will do that before posting another reply. I hope all of you are doing well - and I am sure you are sticking to your regimes in which case I am so proud of all of you Ciao |
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allana73 New Member
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Wow. If this forum gets any quieter, it won't exsist! Come on girls! Though, not checking in with someone every day bugs me, I am doing pretty good! I'm eating much healthier without even thinking about it. I haven't excercised much though. Here are my stats. Past weight: 306.7 lbs Current wt: 275.8 lbs First goal: 265.0 lbs Final goal: 204.0 lbs I have lost over 30 lbs so far since my birthday! (Dec 19th) I'm still here for all of you! Please come talk to me! lol |
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Hazel New Member
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Morning everyone. SorryyI have not been about lately the internet connection has been playing merry #%@&! and not working. I got weighed yesterday and am so delighted I have lost another 8.3 lbs that bring it to 1 st 8 lbs or approx 9.6 kgs or so. I am so delighted and now have the confidence to know that I can do it and will continue as much as I can to get to my target weight. Below are my stats...(sorry if they are nat understandable) Starting weight 109.3 kgs six weeks ago 2 February 2009 Present weight 99.6 kgs yesterday 16 March 2009 Next goal 95 kgs Overall goal 80 kgs (I think) maybe higher Hazel |
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WickedWench New Member
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Hey Ladies ! So sorry I've been incognito! I've been working two jobs and caring for a house.. I have virtually NO spare time. But, I have been sticking to at least eating better, even if I havent been counting my calories -and- I haven't been exercising in the traditional sense. I like to think all my running between jobs, cleaning house and taking the stairs does pay off a LITTLE. By my weigh in, it's not much. I am going to get back into the swing of things, I swear. With the warmer weather coming, I have every intention of getting outside. My husband and I play tennis for fun so we're looking forward to a good warm weekend. Has to be the weekend because I'm at work all week from before sun up til after dark. Alas - here are my stats! I hope to post every couple days at the very least, I wanted to start this week off right. Stats: Starting Weight: 223.2 lbs Current Weight: 208.7 lbs Total Lost: 14.5 lbs First Goal: 200 lbs Overall Goal: 145 lbs Fitness: Whatever I can manage to squeeze in. I'm hoping I can do some resistance band reps in the mornings and some crunches and push ups and then I've got an hour for lunch, so on the good days I'm going to walk for the last 30 minutes of my lunch outside in the fresh air. That's all I got. How're you ladies? |
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thetoynest New Member
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I just spent the last hour reading all of your posts and wow all of you are very encouraging for each other. I know you are all girls but would you mind a 27 year old guy joining in your group. Basically I am 302lbs with 2 beatiful motivation .. err kids =) If I can join your wonderful group I would greatly appreciate it. I have over 100lbs to lose and I think I can do it with a little help |
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allana73 New Member
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Well, truth be told we haven't been posting as much as usual, but we would love to have you in our group. Maybe you can help us get motivated to start posting more often. I hope none of us have fallen off the wagon! I am still going strong! We will ask you to post stats if you don't mind. It's one thing we all do. lol I will post mine so you have an idea of what to post. Stats: Starting weight: 306.7 lbs Current weight: 274.0 lbs Weight lost: 32.7 lbs First goal weight: 40 lbs Overall goal weight: 204 lbs |
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WickedWench New Member
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Absolutely! You can join us..or..er me.. I think my ladies fell off the face of the earth! Haven't heard a word from them in..well.. a while! So please, by all means, join in! I could use some encouragement to get back on the wagon! We like to post our updates every other monday and our fitness goals for two weeks, will you be willing/ready to do that this coming up Monday? Welcome aboard! |
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WickedWench New Member
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OH! Hi Allana!! I was sure everyone had abandoned me!! I am so glad to see you and WOW! Look at the progress!! 30+ pounds lost! I bet you look amazing!! I had an idea of posting monthly photos of ourselves, to -see- the progress.. Whatcha think? So glad to see you're back!! Wicked |
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thetoynest New Member
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32 pounds, wow that is like losing my 2 year old =) Stats: Starting weight: 302 lbs Current weight: 301 lbs Weight lost: 1 lbs First goal weight: 250 lbs Overall goal weight: 200 lbs, will go to 180 but I am happy with losing a third of me =) As for how I am going to lose the weight, I have just started P90X and I am really enjoying it. I actually find it fun. I will continue to watch what I eat and no more pop(which I stopped in Nov 08) |
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WickedWench New Member
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Where'd everyone go...?  All those still dieting and wanting to get back on the daily posting..please reply. :) I need to know if I should commission for more buddies.. Wicked |
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allana73 New Member
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I'm still here! I'm 5 pounds away from my first goal of 40 pounds! I want to start posting every day again! I have fallen off of a lot of my promises, and I been gaining one week and then losing the next so I would love to have at least one buddy back! |
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WickedWench New Member
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Hey Lady, I've fallen off the wagon myself..gained some back. I'm really looking forward to setting up a new fitness plan. I may convert to Friday plans, like you do; so that we are looking for each others update on the same day. I'm almost scared to see what I'm back up to, I just know I hate myself for falling off the wagon as easily as I did. Congratulations at being so close to your first goal!! I am so proud!!! Wicked |
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allana73 New Member
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We will get back on just fine! I think that if it ends up to just be us that replies, we should start a new forum for just us so it's easier to follow. It got really hard to follow when we had so many people in this group. |
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WickedWench New Member
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Allana, I have yet to officially get back on the diet wagon, so to speak. We're so tight on money that we've just been buying enough groceries for dinner so eating lunch and breakfast is iffy on most days. My opinion on the new thread is that we keep this one for a little bit longer in the case that Sugar pops back around; I know she was moving a few weeks ago and the chances are that she's just not settled in yet. But once we give her a few more weeks and if she doesn't reply, then I think it'll be fine to start a new thread for the two of us. I'm still contemplating my goals and what is realistic, my biggest thing is making goals that are not at all realistic and then getting discouraged when I don't reach them. I think I even gained some weight back, I'll post my stats tomorrow morning..I like to weigh myself in the mornings...before I have all sorts of water and food stuffs. How're you coming along? I bet you've reached that goal!! Wicked What did you think about posting once-a-month pictures of ourselves? Just to see if we.. or others..can see the difference! |
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allana73 New Member
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Sorry I don't have much time, but... That's fine with me. I would love if Sugar came back too! I actually gained a pound last week! Oops! lol I have no problem posting a pic every month. Sounds good! |
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