WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE - 7 Weeks-10#'s [Archive] - Women's Cycling Discussion Forums

Flybye

11-05-2007, 06:34 AM

Good Morning Ladies!
I have a resident 10#'s on my rear end that seems not to want to leave. There are roughly 10 weeks until Christmas and I don't want to join the statistical group of Americans that gains weight over the holidays. I have 4 birthdays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, 2 potlucks, 5 date nights, 1 anniversary, 1 trip, 1 conference, and holiday baking staring me in the eyes.

I am challenging anyone on this site to a 7 Week, 10 pound weight loss Challenge.

You will be responsible for logging in with your weight on Monday and Thursday. How you want to go about the weight loss is up to you. You will also need to check out your weight on a Body Mass Indicator to find a healthy range.

I will be using the WW Core plan, which can be found on this forum with the following search : WW Core Plan

Here's my weight for the day :

158.2

We can use this forum to encourage each other, give healthy snack ideas, and be a support for one another when we want to pig out!

Now - put those chips away and let's get rolling (um, or let's get going so we won't be rolling, sorry :D )

mtbdarby

11-05-2007, 06:39 AM

Flybye - great timing! I'm in but I'll have to weigh in tomorrow (unless you want my weight fully dressed with my wool pull over and hiking boots on the shipping deparment scale:p )

I'm going back on the Power 90 program for what that's worth. My bootie and belly have to go!

Pedal Wench

11-05-2007, 07:11 AM

(unless you want my weight fully dressed with my wool pull over and hiking boots on the shipping deparment scale:p )

What the heck, I'm in too. I don't have a scale, so I'll sneak into our shipping department to weigh myself tomorrow morning too - before my tea and cereal.

I'll be trying a modified paleo diet -- I'll be adding in whole, high-fiber grains and beans.

kelownagirl

11-05-2007, 07:13 AM

Can I join if I've only got 5 more lbs to go? I promise it'll take me just as long. :)

jobob

11-05-2007, 07:30 AM

I started back on WW Online a couple of weeks ago when I realized all my pants had become entirely too snug. I even started dipping into my emergency size 12 stash. :mad:

I'm on the Flex plan.

I started out at 155 lbs and my goal is 145. Today I'm at 152.

Flybye

11-05-2007, 07:33 AM

Can I join if I've only got 5 more lbs to go? I promise it'll take me just as long. :)

Yep, but we can't declare you the winner ;)

Love to have you and everyone else...............

Watch out ladies, I will be needing a little less spandex come January :eek:

VeloVT

11-05-2007, 07:54 AM

Ooo, I'm in! I've been dieting for the past 6 weeks or so with pretty good success but the past two weeks I've gotten a little complacent and lax. I want to lose 7 lbs in 7 weeks.

Weight today: 122
Goal: 115

Hopefully this thread will help keep me away from the nut jar!!!! (My biggest downfall).

I'm using the food/exercise manager software from Calorie King (www.calorieking.com). You do have to buy it, but I highly recommend it (you can download a free trial for 5 days or a week or something).

ibcycling

11-05-2007, 08:59 AM

I'm absolutely in! I'm a South Beach gal that needs a little more self discipline but I have lost almost 20lbs this year. Does anyone want to do inches/measurements too? I like keeping track of that as well.

We could always make it a little more interesting and all chip in a water bottle or inexpensive accessory that will to go the winner. :p

Today's weight - 163
Today's measurements - *gotta find my tape measure first*

Lora

limewave

11-05-2007, 09:33 AM

Me too! Me too! Hopefully the accountability will help me out.

The Plan: 1600 calorie a day diet (the one my doctor gave me)

Today's Weight: 176.5 BMI: 27.8
7 wk Goal Weight: 166 Goal BMI: 25.5
Ultimate Goal: 150 Ultimate Goal: 22

I had a body comp done and got my official BMI. If I went by a standard calculation, it would be higher. I should have another body comp done mid december, so I'll be able to update again then.

short cut sally

11-05-2007, 10:05 AM

OK, you've talked me into it to. My whole winter goal (3 months) was to lose 10#. So you've just ramped it up a little more. My riding partner and I were going to start this amongst ourselves when she came back from a 2 week vacation in Florida, (where I hear from her son that she is either belly up to the bar or at the beach..that's life.) Good thing I ate the whole pkg. of girl scout cookies last night and didn't save them for today.:D . I don't have scales, but my last weight was 147#-that was pre-girl scout delivery of course. Goal 137, but would love 125-130 but think that if I could lose even 5# that would be like a miracle. When I initially lost weight..from 180 to 136, I did not use any particular diet. I just was strict at what I ate, I ate all the normal foods but instead of 3 pieces of pizza, I ate 1. I put cottage cheese on all of my salads instead of dressings, I had desserts- I ate a 1inch by 1 inch piece, candy bars I would divide into 3 servings and eat them over a week. I never deprived myself and of course I exercised like 2 hours a day-treadmill, eliptical and then did whatever cardio show happened to be on FitTv at that time. Then when I hit my goal, I stayed that weight for 1 year, then I became very lax in my diet and exercise-but I started biking and put bulk muscle under some padded thighs..Would love to lose the padded thighs/butt and show off all my muscle tone..WOW..sorry for the ramble..Just wanted to let someone know that they didn't need to buy into a diet plan or do a special diet to lose weight..BUT everyone is different. I had a friend that lost almost 60# on the Atkin's diet. It worked for her. Main thing is watching the intake of good healthy foods vs. chips, snacks, poor choices to fill the void. Again, Sorry for the ramble..To get back to the beginning..count me in.

jobob

11-05-2007, 10:24 AM

What's all this talk about a winner? I thought we all wanted to be losers. :D

I don't want to make this into a race or anything ... I'm just looking for support and encouragement.

Like during the dreaded 3 to 4 pm timeframe when I'm tired & cranky and my thoughts turn longingly to the doughnut box in the break room. :rolleyes:

maillotpois

11-05-2007, 10:27 AM

Argh! If Jo can do it, I can, too. I've been skipping my usual WW meeting, so I won't weigh in til Sunday.

I know the off season is the time to lose, so I just have to get going on it!!

:D

nonsmoker3

11-05-2007, 10:28 AM

I would like to join in. I have been talking about losing these 10 lbs for months now, so I suppose it is time I put up or shut up. I like the idea of measuring, too.

I don't have a plan so to speak. I eat clean now, just too much! Portion control is my issue.

I weigh 147. Goal is 135. I will post my measurements tomorrow morning.

five one

11-05-2007, 11:27 AM

Okay, I'm in, too, because I can't seem to do it on my own.

This morning's weigh-in was 136. I was planning on a slow loss of 15 or so lbs. by my birthday in March, but will try for 10 by January if it's just fat I'm removing. I'll just be eating carefully and being especially mindful of portion size.

I saw a nutritionist several months ago, but really need to make an appt for a body comp analysis. I keep putting it off, but I'm holding the business card in my hand right now. I WILL make the call. Maybe the results won't be as bad as I think.

November-December is a difficult time for me to keep from mindless eating at work. People receive goodies from others at home and bring them to work to get them out of the house. Many of our vendors send big boxes of See's candy and the like in December. Drives me nuts!

I hope we can all support each other through the difficult times and cheer the successes.

Thanks flybye, for starting this thread. Good luck everyone!

GLC1968

11-05-2007, 12:02 PM

What great timing! I'm in!

I've been sick with the flu for a week now and yesterday was my first day feeling like a real human. I'm still not up to exercise just yet, but I'm hoping by tomorrow I'll feel like getting back at it.

My goal is more than 10#, but I'd LOVE to be 10 lbs closer to it by Christmas.:)

I actually must have had some foresight as I took all my measurements on Saturday. I don't have them with me, but I can post them when I get home tonight. I'll weigh tomorrow morning 'officially', but my guess is that I'm near 159 (UGH!).

I will be following my own general healthy eating plan, but it's similar to South Beach in content. I also have Fitday PC version, so I'm working on how to get that set up to fit my lifestyle and once I do, I'll be recording all my intake there.

Yay for accountability...I need it! :D

Jones

11-05-2007, 12:38 PM

I'm in, I have been battling weight since I quit smoking 6 years ago. It seems every winter I lose 25lbs and every spring/summer I gain it back.
I will sort of follow WW flex plan but mostly just calorie counting.
starting weight 185.7
weight of my dreams 127
Jones

coyote

11-05-2007, 01:31 PM

Count me in. I would love to have a holiday season where I do not gain! However, maybe with losing 10 as a goal and with the support here, heck, I'll give it a try.

Weight today 155

I'm going to try the 'don't eat fastfood and lots of sugar' diet :)

bambu101

11-05-2007, 01:48 PM

I'm in!! I am 53 and having a hell of a time losing weight since menopause. Hopefully this will be the incentive I need. The modified South Beach, higher protein approach seems the best for me.

Today's weight- 176.6 (yikes)

Goal- 150

Thanks for starting this thread.

crazycanuck

11-05-2007, 02:10 PM

I'd like to do a watered down version whilst on the injury sidelines!

Last time i weighed myself i was65kg. I'd like to maintain that or lose some whilst being unable to do serious exercise.

I shall keep an eye on what i eat & try some very gentle exercises.

good luck ladies!

c

Tuckervill

11-05-2007, 02:12 PM

I'm in, too!

Today:
wt. 183
Chest: 40"
waist: 35"
hips: 46"

I started discarding my excess weight on December 29th, when I weighed 206. I lost 15 lbs really quickly and then I plateaued all summer, while riding my bike. In July I went to be hypnotized to change my mind, and that has happened. My weight has gone down slowly, but I am much more fit than I was, and more importantly, my motivation is there.

Right now I'm doing a fitness boot camp and I only have 11 classes left--then it's not meeting for December, and I don't know if I'll be able to afford it again in January. I'm trying to work dog walks into my off days--but the problems I may be having with my iron stand in the way of that--I just get so tired. Though today I did have a chocolate milk to recover after my class, and I didn't need a nap today--so maybe it's something about glycogen stores being depleted.

I also use CalorieKing and tracking is the only way I know how to be sure of what I'm eating. You can use fitday and sparkpeople both for free, but I like not needing an internet connection to log. AND, CK has the most food in its database, hands down.

We're going on a cruise with the Barenaked Ladies in January, and I want to have to buy all new clothes!

Here's to us! ("Who's like us?" "Very few..." "And they're all DEAD!" pirate joke)

Karen

mtbdarby

11-05-2007, 02:58 PM

I put together a spreadsheet to keep track - any idea how I post it here?

steinspinne

11-05-2007, 04:02 PM

Talk about excellent timing! I just started reforming my diet today, been planning for about a week. I'm in!

Starting weight: 180 solid
Goal weight by Dec. 24: 165

That's almost an even 2 lbs per week. Considering I've been practically living off fast food for the last couple of months (the reason I'm in this mess) if I can just get up off my rear, go to the store and cook for a change I should be in good shape. No pun intended, of course... :p

solobiker

11-05-2007, 04:13 PM

I would love to join in if you don't mind. I have 10 stuborn pounds. I am at 151 and hope to get to 141/140. Good luck to all of you

horsemom

11-05-2007, 04:44 PM

I'm in. I lost 25 pounds in the last year. I gained back 5 just recently, so I will go for 10 by Christmas. Thanks for the motivation, ladies!!

Laura

Sheesh

11-05-2007, 04:44 PM

Me, too! Last winter, my goal was to not gain any weight, but I knew it would be crazy to think that I might actually lose weight. This summer, I continued losing weight, so now I think I'm ready to use the winter to get rid of this extra 10 pounds.

Weight this morning: 152.8.

It'd be great if I could lose the last 10 pounds by February!

Tuckervill - Cruising with the Barenaked Ladies!? They're advertising that cruise on the radio in the mornings here in Chicago. I am so jealous! We're cruising, but not 'til February. I would much rather cruise with BNL.

kelownagirl

11-05-2007, 05:09 PM

Well I did start at 141 lbs but I'm currently down to 120 and trying to make it to 115.

So:

Start: 120 this morning.
Goal: 115 lbs. (I used to be 105-110 so this should be a reasonable weight.)

Measurements I care about:

Waist: 28"
Belly: 34" (:eek: :eek: I hate that.)
Upper thighs: 21" I think (also too much flab)

Also wanted to add I use Sparkpeople.com - it's free and has tons of resources for weight and fitness management.

snowtulip

11-05-2007, 07:27 PM

I'm in!

Current weight: 116
Goal Weight: 105

Chest: 34
Waist: 30
Hips: 37:eek:
Thigh: 21
Upper arm (bicep/tricep, aka wings):11

Been under the weather and haven't exercised all week, but hopefully my body will kick into gear so I can reach my goal!

Veronica

11-05-2007, 07:43 PM

This is going to be the week from hell for me. Otherwise known as three stupid 90 minute meetings after work Tues., Wed. and Thurs. Did I mention I really hate meetings? Did I mention I'm really beginning to dislike my job? My class is nice, a little chatty... but I'm sick to death of all the testing we're doing and analyzing of the testing and analyzing of the analyzing... I just want to friggin' teach darnit.

Anyway... back on track here. Boring meetings make me want to eat. And of course to try to make all the depressed staff happy, my boss loads up our work tables with candy.

So, while I'd like to lose a few pounds. I'd really like to just make it through this week without eating too much junk.

Small, simple, attainable goals. :)

V.

kelownagirl

11-05-2007, 08:38 PM

Testing, shmesting. I hate it too, but you guys to do even more of it. And the analyzing? Don't get me started. I try to take bags of safe snacks to the endless meetings so I don't eat the crap. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't. 3-5 pm is a tough time for me.

kelownagirl

11-05-2007, 08:39 PM

Dar - can you save it as a jpg somehow?

GLC1968

11-06-2007, 04:28 AM

OK, just to be honest...here are my starting stats -

Weight: 159.2
Chest: 36
Waist: 29
Belly: 33
Hips: 41
Thigh: 25 :eek:
Upper arm: 12

Goal: 149 by Christmas
Ultimate goal: 135 (by next summer)

Lets do this ladies!! :cool:

Tuckervill

11-06-2007, 04:46 AM

Tuckervill - Cruising with the Barenaked Ladies!? They're advertising that cruise on the radio in the mornings here in Chicago. I am so jealous! We're cruising, but not 'til February. I would much rather cruise with BNL.

I wouldn't be going if we hadn't stumbled on the website accidentally. We're not a "viable market" for advertising. BNL is my and my son's favorite band. There will be other bands, too. OMG, when we booked there were only 5 artists, and now there are 17!!

Barenaked Ladies
Guster
Great Big Sea
Gaelic Storm
Carbon Leaf
Oakhurst
New Odds
Jason Plumb
Howie Beck
Sarah Perrotta
Sarah Harmer
54 Seconds
Brian MacMillan
Thin Buckle
David Aiken
Debra DiGiovanni
Boothby Graffoe

It's crazy--I'm not that into music although I like to listen to all kinds when it's presented--I've never heard of anyone on this list except BNL. I bought a Guster CD just so I could see what they were like. There's not going to be any time to go ashore with all these acts to hear!

There are still cabins--you could cancel yours and go on ours! ;)

www.shipsanddip.com

Karen

Tuckervill

11-06-2007, 05:01 AM

Flybye

11-06-2007, 05:55 AM

Warning: This may be TMI, bowel related.

I've been having trouble with my stomach for about a week--gassy, painful, and not able to "go". I was considering maybe even gall bladder trouble because of pain. Also I had my period and that usually clears things up, but it didn't. Yet, I got down to 183 last week. Because of the bowel trouble I re-evaluted my diet (too many potatoes, but I was PMSing) and made sure I had some more salad and oatmeal. I upped my water, too.

I worked out hard yesterday. I cleaned the house, and shopped and was up all day. I only went over my calorie goal by 50--even with my son's birthday cake. The last few days, very good numbers. This morning, let's just say my bowel troubles were over in a big way.

My weight? 184.8!

I know I know I'm not supposed to weigh every day. Some people say do, some don't, I've tried it both ways. At this time I feel I have to focus focus focus and that's part of the focus. Very annoying that I'm up almost two pounds!

On a hopeful note, my measurements are down over all since the last time I measured, and I'm sure they still are. Hope tomorrow is better.

Karen

Karen -
Just a thought here - I am ALWAYS up a bit the day of and the morning/afternoon after I work out hard like you said you did. I had someone (one of the infamous "they", I suppose) say that the muscles are requiring more oxygen and water to promote the healing process and therefore we gain "weight" I lost a large amount of weight at a center that was right next door in a small plaza to a women's gym. The women would come in to the WLCenter, weigh, go next door, work out, and come back in and weigh. They would be up anywhere from 1-3 pounds.
No advice for the pooper :eek: :D
Chin up, baby! :D

Flybye

11-06-2007, 05:57 AM

GLC1968

11-06-2007, 06:02 AM

I wouldn't be going if we hadn't stumbled on the website accidentally. We're not a "viable market" for advertising. BNL is my and my son's favorite band. There will be other bands, too. OMG, when we booked there were only 5 artists, and now there are 17!!

Barenaked Ladies
Guster
Great Big Sea
Gaelic Storm
Carbon Leaf
Oakhurst
New Odds
Jason Plumb
Howie Beck
Sarah Perrotta
Sarah Harmer
54 Seconds
Brian MacMillan
Thin Buckle
David Aiken
Debra DiGiovanni
Boothby Graffoe

It's crazy--I'm not that into music although I like to listen to all kinds when it's presented--I've never heard of anyone on this list except BNL. I bought a Guster CD just so I could see what they were like. There's not going to be any time to go ashore with all these acts to hear!

There are still cabins--you could cancel yours and go on ours! ;)

www.shipsanddip.com

Karen

Next to BNL, Guster is the only other band on the list that I know...and I LOVE them! If you are a BNL fan, I think you'll like Guster, particularly some of their older stuff. It's awesome! You are going to have so much fun!!

nonsmoker3

11-06-2007, 06:13 AM

Ok, here are my stats and they sure aren't pretty.....

Weight: 147
Chest: 34
Waist: 31.5
Hips: 39.5
Thighs: 23.5 :mad:
Upper arm: 12

Goal: 135 by Christmas

Ran 3 miles yesterday, and swam 1/2 mile.
Today did my Body Pump class with the instructor who has a sick passion for squats.......I hate squats..........:(

Blueberry

11-06-2007, 06:26 AM

Flybye

11-06-2007, 06:43 AM

Can I be in and not post my stats? Honestly, they're too embarrassing:( I would, of course, promise to write them down in *ink* in a notebook, and honestly report the losses:o

This is, however, a great idea! Since the time changed, there's way too much temptation to curl up on the sofa when I get home and it's dark rather than going for a walk or a ride...Plus all of the holiday candy is just starting to arrive in our office. All of our Admin Assistant stands currently have little piles of candy on them that I have to walk past to and from the bathroom - and the kitchen to get water - and the hot water machine. *sign* Temptation is everywhere:cool: :cool:

CA

You surely don't have to post your stats to do this, there is no way that I want to embarrass anyone. Stay away from that candy today at work :D and welcome to the challenge!

Pedal Wench

11-06-2007, 06:50 AM

I can't find a cloth tape measure, and it's just too weird to use my others, so I'm going with my last waist measurement was 27, and my weight this morning, according to the FedEx scale is 132. Hope to be 122 by the holidays.

Veronica

11-06-2007, 07:08 AM

What day are your meetings? We expect a good NO CANDY report, young lady! :) There will be another test on this!!!!

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

Today's victory - I did a Spinervals tape this morning - Ultra Full Body. My knee isn't ready for any big chain ring work, so I stayed in the middle and 15 for all the tempo work. Spinning at 110 gets your heart rate up, lemme tell ya! I also fast forwarded through the lunges. My knee is better, but I'm not going to push it too hard yet.

V.

Tuckervill

11-06-2007, 07:26 AM

Karen -
Just a thought here - I am ALWAYS up a bit the day of and the morning/afternoon after I work out hard like you said you did. I had someone (one of the infamous "they", I suppose) say that the muscles are requiring more oxygen and water to promote the healing process and therefore we gain "weight" I lost a large amount of weight at a center that was right next door in a small plaza to a women's gym. The women would come in to the WLCenter, weigh, go next door, work out, and come back in and weigh. They would be up anywhere from 1-3 pounds.
No advice for the pooper :eek: :D
Chin up, baby! :D

Wow, that's good to know!!! I think things are flowing pretty well, now. I'm back on the straight and narrow diet as of yesterday.

Karen

Tuckervill

11-06-2007, 07:30 AM

Can I be in and not post my stats? Honestly, they're too embarrassing:( I would, of course, promise to write them down in *ink* in a notebook, and honestly report the losses:o

This is, however, a great idea! Since the time changed, there's way too much temptation to curl up on the sofa when I get home and it's dark rather than going for a walk or a ride...Plus all of the holiday candy is just starting to arrive in our office. All of our Admin Assistant stands currently have little piles of candy on them that I have to walk past to and from the bathroom - and the kitchen to get water - and the hot water machine. *sign* Temptation is everywhere:cool: :cool:

CA

No need to post stats, but you know...being brutally honest helps.

I'm having trouble with the time change, too. I went to bed at 7:30 last night! Of course, I awake around 5:30 every morning anyway (and I don't even have to because I don't have a job). I slept all the way through until 5:00 this morning.

OTOH, I was happy that it was daylight when I came out of my fitness class yesterday morning at 7:00 a.m.

Karen

mtbdarby

11-06-2007, 07:57 AM

Alright - I weighed in this morning. This bare nekid lady weighed 152:p . I'm afraid to step on the shipping scale fully clothed with shoes on, lol. Here's what I have so far:

TE Weight Loss Challenge

Beg Wt Beg. Msrmnts
11/5 (chest/waist/hips)
Bambu101 177
CA in NC
Coyote 155
Crazycanuck
five one 136
Flybye 152
GLC1968 159 36/29/41
horsemom
ibcycling 163
jobob 152
Jones 186
kelownagirl 120
Limewave 177
liza 122
maillotpois
mtbdarby 152
nonsmoker3 147 34/31.5/39.5
Pedal Wench 132
sheesh 153
shellyj
snowtulip 116
solobiker 151 34/30/37
steinspinne 180
Tuckervill 183 40/35/46
Veronica

If you want anything added let me know. Lets weigh in on Mondays so we'll end it on 12/31. Sound good?

ibcycling

11-06-2007, 08:01 AM

Finally found the tape measure! Here's my stats:

Weight - 163
Bust: 38
Chest: 33
Waist: 32
Hips: 40
Thigh: 26.5
Calve: 14.25
Bicep: 12

That's what I've been tracking on the South Beach board. I don't expect the chest measurement to go down much and I measure my calves and biceps out of curiosity more than anything. Most of my weight is hip, rear, thigh so those are the ones I'd love to see drop!

Didn't mean to go overboard on the whole "contest" aspect. :o I just thought it may motivate people more if there was a prize at the end. Either way is awesome with me!

Time to get going. I ride on Tues, Thurs and some Sat with the club I'm in and I NEED to get out on my bike!!

Lora

Blueberry

11-06-2007, 08:22 AM

You surely don't have to post your stats to do this, there is no way that I want to embarrass anyone. Stay away from that candy today at work :D and welcome to the challenge!

Thanks for doing this:)

FWIW I didn't think anyone was trying to embarrass me :) So, no worries - I'm just not sure I want my current weight to be google-searchable forever... Along those lines, Tuckervill has a good point - being brutally honest is a good thing. Anybody got any ideas??

GLC1968

11-06-2007, 08:43 AM

Thanks for doing this:)

FWIW I didn't think anyone was trying to embarrass me :) So, no worries - I'm just not sure I want my current weight to be google-searchable forever... Along those lines, Tuckervill has a good point - being brutally honest is a good thing. Anybody got any ideas??

CA - maybe just report your weight in lbs lost? Like say your starting number is 0 and each weigh-in just tally up -1, -2.5, -4.2, etc? That way, you are accountable, but the actual number isn't there. You could do the same with inches but maybe just report those numbers at the end.

That said...when you do get to your goal, you may find that you enjoy suprising people with what you actually used to weigh (I did!). At that point, it's kind of fun to have people (especially anyone new you meet) go "NO WAY!...you are so thin at fit...I can't believe that you were ever XX!" ;)

Blueberry

11-06-2007, 08:51 AM

GLC- That's kind of what I had envisioned. It's kind of funny - people who know me *never* believe it when I tell them what I weigh. For now, let's just say it's higher than anyone else who has posted....

Thread Drift - Did you guys ever end up going anywhere in October? My vacation time ended up being working time (ick!). So...I'll be scrambling to find some time to take off before the end of the year. We probably will try to head back for the mountains (more likely hiking than biking due to the temperatures up there), but the rest of the holiday plans are up in the air...

CA

GLC1968

11-06-2007, 08:57 AM

We didn't! Work got super busy for me, so I had to delay my vacation by week. Then...I got the flu for it! It sucked...but at least I didn't have to use any additional time off.

We are actually headed to the VA mountains for a weekend in December...but mostly for eating and wine-tasting. :o (Not good for this weight loss effort, huh?) If the weather is good, I'm definitely going to suggest that we bring our bikes with us...even if we end up just doing some mountain biking instead. :)

steinspinne

11-06-2007, 09:48 AM

Mtbdarby - Where on earth do you work where you can just strip down to your skivvies and hop on the shipping scale? Sounds like fun!

mtbdarby

11-06-2007, 09:54 AM

Mtbdarby - Where on earth do you work where you can just strip down to your skivvies and hop on the shipping scale? Sounds like fun!

I did NOT! I weighed myself at home nekid before I jumped in the shower. I said I wasn't going to weigh myself on the shipping scale at work. Man, you scared me there:D And the guys would love it if I did THAT!

bambu101

11-06-2007, 10:02 AM

Flybye

11-06-2007, 10:36 AM

So we are going to have a weekly weigh-in on Mondays, and not on Mondays and Thursdays? I personally think once a week is best.

Also, can we measure in fractions of pounds instead of whole numbers? Some weeks, a half a pound is better than nothing, even if it is just psychologically.

You can weigh once a week if you prefer. I am going to weigh on Thursday because it helps me be more accountable on the weekend. I think back to Thursday's weight and don't want to blow it!

If you have a scale that weighs in fractions, go for it. I do and I know that every ounce counts!

steinspinne

11-06-2007, 02:19 PM

I did NOT! I weighed myself at home nekid before I jumped in the shower. I said I wasn't going to weigh myself on the shipping scale at work. Man, you scared me there:D And the guys would love it if I did THAT!

Oops, sorry! Guess I misread your post. Definitely had me confused! :D

teigyr

11-06-2007, 02:50 PM

I'd like to be in! I have no idea what my weight is but I've been doing WW flex plan. I had gradual weight gain and while I can wear my same clothes, some are decidedly uncomfy. I figure I could stand to lose about 20 lbs but 10 would be perfect for now :D

Will have to get you my weight - might do it from the gym tomorrow a.m. I don't have a scale at home.

Today I ran five miles! Yesterday was swimming and spin class. I try, OH do I try :o

solobiker

11-06-2007, 03:11 PM

Okay, here is my info since some of you are revealing your measurements I decided I should "step up to the plate" Well, not a real plate:D

waist: 29
hips: 41
Thigh:24
Chest: 36

crazycanuck

11-06-2007, 03:51 PM

I'm curious-can i follow a weight watchers type plan although i'm inactive atm and will only be able to do light exercise at best for a month or so?

I don't want to join ww or those types of plans but mainly want to eat properly & know how much to eat.

Does anyone have any experience with this q?

Dar-my weight is 65kg =130lbs

c

ibcycling

11-06-2007, 04:06 PM

Mtbdarby - Where on earth do you work where you can just strip down to your skivvies and hop on the shipping scale? Sounds like fun!

I was wondering the same thing so we both read it wrong. :rolleyes: :p :D

Love the dog pic you have for your avatar! I love watching the ugly dog contest. They're so ugly they're cute. LOL

Lora

five one

11-06-2007, 04:34 PM

Just wanted you all to know that this group has helped me already. Some fiend brought in leftover Halloween candy today. The file cabinet where the food always ends up is near my cubicle. I have walked by it at least a dozen times during the course of my day and haven't been tempted to take one even once - mainly because I'm holding myself accountable to all of you. So, thanks for keeping me in line today!

Now, if I can just hang onto that frame of mind when I get home at 6:00 and start dinner. That's my period of mindless eating. A cracker here, a handful of raisins there. Next thing you know I've consumed a meals-worth of calories before sitting down to dinner. Argh :mad:!

Hope everyone had a good day.

Blueberry

11-06-2007, 05:05 PM

And I passed the Starburst. Wish I could say I did yesterday, but I gave in to temptation... At least I did well today. And I will do well tomorrow...

CA

CLM

11-06-2007, 05:20 PM

I'm in! I'm new to TE. This is my first post. My starting weight is 160.5.

horsemom

11-06-2007, 05:26 PM

Ok, I too was too shy to post my stats, but really, get over it girl!! (talking to myself, of course!)

Weight 171.5
chest 39
waist 34
hips 39
thigh 24

Laura

snowtulip

11-06-2007, 05:50 PM

Wow, first day at it and I sucked. Stopped at Starbucks for hot chocolate and banana loaf for breakfast (since I've been sick, thought I deserved it, talk about emotional eating). Then inadvertently ate 3 mini snickers at work from the candy bowl. And I didn't exercise since I still felt sluggish (maybe I haven't been sick all week, but coming down from a sugar rush:eek: )

They always say writing down what you eat is enlightening, tomorrow will be better, having to come clean here is going to be helpful.

Good luck to everyone else!

Veronica

11-06-2007, 06:05 PM

I did not eat any candy. Even better, I did not eat any of my own cookies that I brought to the meeting to share. :)

V.

kelownagirl

11-06-2007, 06:23 PM

I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.

I just ate a bowl of peaches instead. Just have to get through 3 more hours. I can do it.

Susan126

11-06-2007, 06:36 PM

I'm in . . . I want to lose 13 stubborn pounds. I currently weigh 138 pounds. I would love to get back to 120 but would settle for 125!

Grrrrrrrr

Kelownagirl . . . I've been eating Halloween candy all week as a snack with my lunch! :( I took the left over Halloween candy to work to get rid of it but low and behold I've been eating it too! Yea, out of the house but not out of my mouth!

I need more will power!

So I'm in!

Kano

11-06-2007, 06:55 PM

I'm on this challenge!

Been reading through the thread, and it makes for interesting reading. More in a moment

Canuck, of COURSE you can follow a diet plan while you're not exercising! In a way, it's easier than if you are exercising. Things to consider -- don't skip meals, do small, frequent feedings, and don't skimp on protein -- you have body parts healing, and they're going to need some!

So, back to interesting!

I'm reading through here, noting that as the collective we are posting our starting stats, the collective we are making comments about our own, personal stats. Nobody has said anything positive about their numbers.

It makes me a little bit sad --

Others of us would be THRILLED with those numbers, believe me!

So, here are MY stats, and dammit, lousy as they may sound, I'm PROUD of them!

Yesterday morning, I weighed in at 177 pounds, nekkid, on my home scale. As long as I keep it in the exact same spot on my bathroom floor, it's consistent, but it weighs four pounds heavier than my doctor's scale, which is a more accurate one than I have, and this means I now weigh a paltry 173 pounds.

I'm 64 inches tall.

As of yesterday, for the first time since about 1990, I am OVERWEIGHT! And yes, that's a GOOD thing!

Measurements --
bust 38
waist 34
hips 41
thighs 25-ish

Everything in my closet, except the new ski jacket and the warmer bike clothes, is too big these days, and proud as I am to be where I've worked my butt off to get, I'm up for the task of another ten or more by year end, and I'm really looking forward to it all falling off!

Karen in Boise

GLC1968

11-06-2007, 07:28 PM

Good for you, Karen! You should be proud!!

Solobiker - how tall are you? Your measurements are very close to mine, so I was just curious what else we had in common. :)

I'm very proud to say that since the bag of candy corn I bought in September, I have not eaten a single solitary piece of halloween candy!
Go me. :p

sandra

11-06-2007, 07:45 PM

Is it too late to join? I'd like to set a goal of dropping 10 pounds, then I'll set another goal of 10 more. I've stayed at the same weight for a long time now and even though I'm about 20 pounds overweight, I had accepted that weight loss at my age is just hard. I work to maintain this weight.

Yesterday I had a doctors appointment about my cholesterol numbers. He told me to exercise (I do) and eat healthy (I try) and drop a few pounds (I'll try harder) and come back in 6 months. Hopefully it will be lower and I won't have to get on medication.

So, it is a perfect time to join this thread. Yesterday and today I've done fantastic. What do you snack on when you are trying to lose weight? My one small snack today was cottage cheese and a tiny bit of pineapple. It was pretty good! Thanks for the thread and support.

kelownagirl

11-06-2007, 07:46 PM

Well Kano, I can definitely be positive because I'm nearing the end of this journey. Here's where I started, and here's where I am now, more than a year later btw.

height 5'3" most of my life 105-115 lbs.

weight: 141 - 120
bust: 38.5 - 35
waist: 33.5 - 28
belly: 37 - 34
hips: 41 - 36
upper thigh: 22.5 - 20
calf: 14 - 14
pant size: 12 - 4

My advice is don't expect miracles 2 lbs a week is ok in the beginning but overall it's more realistic to lose a pound a week. And try to change your eating habits, not just "diet". And when you fall off wagon, just get back on - 15 minutes later, or 15 days later. And I have learned that I can only "maintain" my weight by diet alone, or exercise alone - to lose, I have to do both. But that might just be me. YMMV.

kelownagirl

11-06-2007, 07:52 PM

Sandra - I eat an apple in the morning, 1-2 ryvita whole grain crackers with 1T (each) low fat cream cheese after school, and another 100 cal. snack in the evening if I'm wanting to nibble.

I love cheese but it's high in fat and cals so I weigh it and only eat 1/2 oz. I sometimes buy the 100 calorie bags of stuff. It's kind of dumb and not very healthy but sometimes I want to eat crap and that way I get a taste without overdoing it. I am pretty good about not opening multiple packs but have no willpower with a regular open bag. I LOVE cottage cheese and sometimes in the evening, I will eat 1/2 cup with 1 pkg splenda and 1T unsweetened cocoa powder. I mush it up pretty smooth. It's very chocolately but low fat and I like it but it grosses out a lot of people. :rolleyes: :eek: Fruit, baby carrots, snap peas are all snackies for me too.

Biker Jo

11-06-2007, 09:24 PM

I also hope I'm not too late to join.

I weighed in at 137 yesterday, but I was at a banquet tonight, and I overdid it. I'd like to get down to 125 by the end of the year, but I think that may be overly optimistic. Hopefully you gals will help keep me on track.

Jo

jobob

11-06-2007, 09:32 PM

My motivation is to never, ever, EVER look like this again.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k186/jobob22/stuff/fatjo.jpg

I was teetering around 170 here.

That's when I started WW the first time around and got down to around 150.

Kano

11-07-2007, 12:11 AM

Kelowna --

slicing and weighing is handy, and so are those hundred calorie things. I admit to making DH crazy with creating serving-size portions of stuff. He actually asks if it's okay if HE eats that food, when of course, the point is to make it EASY for me to not overdo! My current "junk of choice" is to buy those silly jello pudding and jello cups -- the sugar free ones -- because, like you mentioned with regular sized packages of junk, it's way too easy to get mindless once the package is open!

Not skipping meals has been a key item for me -- and plenty of water rather than diet sodas. And fast food -- dunno how long it's been since I've been through a drive-through!

Then there's a healthy dose of FEAR: it's kept me out of the Halloween candy! I know that one of those fun sized bars is an okay treat, and it would be okay if I only had one of them in the house, but I'm pretty sure I'm not ready yet to eat one and leave the rest! For now, while there's crap in the house, I like the fear! (I also like that the new ski jacket is size ten! It's remarkable how motivating new clothes with a smaller number can be!)

Karen in Boise

Tuckervill

11-07-2007, 06:17 AM

Karen in Boise--you ROCK!

Someone said their weight crept up and they wore the same size clothes? Well, when we moved here 4 years ago I weighed 170. My highest weight is 206, and except for a pair of Land's End jeans (18), I haven't worn anything but a 16 the whole time! Of course, pants/jeans were looser or tighter depending on my weight. But I would love to change sizes! (I have some size 14 stretch Levi's that fit fine right now, and the 16s in the same model are a little too big, but I don't mind the way the look in either size, so that's curious.)

In fact, for our cruise at the end of January, I'm planning on buying ALL NEW CLOTHES, and if they have to be 16's I'm going to be upset!

Give me a bump for keeping on keeping on!

Karen

nonsmoker3

11-07-2007, 06:18 AM

Not sure if anyone else posted this, but this website is amazing and free for logging food and activity. It also provides grades for the foods you eat as well as an overall analysis of your eating for the day. Plus the food library is HUGE compared to spark people.

www.caloriecount.about.com

Flybye

11-07-2007, 06:22 AM

My first real challenge is today...

An 8 hour training on chemical dependency in a ritzy (okay ritzy for Idaho) hotel with multious yummy snacks that can clog the arteries just looking at them!

I will pack an apple and a few other things to pick on when I want the yummies.

Pass up that Halloween candy, ladies, and eat at least 5 times today. Don't forget the protein, and make veggies the #1 thing ya eat.

Let's fill up the for sale board with things that don't fit us come January!!!

PS - It isn't too late to join. No buffets. Jobob - thanks for the picture and the "want to not look like that again" statement. I have a picture of myself that I looked at about 4 years ago and said the same thing! It strangely has disappeared from the photo album!

Yeah All of Us!

deidre

11-07-2007, 07:01 AM

I have been reading and re-reading the posts and checking this thread each day. However, I have been hesitant to post or sign up for this challenge. Very frustrated with my weight loss rollercoaster. Started Weight Watchers January 07 and quickly lost 10 lbs. Then the next several months I proceeded to gain and lose that same 10 lbs. I didn't take my measurements (which was a mistake since the scale wasn't changing but my body was and it showed in my clothes). I stopped WW because I felt like I wasn't really making the right food choices; I just learned how to eat the right number of points and still didn't make the best food choices for myself.

I know that WW works for many people and they are able to lose the weight and keep it off. I can't explain it too well but I decided it wasn't the best thing for me. I decided to go back to tracking my foods in my journal and trying to make better choices and to exercise consistently.

So here I am again. I am posting this time but still haven't made the decision to join the challenge :(

Ok, enough. The first step (again) is for me to move forward and take the step. Count me in.

Weigh-in for beginning of this week - 171. My goal is 10 lbs at a time.

Sorry for the long post.

Susan126

11-07-2007, 07:15 AM

Okay . . . here I am at my best weight, 120 pounds, when I rode ALL THE TIME!

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d167/Howler247/apple_bite.jpg

Then it started with my foot surgery in December 2005

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d167/Howler247/footcast.jpg

I was in a cast through June 2006, gained weight and didn't start biking again until spring 2007!

Here I am with daughter and hubby at my heaviest in June 2007

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d167/Howler247/juneride.jpg

I am 148 in this photo!!!!!

And this picture was taken two weeks ago. I am down to 138 and trying to reach 125 (120 would be super great fantastic!)

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d167/Howler247/readytogo.jpg

So when is our first weigh in?

Sue :p

ibcycling

11-07-2007, 07:51 AM

kelownagirl - I make the same snack but with ricotta cheese. It's actually one that is suggested quite a bit on the South Beach board I'm on. You can flavor many ways but my 2 faves are cinnamon and cocoa. I also put a splash of vanilla in there for flavor.

deidre - I had a friend in NE that was doing WW and I noticed the same thing. She'd eat junk but watch her points. She did lose some weight but wasn't eating well and had a hard time with cravings. I hope you do join us! What have you got to lose? Oh yeah, pounds! ;) :p A good support group can help lots and the more the merrier!

South Beach is the first "diet" that has worked for me. I had stayed away from it for quite a while because I thought it was a low-carb fad diet like Atkins. After I did some reading on it I realized it wasn't. Essentially it works to control your blood sugar and follows the same principles as a diet designed for someone who is diabetic. My house is now full of whole grain bread and pasta, brown or wild rice, lotsa veggies and fruit, and very little junk food. I think what's enabled me to stay on it is a combo of realizing this is the way I should always eat (even after I lose weight) and finding lots of great recipes that are "legal" but taste wonderful.

I also wanted to say I'm proud of my numbers too! I hit an all time high this year of 182 and am now down to 163. I'm also in better shape than I've been in a long time thanks to the bike. I really do feel different and I love it!

Lora

Pedal Wench

11-07-2007, 08:09 AM

quint41

11-07-2007, 08:20 AM

I AM IN!!

Look at all the responses!

I've already put on 4 lbs since the full-blown riding season came to an end in Connecticut (i.e., haven't been able to ride after work for weeks, and once on the weekend is JUST NOT CUTTING IT).

Yes, I know, I really need to motivate to get to the gym more often.

My wonderful sister just gave me a trainer yesterday, though. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! :D

Let's go girls! I weigh in daily. 148.5 this morning. UGH!!!!!!!!

sandra

11-07-2007, 08:40 AM

Quint41, lose the Oreos! :D Welcome!

limewave

11-07-2007, 09:05 AM

Can you believe I already fell off after only one day! My FIL had a heartattack late Monday night in the middle of moving. FIL is doing very well, minimal damage to heart. We are so thankful. Anyways, MIL and I spent all day yesterday getting them moved. Only 2 hours of sleep. Up at 4 to clean and move . . . I was a working zombie all day. And of course I ate fast food, halloween candy, and topped it off with pizza and pumpkin pie. I feel ill today.

I need some spinach.

sandra

11-07-2007, 09:10 AM

Maybe you worked it off with all that moving. Back on the wagon!

Susan126

11-07-2007, 09:44 AM

Happy that he is doing well. And like Sandra said, "Maybe you worked it all off with all that moving!"

So it all balanced out.

five one

11-07-2007, 10:42 AM

After a couple of months of procrastination following an appointment with a nutritionist, I made an appointment for a body comp analysis. It's next Monday afternoon. I think it will be very helpful for me to know just what my fat/lean ration is. I know I have a lot of muscle. I can feel it. It's there. It's why I weigh what I do when I am just 5' 1". But I have that pesky layer of fat over the muscle that keeps me from really seeing it. I'm not looking to be "cut" like a weight lifter, I just want some visible definition. I do upper body weight work 2-3 times a week. I want the fat to slowly melt away to reveal those delts, bi's, tri's and abs I'm working so hard on. Being post menopause, I wonder if it's even possible :( .

But beyond the vanity of the above, what I really want is to lose the visceral fat that has sneaked up on me through the whole menopausal process. This is the stuff that I can still hide under my clothes. But it's the dangerous fat that is hiding around my organs and it's scary. Hopefully, after my appointment, I'll have a better idea of how much there actually is.

Yesterday when I got home from work, I cut up an apple and made a cup of tea. That got me through until dinner. If I can do that each evening, I'm getting some fiber and it will keep me from pre-dinner grazing on other food. I hope. Baby steps.

Here's to making good food decisions today.

ibcycling

11-07-2007, 10:46 AM

I decided to try South Beach for this. In phase 1, which lasts for two weeks, they say no fruit or grains - no sugars, obviously. I've got a 55-mile ride on Saturday, and aiming for at least 75, 80 miles on Sunday. What can I use to fuel those rides? I've got a 25-mile ride tonight, and I'm already afraid I won't be able to keep up without a carb-based meal all day long.

It's not recommended to do P1 if you are exercising hard so I'd skip P1. You need those carbs, other stuff just won't cut it. Read up on the good carbs that you get to eat in P2 and go for those. Bananas with peanut butter, Larabars, and fruit seem to work well for me so far. On days that I put in over 30 miles I do a "full" P2 with 3 grains and 3 fruits. Other days I cut back on them and add more veggies but I always have my nuts and try to make sure and have my milk! Lotsa beans too!

Lora

Starfish

11-07-2007, 10:56 AM

Joining a little late, but I'm in. I have been trying to gear up to lose weight for months now, and for some reason, I was able to start on Monday.

Monday, I was at my heaviest ever: 169 (I'm 5'6")

Today (Wed), I am at: 165.5 (thank goodness for that initial H2O drop!) ;)

I would like to be at 140 by the end of March. (135 would be better, but that is pretty aggressive.)

A couple of months ago in August I squeaked by to finish the Shasta Summit Century weighing 160. Next August I want to do the Super Century (130 miles & 16,000 feet), and I have GOT to lose weight if I am going to get fast enough. That is my motivation.

Thanks for doing this! :)

redrhodie

11-07-2007, 11:40 AM

How's this for motivation????

The Red Sox have put a weight clause in Curt Schilling's new contract. He gets $333,333 each time he maintains his weight at 3 weigh-ins next season.

Now that's a diet that works for me!

solobiker

11-07-2007, 02:35 PM

I was strong today and did not give into the fresh, warm chocolate chip cookie temptation. We will see how tonight goes:D

Veronica

11-07-2007, 05:26 PM

Another good day for me. I love Reese's peanut butter cups. There were three of them sitting in front of me. I did not eat them.

Today's meeting got out early so I got out on my bike for about an hour. The best part, I was able to hit the hills pretty hard and it did not irritate the knee at all.

Hope everyone else had a good day as well. But if you give in to whatever tempts you - ten push ups please. :D

V.

sandra

11-07-2007, 06:02 PM

Another good day for me too. Ate with a group tonight and everyone around me had chocolate cake and ice cream. I resisted. I didn't work in a bike ride today so I'm about to go get on the treadmill. I need a trainer for my bike.

kjay

11-07-2007, 06:06 PM

Is it too late to join this challenge? If so, will there be another?

kelownagirl

11-07-2007, 06:08 PM

I'm doing well today. I did end up eating a single mini candy bar last night but was still within my calories for the day so it wasn't too bad. Better than the 5-6 I've been eating for the past few days.

Today, I past up buying a pizza for dinner when I was tired and hungry and came home to make something more reasonable. Good girl. Off to input my food on sparkpeople now and see if I get a snack tonight. :)

Starfish

11-07-2007, 07:43 PM

Today, I past up buying a pizza for dinner when I was tired and hungry and came home to make something more reasonable. Good girl. Off to input my food on sparkpeople now and see if I get a snack tonight. :)

Good for you, KG...that is a big deal for me...coming home tired & hungry, wanting fast, easy and comforting. Good job!

sandra

11-07-2007, 07:49 PM

Is it too late to join this challenge? If so, will there be another?

I don't think it is too late. Welcome.

Susan126

11-07-2007, 07:53 PM

Bad day for me. I was doing good until lunch time. I finished eating my healthy lunch and just couldn't resist the birthday cake sitting in the middle of the table in the staff lounge. It was delicious and I enjoyed it until I finished the last bite. Then I was mad at myself for giving in. Starting from square one again tomorrow. :(

sandra

11-07-2007, 08:00 PM

Tomorrow is a new day Susan. Back on the wagon. Maybe we should make a rule. You can't have two bad days in a row. :p I'm going to make it a rule for myself anyway.

Pedal Wench

11-07-2007, 08:03 PM

Did good today. Well -- I already abandoned the South Beach Phase 1 idea after one day :~. When I was bonking just sitting at my desk, I knew I wouldn't make it through my hard-for-me group ride tonight. They had bagels for breakfast at work, so I just grabbed a few spoonfuls of peanut butter. Ate half and was fine until lunch. Mixed greens, red peppers and turkey salad for lunch. By 4:30, I knew I wouldn't make it through my 6:30 ride, so off the South Beach wagon and I grabbed a banana and sliced it into the rest of my peanut butter. When I realized that lots of fast women were riding tonight too, I grabbed a gu right before we started. I didn't get dropped (usually do) so all was good. After the ride, a homemade veggie soup (split peas, lima beans, shredded cabbage and kale, and mushrooms in a chicken base -- yum!)

I think I need to just stick to what I know is good, clean food. I was gonna do South Beach, or Paleo/Caveman, but I think I just need to eat clean. Lean proteins, nuts and seeds, low-fat dairy, high-fiber grains, tons of veggies and fruit. I'll call it the Pedal Wench Diet and let y'all know how it goes!

I like having to be accountable. Thanks for listening!

Flybye

11-07-2007, 09:05 PM

Is it too late to join this challenge? If so, will there be another?

Put away the ice cream and let's getcha started, baby!
We'd love to have ya!

Flybye

11-07-2007, 09:09 PM

I I just learned how to eat the right number of points and still didn't make the best food choices for myself.

Weigh-in for beginning of this week - 171. My goal is 10 lbs at a time.

Sorry for the long post.

Hey, I did the same thing as you with WW the first time. Learn how to stay in range eating naughty foods. Knowing this though, gives me power to change my choices. I don't have to make the same mistakes twice. I am glad you decided to join us! How did you do?

Flybye

11-07-2007, 09:17 PM

There are so many of you that I want to congratulate, Veronica, Sandra, who else?? Reeses????? Now there is some awesome willpower (sheesh, I started to type wheelpower :eek: instead of willpower, time for a nap! :o )

I did well today. At the conference today were numerous pasteries in the morning and cookies in the afternoon. I had none! Yippee!! Best conference that I have ever been to in regards to the speaker. I learned so much about substance abuse I think it will take days to process it all.

Tomorrow is birthday celebration #1 at Olive Garden with my dad. I promise to be good.

Hey, how do you quote more than one person within a reply to a thread? I can figure out how to quote one person, but not several.

Sorry for the spastic thread drifts, it is beddie by time for me. Long day.

kelownagirl

11-07-2007, 09:36 PM

Hit the quotes mark instead of the word quote. It changes colour but nothing else happens. Then go to another post and do the same thing. On the last post. just hit the quote button and they should all show up. Does that make sense, I'm tired too. :o

five one

11-07-2007, 09:40 PM

I did well today. No temptations at work. The only candy left is yucky stuff I wouldn't eat anyway.

I pack both breakfast and lunch every day and keep track of the calories for those two meals on a spreadsheet I made up. When I leave for home at the end of the work day, I know how many calories are left from the 1500 the nutritionist suggested starting with. Knowing what I have to "play" with at dinner helps me gauge what and how much I eat. If I can keep from snacking while cooking, I should see some results. I'm more concerned with losing inches than pounds right now.

On the weekends I eat well but don't track what I eat. And if I know I'm going to do a longish ride, I eat more.

I've already warned the family that I'm not doing much baking this holiday season. Gingerbread cookies - that's it.

teigyr

11-07-2007, 10:13 PM

I did pretty well today. I ate mostly frozen diet food (have GOT to make stuff at home to bring to work) because I haven't had time to cook. I'm within my WW point range, at least which is good because I didn't run today. I love the days I run, gives me more points :D

Has anyone tried the Special K chocolate cereal? To be honest, it's pretty good. It sounds funny but it really does work if you have chocolate cravings!

Tuckervill

11-08-2007, 04:30 AM

We have a birthday cake sitting around that I successfully avoided or included in my calorie+workout total. Last night at about 7:00 pm, after I was all fed for the day, I just HAD to have a slice of that cake!

It wasn't a big slice, but it was bigger than the slices I had included in my calorie totals.

Luckily it only put me over the top by about 50 calories. Still, I can't have that every day. I've been trying to get the birthday boy (14) to eat huge slices of the cake, but he's resisting (he tries to eat healthy, too).

I don't eat at night. At 4:00 pm I'm hungry for dinner or will be by 5:00, so my eating pretty much stops by 6:00 depending on what I'm cooking. So for me to have that cake late is unusual.

On a positive note, we've all avoided the leftover Halloween candy since Halloween night. We usually end up throwing it away anyway--except Smarties--I love Smarties (only 25 calories per roll).

Karen

deidre

11-08-2007, 04:43 AM

Hey, I did the same thing as you with WW the first time. Learn how to stay in range eating naughty foods. Knowing this though, gives me power to change my choices. I don't have to make the same mistakes twice. I am glad you decided to join us! How did you do?

Yesterday wasn't a good day. Not because I didn't make good food choices though. I didn't eat much food yesterday (or the last couple of days). I have had some major tooth and mouth pain and finally had a root canal on Tuesday morning. Haven't feel like eating or even excited about any food(which is scary for me).

Mouth is feeling better (at least one area) so I am off to find something for breakfast. Care to share any ideas on goods foods to eat that don't require a lot of chewing :(

Haven't worked out at all this week either...:eek:

Susan126

11-08-2007, 06:15 AM

Sandra I am going to try very hard today to be good! :D I like that rule no off the wagon two days in a row!

Five One I am a big time holiday cookie baker! But do I have the will power to bake and not eat? And my son, who will be home for the holidays from college, looks forward to my cookies, pies, and breads. And I love giving them away to neighbors and co-workers. But I also eat a lot of what I bake. Will power . . . I just need will power which I am finding I have less and less of these days.

So to bake or not to bake that is my question to myself! And I have a to die for rum cake that I serve up every Christmas Eve. When the lid is removed the aroma will knock your socks off!

Deidre . . . sorry about your mouth. Hey how about some nice homemade soup? This time of year is the perfect time for soups.

Flybye

11-08-2007, 06:22 AM

Okay, I am weighing two times a week - Monday and Thursday b/c the second weight gives me incentive to do well over the weekend -

Starting weight - 158.2
Today - 156.4
-1.8

Woot Wooh!!

GLC1968

11-08-2007, 06:42 AM

Flybye - I'm following your weigh-in schedule. I've done daily before, and weekly before...and I still need to lose, so I figure twice weekly may just be the ticket!

Start: 159.2
Today: 158.6
-0.6 (I'll take it)

I haven't worked out since starting this because I have been very, very 'phlegmy' leftover from the flu. Tonight will be my first workout and I'm looking forward to it! I've also been having super cravings for veggies, so that's what I've been eating...a LOT. I'm averaging over 5 cups of veggies a day! I've had very little meat since last Saturday (which is odd for me) and I'm feeling good. Yesterday we had a group celebration lunch at PFChangs, but I really wasn't tempted by anything. I asked that we order a 'Budha's Feast' (all veggies) and I stuck to that, brown rice and two bites of grilled salmon. Everyone else gorged themselves, so I was feeling mighty self-satisfied, if I do say so myself! ;)

Now to just get the exercise component up and running... (no pun intended!)

GLC1968

11-08-2007, 06:46 AM

Yesterday wasn't a good day. Not because I didn't make good food choices though. I didn't eat much food yesterday (or the last couple of days). I have had some major tooth and mouth pain and finally had a root canal on Tuesday morning. Haven't feel like eating or even excited about any food(which is scary for me).

Mouth is feeling better (at least one area) so I am off to find something for breakfast. Care to share any ideas on goods foods to eat that don't require a lot of chewing :(

Haven't worked out at all this week either...:eek:

I'm sorry about your mouth, Deidre! :(

When I had gum surgery a few years back, I lived on yogurt and soup....and I don't even like soup! :p I also made a lot of smoothies - but I had to use only fruits that had no seeds as those got stuck in my stitches (no blueberries or strawberries). I remember not even being able to chew cooked pasta or bananas!

Pedal Wench

11-08-2007, 07:32 AM

I work at a place that has a chef for breakfast and lunch, and sometimes his desserts are incredible. When I just can't resist, I realize that I really only want to taste it. One bite will usually do it. The trick is to immediately make the rest inedible -- toss it, put a napkin over it (and smoosh it in so you can't change your mind) or anything else to get it out of reach.

And, with regards to leftover cake -- if your son doesn't want it either, throw it out! It's probably not as good as it was fresh, so toss it, or give it away. Bring it to work, invite son's friends over to polish it off -- get it out of your house! Same thing with the Halloween candy. Nothing worse than blowing your diet on the yucky Halloween stuff. Blow it on good dark chocolate, and give away the nasty stuff.

sandra

11-08-2007, 10:39 AM

:eek: Someone brought bags and bags of their left over trick-or-treat candy to work and left them in the kitchen. M & M's and all kinds of chocolate. It's really small packs. No, can't have it. I got a piece of Double Bubble and I'm taking deep breaths.:D

Starfish

11-08-2007, 10:42 AM

I work at a place that has a chef for breakfast and lunch, and sometimes his desserts are incredible.

I know you might not want to divulge this for privacy reasons, but I am dying to know where you work that provides a breakfast & lunch chef! :)

Pedal Wench

11-08-2007, 10:50 AM

No worries. It's a post-production company -- video editing, audio (that's what I do), film transfer, graphics, interactive stuff. Our clients are tv producers, ad agency folks, creative types. It's cheaper for us to have lunch served here than to shut down our sessions and have everyone leave the building for lunch. Great for our clients, good for the company's bottom line (our rooms are billed by the hour, so if we leave the building for a two-hour lunch, that's two hours we're not billing!) but lousy for the employee's waistlines. :o Today was white-chocolate macadamia nut cookies. I'm sticking with fresh pineapple and apricots, but the cookies are gonna be out there all day.:mad:

Veronica

11-08-2007, 10:57 AM

reeses everywhere today! My class is driving me nuts! Why do ten kids have to go crazy and have issues on the same day? Why can't they spread it out? Must NOT eat the reeses!

V.

limewave

11-08-2007, 11:13 AM

Okay, I am weighing two times a week - Monday and Thursday b/c the second weight gives me incentive to do well over the weekend -

Starting weight - 158.2
Today - 156.4
-1.8

Woot Wooh!!

Thanks for posting! I haven't braved the scale again yet . . . maybe tomorrow morning. This week has just been too crazy. Anyways, your loss is encouraging me to finish the day strong :)

five one

11-08-2007, 11:43 AM

Start - 136.2
Today - 135.0

But I fluctuate several pounds depending on water retention and activity level, so I will allow myself only a little yahoo today and see where I am next Monday.

More Halloween candy here today - Snickers. I'm fine all morning with it sitting on a cabinet so close to me. I hope I can get through the afternoon when resolve begins to weaken. Maybe by then my boss - queen of the mindless grazers - will eat it all (then complain that she just can't seem to lose weight :rolleyes: ).

+1 for yogurt and soup (Trader Joe's tomato and roasted red pepper - yum!) following a root canal. Hope you're feeling better, deidre. They are no fun.

Brought a cup (measured) of leftover homemade lentil soup for lunch. Also have a container of carrots and red peppers and some lowfat yogurt to see me through the day.

Cheers to all :D

nonsmoker3

11-08-2007, 12:49 PM

Congrats for all of those who have lost already!! That is really great and really motivates me. I want to post a loss on Monday.

I stayed at 147 which is ok. I usually put on a few extra during that wonderful time of month:rolleyes:

I feel good, have eaten well, did body pump this morning and am headed out after work to do a quick 20 on the bike while it is still light.

firenze11

11-08-2007, 01:03 PM

Oh I'm really late to this party but I'd still love to join. A few years ago I had gotten really healthy and fit and got down to my lowest weight ever of 128 (for a 5'8" frame) I felt really strong and energetic, then I started to get very frequent intense headaches which made me very irritable, have horrible sugar cravings, fatigue, etc. I began gaining and stopped exercising. I finally found out I've been having frequent migraines (after finally getting a neurologist, 2 MRIs and a CT Scan) woohoo. So I'm getting back on track now that I can control them/know what's going on.

Now I weigh: about 148
Waist: 27
Hips: 39.5 (:eek: - my friends call them child-bearing hips, I hope they come in handy some day)

My only worry is my Bday weekend, I know there will be cake involved at some time and I'll allow one piece and banish the rest!

Yay I'm pumped!

Jones

11-08-2007, 01:29 PM

I have had a good four days, my starting weight was 186 and now I am 184. I lifted light weights twice and have started a core excercise plan. Good job to everyone who has lost weight, resisted temptation or not quit after giving into temptation.
Jones

teigyr

11-08-2007, 01:50 PM

I've been SO good but today in a meeting our luncheon was fried chicken :eek: It was the yummy smelling fried chicken. At home I eat boneless skinless chicken but I had to have a piece today. And a bit of coleslaw. And a cookie :o

Oh well. I did run this morning but still I imagine the WW site will not be pleased with me.

Have yet to weigh myself but the clothes I couldn't previously wear are now being worn :D I still have more clothes to go though, I have the "not quite yet" drawer.

Blueberry

11-08-2007, 01:54 PM

My only worry is my Bday weekend, I know there will be cake involved at some time and I'll allow one piece and banish the rest!

Our "rule" for my birthday is I can go wherever I want, and I can order whatever dinner I want, including whatever desert I want (or I can get a take out desert from whole foods). That way there's not a cake sitting there that I won't have the willpower to resist.

Welcome! And congrats on finding a med to control your migraines. Mine are, sadly, still largely uncontrolled.

CA

firenze11

11-08-2007, 02:13 PM

Our "rule" for my birthday is I can go wherever I want, and I can order whatever dinner I want, including whatever desert I want (or I can get a take out desert from whole foods). That way there's not a cake sitting there that I won't have the willpower to resist.

Welcome! And congrats on finding a med to control your migraines. Mine are, sadly, still largely uncontrolled.

CA

That's a fantastic idea about doing a birthday dinner out and ordering dessert there, I think I'll try that out! Thanks!

As for migraines, I'm still looking for a good preventative but I'm thankful I have a triptan that works to stop it once I have one. As my doctor told me at our last meeting "Don't give up on finding something to work for you, there are lots of options, and we'll find one eventually" I know how frustrating (not to mention painful) migraines can be, I hope you find some relief or measure of control soon.

Oh, and to get myself back on topic :p ;), good job to everyone so far. I'm contemplating the WW site, I know how well it works, but I'm not sure I want to spend money I'd rather spend on my bike.

Blueberry

11-08-2007, 02:40 PM

I've not managed to convince myself to spend money on WW either (that, and I have an aversion to it after one of our senior partners implied the overweight female employees should all join...). Bike stuff is more fun. But, if I can't get things under control myself, I may have to....

Unfortunately, triptans haven't worked for me. I feel like I'm having a heart attack. Not fun. I need to talk to my doc about preventatives.

CA

coyote

11-08-2007, 02:49 PM

I've been pretty good these past few days. Until today...I was in a rush and I did not pack any snacks. So, off I went to get my big cookie and well, I've been tracking my food and I'm not getting enough protien, so I got a protien bar. Those darned things are really a meal unto themselves and do not qualify as a snack!

My delemia is that I'm vegetarian. All my protien sources have carbs. All the fruits and vegitables I love have carbs and lots of calories. So, I'm having a hard time trying to balance the carb/calories/protien. It makes wanting to eat fruit pointless but I like fruit and it provides other important nutrients.

Are there any veggies out there with some advice?

I'm still weighing 155.

Tuckervill

11-08-2007, 03:02 PM

re: Migraines a naturopath who is a good friend suggested extra magnesium for migraines and the person who tried it said she's been headache free since starting. YMMV, of course.

re: other stuff.

I'm not a vegetarian, but I can't get enough protein every day, either. I get way too much fat, and not near enough protein. I don't want to cut down on fat because, like someone else here said, I only eat healthy fat--olive oil, etc. I will cut down on fast food, which really puts me over the top on fat even when I choose the low calorie options. I've made those healthy fat changes overall and I don't have much else to change.

I threw away Will's birthday cake, but not before I had a piece! oy.

Karen

solobiker

11-08-2007, 03:03 PM

So far so good. I did give in to one temptation. I had never heard of and of course never tried "puppy chow". A co-worker brought it in. It was not too bad, although it sounds better then how it tastes. It has rice chex, chocolate, peanut butter and powdered sugar.

Start: 151
Currently: 150

I am on my way!!!!:D

kelownagirl

11-08-2007, 04:40 PM

Hey Dar, wanna make a change on the start of your chart already? I know I said I was 120 lbs right now (and I truly was on Monday morning), I've been 121 every other day this week so I think that's what I should be starting at. So that makes 6 lbs to go, not 5. Ah well...

Veronica

11-08-2007, 04:57 PM

Happy to say I made it through the third day of meetings with no snacking. :)

This is good.

V.

snowtulip

11-08-2007, 07:16 PM

Great Job Everyone! I've been slacking...will weigh in tomorrow, but stress is taking a toll!

Coyote - I'm also vegetarian. I try very hard to get a carb and protein with every meal or snack.

Example:
Breakfast: Chocolate soymilk smoothie (chocolate soymilk, banana, strawberries); half a whole grain bagel w. 1 tbs cream cheese

Lunch: Either a hummus wrap with veggies or I'll make lasagna with silken tofu that I freeze and eat during lunch

Dinner: Vegetarian beans and salad with whole wheat tortilla

Snack: soy yogurt w. lowfat granola and fruit or apple w. peanut butter

It's about 1500 calories and I get enough folate, fiber and iron!

Starfish

11-08-2007, 09:27 PM

I made a heroic effort to be good today, and had massive cravings this evening. Thought I was being good by just making myself some mashed parsnips (yes, I love them)...and barely put on any salt, smart balance, or sugar.

Then, on a whim, I got online and checked the glycemic index for parsnips. OMGosh!! Way, way up there. Note to self: eat protein when eating parsnips!

(OK, I'm hoping that at least parsnips were better than the whole plate of brownies I wanted to make and eat.)

kelownagirl

11-08-2007, 09:32 PM

I had a bad evening. Something to do with this miserable cold and low self-discipline. Someone musta told me to feed a cold...:rolleyes: :o

kjay

11-08-2007, 09:34 PM

I had a bad day, too. Started out well. . took a spinning class and ate sensibly all day. But after dinner I started my cravings, so I ate a cup of strawberries and a whole aerosol can of whipped cream. I keep sabotaging myself, and it's disgusting! :mad:

crazycanuck

11-08-2007, 11:41 PM

hey kjay-try strawberries & acidophilous yoghurt...mmmm

Thwack yourself the next time you pass the whip cream at the supermarket...

c

bambu101

11-09-2007, 04:21 AM

Late afternoon is my weak time of the day. It's amazing how much I can stuff in my face if I come home hungry and dinner is an hour or 2 away! Choices, choices, choices.......

Weighed in this morning- 175.5 Yippie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Down 1.4 pounds from Monday.

Going to Boston tonight for a basketball game, so this will be a good test of willpower. (Go Celtics!)

Veronica

11-09-2007, 04:48 AM

limewave

11-09-2007, 05:06 AM

The Plan: 1600 calorie a day diet (the one my doctor gave me)

Today's Weight: 176.5 BMI: 27.8
7 wk Goal Weight: 166 Goal BMI: 25.5
Ultimate Goal: 150 Ultimate Goal: 22

I braved the scale this morning.

174.6 -- Yay! The scale has not budged off that 176 in two month. So, thanks ladies for getting me motivated! This is a real break-through.

Flybye

11-09-2007, 06:19 AM

Yesterday was a fantastic day for me on a whole lot of accounts.

I went to the Gynocologist Monday for the annual pap smear and while she was doing the breast exam, she said "has this lump always been there?"

I had an ultrasound and found out yesterday that everything is fine.
Whew.

I managed to get through Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday without stress eating thanks to the weight loss challenge. Can't look to good to start a challenge and then blow it, right? All of your posts were encouraging and helped a big bunch.

When I got the good news yesterday, I instantly thought - chocolate, let's you and I celebrate together!

I purchased a box of Weight Watchers chocolate fudgesicles that are covered in crushed cookies and had 2 - It was only four points, yummy, and guilt free!! I went in to get a Symphony bar (the huge one) and left with these instead!

If I can get through this without stress eating, you all can get through your cravings, too.

Go get em!

Flybye

11-09-2007, 06:23 AM

My cat eats whipped cream. She's really skinny. ;) She's really old too, but she kept me awake half the night last night. We're putting in wood floors and she can't freely roam when the glue is drying. She was not a happy cat about the doors being closed.

No workout for me this AM. I'd like to just go back to bed. :)

V.

MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to say good morning!!!:D :D :D :D

sandra

11-09-2007, 06:44 AM

This is where I get discouraged. I've been really strict for 3 days. No sweets, healthy eating, exercised every day. The scales say 154.5. Same as when I started. I think they are stuck.

Veronica

11-09-2007, 06:55 AM

Keep at Sandra! Rome wasn't built in a day. And neither were our thighs, bellies, butts, boobs, etc. :p Stick with it and change will come.

V.

Veronica

11-09-2007, 06:57 AM

MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to say good morning!!!:D :D :D :D

Very funny! She's deaf and I swear she meows louder because of it.

V.

Veronica

11-09-2007, 06:59 AM

Okay - I guess I'll tell you...

I'm down two pounds from Monday. Of course Monday I weighed in heavy. So it's probably really only one. :rolleyes:

V.

GLC1968

11-09-2007, 07:32 AM

Ok, I have a confession to make.

Yesterday I had a good breakfast but it was later than ususal. When lunch came around, I worked right through it because I wasn't hungry yet (I didn't even noticed I'd done it). At 1:25, a coworker asked about a meeting we had at 1:30 and I realized that I hadn't eaten yet. I grabbed my HUGE bag of raw veggies (yay, me!) and ate it during the meeting. Unfortunately, that meeting was only 30 minutes because of a big all-hands meeting that lasted the rest of the afternoon. By the time I got home at 6, I was ravenous. I'd also forgotten to take out something for dinner, so we went out for Mexican.

Can you guess what happened? Starving me + big bowl of chips and kick-butt salsa = too much food! I had a healthy dinner entree (no drippy cheese or cream sauce or anything)....but I ate too many chips and was STUFFED. Blech.

Overall, my calories were fine yesterday, but that is NOT the way to do it. I'm back on track today, but I'm bloated and puffy feeling. Ick.

Confession over. I'm going to work extra hard to not let this huge meal set me up for over-eating all weekend. I WILL post a loss on Monday. I WILL. :cool:

VeloVT

11-09-2007, 08:51 AM

I haven't been posting but I've been checking in on this thread once or twice a day and it is really helping me stay motivated!!! I've had a couple of very good days after a week of slipping, not badly, but enough to stall the loss.

thanks guys!!!

Tuckervill

11-09-2007, 09:09 AM

Still keeping on. I've been very very active this week. Have friends coming over for the weekend, and since I haven't had anyone over in a long while, there was A LOT of cleaning to do. I'll be cleaning up until they arrive, probably. (having folks over is a great motivator--I've even rearranged furniture and everything.) We're going to make hypertufa planters for my front porch all day tomorrow.

I haven't been on the scale since about Tuesday--but I have been getting up at 4-4:30 every morning so I forget to weigh. (Body clock just waking me up, so I get up.)

Because of all the work I've been doing, I'm uber-sore. Today at fitness boot camp we did all weight/strength training and we were SUPPOSED to leave sore. Well, I was sore when I got there, so mission accomplished!

I've been keeping up with my food intake, so I expect all this work to pay off. I'm going to weigh on Monday.

Karen

NoNo

11-09-2007, 10:05 AM

I've been at a conference all week and this is the first time I'm seeing this. I don't know if I can lose 10 pounds (I don't think that'd bring me to a healthy weight on my frame), but I definitely want more accountability for what I eat and how much I exercise. In January of 2004 I was fresh out of college working my first real job and weighing an unhealthy 160lbs on my 5'-1" body. I joined WW online and lost 30lbs just by dieting. I've kept that weight off and this summer, thanks to my new-found love of cycling, I've managed to lose another 5 and probably be the most "fit" I've ever been. But I have a long way to go. I'd love to lose that stubborn pouch on my stomach, to tone my arms up, and lose some more of the rear:p I haven't weighed myself in a week, but it was 123.6 then and I doubt it's changed much. Don't have home internet, so the earliest I can report in is next Tuesday. I'm having a housewarming on Sunday, so I'll have to be good and exercise lots during this 3-day weekend! It feels good to be motivated again!:D

Annette

five one

11-09-2007, 11:26 AM

Bleh...I came down with the cold DH had a week ago. Maybe it was a coworker. Moot point. I feel like cr@p. I can't remember the last time I had a cold. Right now the back of my throat is sore and my head is getting congested. Didn't think a sweaty hour on the trainer in the chilly garage sounded like a good thing at 4:30 this morning, so I slept in a bit. Taking Emergen-C, drinking lots of Lemon Zinger with honey.
Fridays are quiet at work and there aren't a lot of folks here, so I may bail out early if I can tie up some loose ends. Hoping I can keep from eating bad comfort food. There's a box of See's on the counter. No one has opened it yet. I hope no one will.

Sigh...:(

coyote

11-09-2007, 01:00 PM

Pedal Wench

11-09-2007, 02:21 PM

I hope I do okay tonight. Did okay all day, but tonight is a memorial celebration for a good friend of mine. We're all making dishes that were her favorites or remind us of her. Hope that her favorite champagne doesn't make it problematic for me to resist all these amazing treats. (I made a goat cheese with fig sauce and chopped almonds...)

teigyr

11-09-2007, 03:32 PM

I've been mostly good minus the fried chicken at our meeting yesterday. It was only one piece but sheesh...it was 10 points.

The bad thing is we're leaving for vacation tomorrow. Between airplane food (are flying from the West Coast to New York) and eating out, I despair.

Any good travel tips? I AM bringing my running shoes :D

snowtulip

11-09-2007, 05:53 PM

Did ok today, but afraid of the weekend, unfortunately we tend to eat out a little too much on the weekend since we're always running around. I"ll try to make healthy eating out choices.

Thanks to everyone that is posting, it's really helping me keep focused.!

Coyote - I'll mix the tofu with ricotta, or my new favorite is to only use goat cheese and tofu in the lasagna, with some parmesan on top. Since goat cheese is so strong you don't have to use much and the silky tofu gives the texture.

Over50Newbie

11-09-2007, 08:40 PM

Sorry I am late - I just found this thread.

I am definitely in. My weight is 143. My goal is to be 137 by Christmas, with an ultimate goal of 129 sometime in 2008.

This is me staying accountable:

Friday, Nov 9

Total calories: 1570 (all healthy)
Exercise: None - a rest day
Water: 72 ounces
Vitamins/Supplements: Multivitamin, Calcium, Soy, Flaxseed
Weight: 143

I plan to post these statistics every day.

Thanks for starting this thread. It couldn't have come at a better time for me.

Lynette

sandra

11-09-2007, 08:46 PM

kelownagirl

11-09-2007, 09:26 PM

I did good all day long, until tonight. Son and girlfriend were visiting, left late and we went to get something to eat and to the grocery.

I ate a pulled pork barbecue sandwich and a little bit of some kind of baked potato casserole (not the entire thing). I did NOT get the soft serve ice cream that they had for FREE. I came home and exercised.

I would love a thread where we journaled what we ate all day. I know it is different and different amounts for everyone depending on your weight, but maybe we could get some new, good ideas.

You can make your food journal public on fitday.com and sparkpeople.com.

Here's mine if you want to take a look although, my intake for the last couple of days hasn't been very good. :o

http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_tracker.asp?id=KELOWNAGIRL

teigyr

11-09-2007, 09:58 PM

My food is all about time, or lack thereof. This morning did laundry, ran, started packing, and ate 2 waffles (low fat) with butter spray as I was running to the shower. At work, I ate a frozen weight watchers meal and then later had some veggies. I also ate a bagel with fat free cream cheese and a salad. I'll get home at around 11pm tonight when I'll try to eat something (I am starving!) and have a glass of wine.

This is my normal day, minus the packing :D I'm fond of the waffles with butter spray because I can eat them enroute.

On my days off, I make turkey bacon and egg beaters for breakfast.

I wish I had enough time to cook. I try but it seems like I overbook myself bigtime. THAT is my problem, organization. I'm good with diet food and I'm good with exercise, it's a matter of making sure I have the food so I am not eating out.

Oh another excellent thing is my new schedule. I had been getting home from work earlier so DH and I went out to eat almost every night. We are bad. Getting home late prohibits eating out to just my days off. That will help!

ibcycling

11-09-2007, 10:21 PM

My delemia is that I'm vegetarian. All my protien sources have carbs. All the fruits and vegitables I love have carbs and lots of calories. So, I'm having a hard time trying to balance the carb/calories/protien. It makes wanting to eat fruit pointless but I like fruit and it provides other important nutrients.

Don't forget that all carbs are not created equal! Some are metabolized quicker than others and have a greater impact on your sugar and insulin levels. Fruit is one of the "good" carbs full of fiber, vitamins, and takes longer to eat and affect your blood sugar. Check out a site on glycemic indexes to get a better idea of what it is and how to choose "good" carbs.

I'm doing ok here but not great. I'm good at staying on track until the evenings. For some reason I've got the munchies after supper so I need to make a plan to deal with that. I rode on Tuesday (16 miles) and did hills on Thursday (25 miles). Ate way too much at Applebees tonight though! Tomorrow morning I'm planning to do about 45 miles so hopefully I can work some of it off. :o

Great Job Everyone!!!

Lora

short cut sally

11-10-2007, 06:14 AM

I went down hill fast yesterday. I was doing well up until this point. One of our pts. that we took care of last weekend came to bring us a home made chocolate cheese cake. I've never had chocolate cheesecake before. The fact he is 88, still works at his own bakery/deli and delivered it was part of the amazement of this cheesecake also. OH MY this thing was heavenly. My first piece was a small sampler, then I gave in later on and went back for another piece. The cake I bet weighed 5 or 7 #'s, was at least 2" thick and was very hard to resist. My weigh in is on Monday..actually it will be on Sundays for me and I'll post on Monday. I use works scales, I have none. Maybe next week will be better.

firenze11

11-10-2007, 06:25 AM

Good morning (well at least to the east coast, or early risers in other time zones!) :)

I did pretty well yesterday. I knew last night's dinner would be bad: homemade tortillas, homemade chili, fried potatoes. So I ate really well all day and didn't eat all of my dinner. I may have had a bit extra of tortilla though, but I'm not going to beat myself up about it.

So this morning I went to have steel cut oats with raspberries. But as I was cooking the oats a green slime appeared on the surface, so I had to toss them. Has anyone ever seen this? Now I'm searching for some healthy breakfast- maybe I'll settle for egg whites or something.

And great job everyone, you're all really motivating me!

Susan126

11-10-2007, 07:04 AM

Thanks for the link to the journal kelownagirl!

Well I did poorly yesterday. I started off well but once I got home it was all downhill! Hubby is still away on his hunting trip in Montana. It's been a week since he left and one more week to go. My kids are away at college. I spoke to all of them on the phone last night. After I hung up I was feeling lonely. I walked into the kitchen to make myself dinner. I didn't feel like cooking for just me so here's what I had:

A large bowl of cheerios with 1% milk
left over coleslaw from the other night
and a half dozen of those holiday almond crest cookies
Oh and a cup of tea

talk about carb overload!

It rained all night long. I could hear the rain hitting my bedroom window. This morning looking outside it's windy, gloomy, and overcast.

But it's a new day. I'm going to try and go for a walk later, probably around the lake, and then clean the house. I think I am one of those people who get "depresssion" from lack of sunlight. I feel so blah and sad. Or maybe I just need a good bike ride. I can't wait for Joe to get home! He said last night he may come home early. Friday. If so we can ride next weekend! :)

Hanging in there . . . Sue

kelownagirl

11-10-2007, 10:43 AM

I am going to do better this weekend but I am sick with an awful cold and have very little resistance to temptations. When I ran out of "healthy" food on Thursday, I had no energy to go shopping, so ended up making less-than-stellar choices. I am now stocked up and will hopefully eat better again. I think my dieting theme song is Tubthumping - "I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down."

Keep at 'er everyone. It takes a lot of perseverance to change eating habits. You can do it. If you haven't been successful yet, keep starting over. Once you have 3-4 good days in a row, it gets easier. And don't expect the weight to fall off fast. Sometimes I "diet" for an entire week and my weight doesn't budge, then the next week, I lose 2 lbs. Go figure.

Susan126

11-10-2007, 01:32 PM

I am sticking to it today! And that gloomy morning weather turned into GORGEOUS afternoon weather! I just got back from a wonderful 25 mile ride. And for lunch I had a small piece of broiled chicken breast (boneless and skinless) and rice. Breakfast was good too. Oatmeal! So to everyone who did bad yesterday (like me) just jump back on the wagon today! And don't give up.

Hope you're feeling better today kelownagirl!

steinspinne

11-10-2007, 10:01 PM

Hey guys. I've been away for a bit, not doing so well. Wednesday I came down with a really bad UTI, the worst I've ever experienced. I'll spare you the details, but I almost ended up going to the ER because of the pain. Fortunately the local Care Now was open and I could be seen almost immediately.

They've got me on some meds for the next 10 days, but it's really been working a number on my stomach. Haven't eaten much for the last few days, but I finally regained my appetite today. Skipped breakfast, had a salad and baked potato from Wendy's for lunch, but "dinner" is what got me. I work the night shift, and one of the guys went out and bought what looked like $20 worth of $0.99 double cheeseburgers from McDonalds.

I ate three. :(

I guess it's a good thing that I'm starting to feel better and am getting my appetite back, but seriously... THREE?

Haven't jumped on the scale since Monday, I suppose I'll just wait a couple more days and do it on a weekly basis.

Congrats to all the chicks out there that are staying strong!

(And as a side note to Firenze, no I've never seen a green slime surface on a bowl of oats. To the best of my knowledge they don't go bad, so I have no clue what happened there.)

kelownagirl

11-10-2007, 10:23 PM

one of the guys went out and bought what looked like $20 worth of $0.99 double cheeseburgers from McDonalds.

I ate three. :(

Doesn't it just blow you away that we can do that? I am amazed at my lack of will power sometimes...

steinspinne

11-10-2007, 11:55 PM

Doesn't it just blow you away that we can do that? I am amazed at my lack of will power sometimes...

I know, it sucks. But at that point I was just happy to be eating SOMETHING without getting nauseous that I didn't really care what it was.

At least I kept away from the donuts. :p

Susan126

11-11-2007, 06:19 AM

My lack of will power these days is pathetic! I was doing so well yesterday. Had a great breakfast, lunch, and dinner, went for a wonderful bike ride . . . then on my home from the store last night I bought a small waffle cone blizzard. :mad:

I used to have such great will power when it came to food but lately I just give in to my sad evil sugar junky voice! Arrgh!

sandra

11-11-2007, 06:30 AM

I had a great day yesterday. No snacking at all. Last night when I got hungry I had a big cup of diet hot chocolate. That satisfied me. The key for me on weekends is to stay busy. I was so busy yesterday I didn't think about snacking.

sandra

11-11-2007, 06:32 AM

Oh yeah, forgot to add, today we are having an early Thanksgiving lunch with my hubby's side of the family. Then afterwards birthday cake and ice cream for my MIL's 91 birthday.

MUST RESIST THE CAKE AND ICE CREAM MUST RESIST THE CAKE AND ICE CREAM MUST RESIST THE CAKE AND ICE CREAM MUST RESIST THE CAKE AND ICE CREAM

deidre

11-11-2007, 07:26 AM

Weighing in on Sundays:

This morning's weight - down .6 lbs to 170.4. I'll take it. It's important for me to track the exact weight; when I posted my original weight, I posted a rounded number (I forgot how happy a reduction of .2 or .4 could make me).

I managed to work out 1 time this week and have been trying to eat a little more even though my mouth still has some sensitive areas.

Thanks for the ideas on soup and yogurt. One day I was so frustrated and hungry, I ate vegetarian chili for breakfast and lunch :eek: It worked though. My stomach and mouth/teeth were happy.

ibcycling

11-11-2007, 07:46 AM

Thanks for the ideas on soup and yogurt. One day I was so frustrated and hungry, I ate vegetarian chili for breakfast and lunch It worked though. My stomach and mouth/teeth were happy.

Nothing wrong with soup for breakfast! At least you got your veggies in. :D I hope your mouth feels better soon.

I did well yesterday. It was windy and a little rainy but I went on my ride anyway. Boy was it windy! I ended up doing 40 miles and had a huge Spanish omelet for lunch and an apple on my way to work. At work I had a SF latte. Supper wasn't so great but could have been much worse. I stopped at Wal-Mart to pick up a few things and gave in to buffalo chicken chunks. :o I'm always starved after a hard ride and with the wind it was a hard ride!

I'm going to be very good today! Starting out with a bowl of GoLean Crunch and some coffee. I might go out for a short ride later.

Find that willpower girls! You can do this!!!

Lora

caribou

11-11-2007, 10:13 AM

Hope I can tag along.

It's great reading other people's trials and triumphs, I can relate to both! :rolleyes: (That pulled pork sandwich sounds pretty darned good . . .)

I've been off-again on-again on WW flex online. I'll get back on, and get this 170 down to the 155 it should be. Praise the Lard for Exercise Points--do a nice long bike ride, and that pulled pork sandwich is within reach. It's extra incentive to get on the bike.)

DH and I seem to be breaking up, or at least in a very nasty stretch, so this will be a good time to have something positive to focus on.

Starfish

11-11-2007, 10:14 AM

Well, overall I feel OK. I have been making better choices...salads, vegetables, avoiding the evils of my office temptations. We have great coffee and tons of high quality chocolates out all the time for clients. Also a fridge stocked full of my favorite soft drinks. It is HARD to be good there. :(

And, I got in a great workout in the gym yesterday. Upped my cardio and abs, and felt pretty good. :)

This might be TMI for some, quit reading now if you don't like personal info! But, this morning I woke up to my period, and that pleased me. Means that in a day or two, I know the scale will shift down as the water disappears! It also explains my outrageous cravings last night.

I had a dream about soft-serve ice cream cones dipped in molten hot fudge! :rolleyes:

Tuckervill

11-11-2007, 04:19 PM

Oh boy. Had a couple of friends coming for the weekend. Cleaned like a fiend all day Thursday and Friday. Had my regular work out on Friday morning. They arrived on Friday evening. The gal and I were planning on making hypertufa planters for my front porch. We needed 8 feet of them so it was going to be hard work. We worked really really hard for about 6 hours, then we all took a long walk around the downtown area. Then we went to the Italian place. I had eggplant parmigiana and it was damn good. I didn't regret it all.

More hypertufa this morning (we mixed 94 lbs of Portland cement with vermiculite, peat, topsoil, and perlite by hand). More hard work. More walking. Mexican food for lunch.

I have a feeling the hard work and walks will NOT offset the food. I'm feeling bloated and extremely sore and tired. If I've lost any, I'll be real surprised. :(

Karen

Over50Newbie

11-11-2007, 04:20 PM

Well, yesterday was my 35th high school reunion, so I gave myself permission to not journal my food for the day and to just relax and have fun. It worked - I had a great time!

I know that I was WAY OVER what I usually eat, but I was okay with that. And the best part is that I got on the scale this morning and didn't gain any weight. WHEW!

I am now back on schedule today and staying accountable.

Calories: 1340
Exercise: 1 hour swimming
Water: 64 ounces
Vitamins/Supplements: Multivitamin, Calcium, Soy, Flaxseed
Weight: 143

Lynette

mtbdarby

11-11-2007, 08:17 PM

WOW has this thread taken off! I am absolutley swamped at work and haven't made any changes to the spreadsheet since I posted it originally. If anyone wants to maintain it let me know and I'll send it over. Overwise it may take me a bit to catch up.

My eating pretty much sucks. I'm coming off the Halloween sugar high and slowing getting back into it. I have been working out but not biking as much as I want. I rode the trainer for a half hour yesterday and about died from boredom! Cold or not I need to be outside.

At least today my son, dog and I went hiking down by the river and then my son and I went down to the pool for a couple hours of fun. I'm beat. Have a good night all and happy weigh in tomorrow!

kelownagirl

11-11-2007, 08:25 PM

Is it weigh in on Sundays? If so, I have not budged from my 121 every day this week but last Monday. I am anxious to get over this cold and start back running. Dh went for a ride without me today and I was so sorry I couldn't go...

GLC1968

11-12-2007, 04:36 AM

Weighed in this morning and I didn't budge from last Thursday's weight...but for me, that's something. I'm usually heavier on Mondays and Tuesdays, so I'm fine with it and hoping to post a loss by Thursday.

Rode 50 miles with DH yesterday. It was my first ride in 2 weeks and I'm quite proud of myself for having accomplished it and for not being the slow one! ;)

start: 159.2
today: 158.6

VeloVT

11-12-2007, 05:06 AM

Weekly weigh-in!

Last Monday: 122
Today: 120

I've been very good this past week except for last night. I have a big exam early this week and I've been stressed about studying for it, then over dinner last night I had a fight with my boyfriend, which upset me both in and of itself and because I knew it was going to make it hard for me to study... So I had a bowl of ice cream and too many nuts, both of which were definitely not in my plan... Arrrgh... Hopefully I didn't actually GAIN anything back, just stalled loss...

Tuckervill

11-12-2007, 05:35 AM

Oh boy, someone moved my scale. Sounds like an excuse, but I couldn't have gained 4 lbs since Thursday. I just couldn't have. Not as much as I've been working and walking and working out. My scale is tempermental. If I leave it one place I at least know it's not the scale. Someone moved it. :(

We had friends here and I didn't even drink any alcohol. I skipped supper last night. I just measured and my measurements are the same.

Since I have to reestablish my baseline weight, I'm going to leave my stats the same for now. It'd be really easy to get down about it, but my goals aren't all tied up in my weight. I'm really wanting to be fit. I've been consistently active, going to class, walking the dogs 3 miles on off days, laboring around the house. I'm just choosing to be happy with that.

Karen

Flybye

11-12-2007, 06:13 AM

Just a quick weigh in for me and then I am off to do some Christmas shopping - git er done!!

start week one weight - 158.2
start week 2 weight - 155.2

-3!!!!!

Goal weight - not sure yet, but I think 145-146

Thanks for all of your encouragement!

I will post more at the end of the day, but I have to get ready to go play today with my wonderful, fun, hunky husband. I am a lucky woman :D

firenze11

11-12-2007, 07:03 AM

So my birthday weekend came and went. I thought I had done really well but let myself enjoy my birthday. Last night I had homemade mac and cheese, endive salad, and a small piece of homemade bday cake. I would have liked to go out but there are no restaurants here that are very good.

Initially I estimated my weight at 148 when I joined on Thurs (I think) but when I weighed this morning I was a shocking (to me at least) 150.5. Sigh. I wasn't expecting a loss actually because I joined late but I was expecting the weight I've been for the past few months. I have a sneaky suspicion some of it is water because (maybe tmi alert) my breasts have been really tender and swollen the past few days. It may be my period coming, even though I'm on the pill I get this sometimes. And I know I'm not pregnant because I don't have a bf right now. Ok end that info, haha.

So I guess today I start w/ solid knowledge of my weight and will work hard to see it go down. I'm also taking my bike in to have a rear slick tire put on for my trainer, so that will help. I think I need to work a bit more on a structured plan, too.

Congrats on everyone who saw a loss the past week! Yay!

Pedal Wench

11-12-2007, 07:14 AM

No weight to post today --- I don't have a scale, so I have to use the Fed Ex scale at work, and this morning, there was a 47 lb. box on it and I had breakfast and tea by the time it was moved. So, I'll weigh in tomorrow. I did good over the weekend -- actually, I probably didn't eat properly for the riding I did. All, TMI alert, but it's that time for me too. Oh well.

ibcycling

11-12-2007, 08:03 AM

caribou - Sorry you're going through a rough patch with dh. Be sure to make time for you and ride lots. It's very therapeutic to "escape" onto the bike. Healing vibes coming your way. {{{caribou}}}

I don't know about anyone else but my weight has a tendency to fluctuate by 2-3lbs on a normal basis. Last Monday I was 163.5, Thursday was 162.0, but today it's back up to 164.5. :mad: Time to get serious and move that number down into the 150s!!! I hate journaling my food but I think it will help me get back on track so I'll start that today. No riding for me today. We're under a wind advisory and it's going to rain. Tomorrow should be nice though!

Lora

five one

11-12-2007, 08:20 AM

I started feeling a cold coming on last week, so I didn't do my normal early morning trainer rides for several days. But the cold never amounted to much of anything, so I did a short flat 20 miler yesterday. I seem okay today, so I hope to get back on track with my usual workouts. And get a ride in today since I off work for the holiday.

Starting weight - 136.2 (I didn't put the fraction in my initial post)
Today - 134.8

Until I get down five pounds and don't regain them, I won't be sure I've actually lost real weight or am just fluctuating with water weight.

Keep up the good work everyone. If I can get through the holidays without gaining, I'll be happy. But if I can actually lose, well, that will icing on the cake...uh...so to speak :p.

limewave

11-12-2007, 08:37 AM

Start Weight: 176.5
Today: 174.3

-2 :D

And that's a total wl of 10lbs since August. Wahooooooo!

ibcycling

11-12-2007, 08:54 AM

Tuckerville - Maybe that's my problem? I slide my scale out to use and slide it back when done. After posting my gain this morning I went back and moved the scale to a "permanent" spot and let it re-set. Stripped down and weighed and 162.0! So I lost 2.5 lbs in the past hour. ROFL! I think I'll keep the 162 and focus on getting into the 150s in the next week or so.

Awesome job limewave!

Lora

kelownagirl

11-12-2007, 09:27 AM

Congrats to everyone who has lost and weight and patience to those who have tried but lost nothing yet. Not to worry, keep at it - it will come off - it just takes time for your body to adapt. It's amazing how much my body weight fluctuates from day to day and of course, during one day. For curiosity, I weigh myself every morning, and again before I go to bed. Some days I'll be up 2 lbs, other days down t2 lbs. I wait until it's been a steady loss before I get excited. I am often down on a Saturday or Sunday morning if I've had 2 glass of wine the night before. Shows how much alcohol can dehydrate you. And I try not to move my scale. If I do move it, I get on then off so it resets, before I weight myself.

Starfish

11-12-2007, 09:32 AM

Last Monday (start): 169
Today (11/12): 165.5

bambu101

11-12-2007, 09:41 AM

I am up .6 pound- disappointed, but not giving up! This seems to be a trend, and I want to get to the point where the weight stops fluctuating and stays down. Glad to hear I am not the only one with similar issues.
Wendy

Tuckervill

11-12-2007, 11:07 AM

Props to everyone who has seen success this week, however you measure it!

Karen

snowtulip

11-12-2007, 11:35 AM

Great Job Everyone!!!:D :D

Today: 115 so down a lb. I need to start putting info. down so here goes.

Exercise: Run 2.5mi
Breakfast: .5 cup cheerios, .25 cup all bran, .25 cup oat flakes, .75 c milk, banana
Lunch: Subway Veggie Sandwich, .5 bag baked lays
Snack: mmm.... oat meal cookie
Dinner: Plan on having veggie chili and salad

Mtbdar - If you need help, I'm more than willing, let me know!

short cut sally

11-12-2007, 11:46 AM

After indulging on real chocolate cheesecake Friday and a smaller portion on Saturday and then eating larger meals more than normal yesterday, my weigh in was the same. 147#. Congrats to all you that had more willpower and determination than I did..Great job.

Blueberry

11-12-2007, 12:08 PM

*&$* scales. I weighed several times this morning, and the number fluctuated back and forth between the same weight and 1 pound lost.

I'll put my loss at 0 for the week, but I suspect it's a half pound down (mine doesn't read half pounds).

Not too bad, considering I have a trial next week (yes, Thanksgiving week), and my job has gone from bad to worse...that and the fact that after a really bad day Friday, we went out to dinner at a bar, where I had a turkey burger, homemade chips and *sweet potato* french fries.

But, I've kept up my no soft drink (diet or otherwise) commitment for well over a month :)

CA

Pedal Wench

11-12-2007, 01:25 PM

*&$* scales.<<<snip>>>
But, I've kept up my no soft drink (diet or otherwise) commitment for well over a month :)

CA

You've brought up an important point: it's not just the weight that matters here. Making a healthy change that might not impact your weight is just as important. Maybe something folks who don't need to lose weight can also post about. Weight isn't everything to do with good health. (Says the woman who skipped the weigh-in this morning...)

Jones

11-12-2007, 02:48 PM

I'm down about a half pound since Thursday. New weight 183.8. I have to say posting my weight on the internet twice a week is really good motivation for me. Congrats to all you losers and good choice makers.
Jones

Tuckervill

11-12-2007, 02:53 PM

Maybe if I weighed a few hundred pounds, I MIGHT feel reticent to say it out loud...but then I think..."Hey, those 500+ lb people on teevee don't blush at their weight. I mean, does it really matter whether it's 500 or 700 lbs?"

I'm fat. There's no getting around it. Everyone can see it with their own eyes. So what if I'm 180 fat or 170 fat? I'm FAT. But I'm going to be fit (fitter, because I'm doing pretty well right now). I don't care what other people think.

Karen

five one

11-12-2007, 06:12 PM

Had my body comp analysis appointment today and it was better news than I thought it would be. 24.4% fat. I was expecting 27-30 based on how I feel and look. This is 3% less than what Kaiser considers excellent for my age group. What this tells me is what I really knew all along. That I have a lot of muscle and the number on the scale is always going to be high for my height. I still want to drop 10 - 15# slowly in an attempt to get rid of the dangerous visceral fat I know must be hiding in my gut. I'd like to take 120# out for a spin and see how it feels, especially going uphill.

Anyway, I'm glad I went in and got tested. This is my baseline. I'm going to do it again in 6 months and hope to see an improvement.

The cold I thought never really developed into a full-fledged cold came back overnight. I guess I shouldn't have ridden yesterday. I didn't ride today. So disappointing. The weather was beautiful here and I was home all day.

I hope everyone had a good eating day. And if not, tomorrow's a new day. Keep at it.

CLM

11-12-2007, 08:19 PM

I weighed in this morning at 157.5, down 3 pounds from last Monday's 160.5. I'm just trying to keep my calorie count between 1200 to 1500 and eat healthy foods while exercising regularly. I also need to drink less diet soda and more water. With my work schedule lately, it's been hard to get the exercise in. I managed to get to 3 spinnng classes at the gym this past week. I hope to add a couple of days of running and weight training this week. I don't have a bike yet. I'm in the looking and test riding stage. There are so many to choose from. I want a road bike. I have friends who ride centuries in the nearby mountains (east TN) and that is my ultimate goal. Given my lack of bike skills demonstrated during the test rides, it will take a while to get there, but I can't wait to get going.

Kano

11-12-2007, 08:32 PM

My turn --
last monday, 177
today, 175

Tuckervill - Moving the scale -- I hate when that happens! Mine can be temperamental about being moved too. I've been tempted to make rings on the bathroom floor to mark the spot, y'know?

A couple of mentions of willpower today again -- I don't know if I'd call it willpower. Fear is probably more accurate. I've been able to avoid eating the halloween candy and other "treats" because I'm so insanely afraid I won't stop if I start! For now, it's working for me, so I'll go with it!

To everyone who had a successful week -- either didn't gain or lost -- congratulations! If you gained anything, darn -- next time will be different, eh?

Karen in Boise

kelownagirl

11-12-2007, 09:13 PM

Had my body comp analysis appointment today and it was better news than I thought it would be. 24.4% fat. I was expecting 27-30 based on how I feel and look.

A question about body fat percentage. I had mine tested a few months ago. I weighed about 122 lbs at the time. She did the caliper test using calipers that she claims are "really good". She did every site 3 times and took the avg if needed. She also took a lot of other types of measurements and overall said I was in really good shape - fit and healthy. However, according to her test, my body fat was still at 30% (:eek: :eek: ). I was choked that I had lost 20 lbs and was still at 30%. I want my body fat down to 20% so tell me if I'm figuring this correctly.

If 30% is fat, then 70% of my 122 lbs is lean body mass, right? 70% of 122 lbs is about 85 lbs (with about 36 lbs of fat!)

If I wanted to get my fat percentage down to 20%, my lean mass stays more or less the same (85 lbs) and the fat part drops, right?

80% of 107 lbs is 85 lbs
20% of 107 lbs is 21 lbs.

Now of course, I could be building some muscle during that time so that would have to be taken into consideration but overall, is my figuring more or less correct?

I would have a whole lot more to lose to get down to 107 lbs. I weighed that when I was 21. Not sure I could be like that now. And because of that, I keep wondering if the 30% test result isn't a bit high...

steinspinne

11-13-2007, 02:39 AM

Start: 180
Week1: 177

Starting to worry about my scale. It measures to 1/10 of a pound, but I keep getting these even numbers. Methinks it's time to dig through the closet and find one of my dumbbells to give the scale a little pop quiz.

Had an excellent dinner tonight. Tried my hand at homemade pasta sauce (tomatoes, fresh basil and oregano, onions, mushrooms, the works!) and threw it on top of some little things I made by rolling breakfast sausage, chopped bell peppers and ricotta into a strip of "lasagna" style pasta. It was yummy!

Didn't someone mention a spoonful of powdered cocoa mixed into ricotta cheese as a snack earlier? I need to do a search in this thread...

nonsmoker3

11-13-2007, 05:15 AM

Starting weight - 147
Monday weigh in - 145.5

I am really really happy:D

NoNo

11-13-2007, 05:25 AM

Morning! Rough weekend. Spent Friday night and all day Saturday cooking and cleaning like a fiend. Same went for Sunday morning, and finally it was housewarming time! There was WAY too much food, and too much bad stuff (well it sure tasted good:rolleyes: ). I did manage to sneak out for a 30 minute ride on Saturday, along with my Pilates. Yesterday I didn't feel like riding, so I did the "Kick Butt Cardio" on Comcast's On-Demand. Man, am I SORE today!:D Also did my Pilates, too. Ate well most of yesterday, doing my best to avoid all the yummy leftovers, but last night I caved and ate 3 mini cannolis:( Today I brought in the fried eggplant and chocolate cake so that I can fatten up my coworkers and not be tempted to eat it all myself! Weigh-in: 124.6 (but I'm really PMS-y now)

limewave

11-13-2007, 05:26 AM

I would have a whole lot more to lose to get down to 107 lbs. I weighed that when I was 21. Not sure I could be like that now. And because of that, I keep wondering if the 30% test result isn't a bit high...

It's possible you have 36lbs of fat, but you probably don't need to lose any weight . . . you just need to gain muscle. Do you do any weight training? Start doing WT 3 to 4 times a week and maybe increase your protein--maybe for breakfast have a protein shake.

I have a body comp done every month or two at my doctor's office. And last time I weighed in at the same weight as the previous time, but I had gained almost 5 lbs of muscle and my BMI dropped a whole point--even though I weighed exactly the same.

GLC1968

11-13-2007, 06:27 AM

A question about body fat percentage. I had mine tested a few months ago. I weighed about 122 lbs at the time. She did the caliper test using calipers that she claims are "really good". She did every site 3 times and took the avg if needed. She also took a lot of other types of measurements and overall said I was in really good shape - fit and healthy. However, according to her test, my body fat was still at 30% (:eek: :eek: ). I was choked that I had lost 20 lbs and was still at 30%. I want my body fat down to 20% so tell me if I'm figuring this correctly.

If 30% is fat, then 70% of my 122 lbs is lean body mass, right? 70% of 122 lbs is about 85 lbs (with about 36 lbs of fat!)

If I wanted to get my fat percentage down to 20%, my lean mass stays more or less the same (85 lbs) and the fat part drops, right?

80% of 107 lbs is 85 lbs
20% of 107 lbs is 21 lbs.

Now of course, I could be building some muscle during that time so that would have to be taken into consideration but overall, is my figuring more or less correct?

I would have a whole lot more to lose to get down to 107 lbs. I weighed that when I was 21. Not sure I could be like that now. And because of that, I keep wondering if the 30% test result isn't a bit high...

Yes, you are figuring that correctly. Keep in mind that there is still margin for error when measureing body fat with calipers - so I wouldn't get too concerned about the actual number. Did you have it done prior to losing weight? If not, you can kind of see your progress by calculating what it would be with 20 lbs of extra fat on you (assuming no lean mass change): 122+20= 142. Lean mass = 85lbs, that means your body fat when you were 142 was 40%. 10% drop in body fat is AWESOME!

Pedal Wench

11-13-2007, 07:13 AM

NoNo

11-13-2007, 07:20 AM

*TMI warning* I got my period yesterday, so that might be why nothing moved. Grrrrr..

Like I said earlier, I usually gain a little at that time, so don't get too frustrated. That's an amazing amount of exercise and you should be very proud!

kelownagirl

11-13-2007, 07:26 AM

Yes, you are figuring that correctly. Keep in mind that there is still margin for error when measureing body fat with calipers - so I wouldn't get too concerned about the actual number. Did you have it done prior to losing weight? If not, you can kind of see your progress by calculating what it would be with 20 lbs of extra fat on you (assuming no lean mass change): 122+20= 142. Lean mass = 85lbs, that means your body fat when you were 142 was 40%. 10% drop in body fat is AWESOME!

yeah, I did it after losing 20 lbs. I did weigh 141 lb before.

Flybye

11-13-2007, 08:17 AM

Grrrr. 132.0. Still. I've been eating clean, rode 53 miles on Saturday, mountainbiked 3 hours on Sunday, walked 5 miles with weights last night, starting working out my arms with weights, and nothing. Grrrr. *TMI warning* I got my period yesterday, so that might be why nothing moved. Grrrrr.
On the plus side, my tummy is getting flatter. I have to weigh myself fully-clothed on the shipping scale at work, so maybe I'm wearing heavier jeans today. I'll just keep on -- can't give up, I've got 6 weeks to go, and it's got to start moving in the right direction. Don't give up, don't give up...

I have heard that jeans can weigh up to 4 pounds. Whether or not that is the truth? Who knows! When I am up on the scales, I always blame the jeans! I really would bet that is the reason, plus the period puts on some weight, too. Are you going to weigh later in the week to see if there is a difference?
Keep on being good!

Pedal Wench

11-13-2007, 08:47 AM

Yeah, I'll check it before the weigh-in next Monday. If I don't, I might be tempted to just give up.:(

My BF is coming to visit this weekend:) , and staying through the holidays, so I'm gonna have to be extra careful. Luckily, we've got long rides or hikes planned for each day, so I can balance all the good food we eat.

Tuckervill

11-13-2007, 09:21 AM

Okay, after moving the scale around and trying to get the weighing conditions close to the baseline (no period, good food tracking, good exercise) I weighed this morning.

180.8. :)

If I play my cards right, I could be in the 170s by the end of the week! :D

Karen

five one

11-13-2007, 11:59 AM

KG, the method used by my health care provider is called near infrared interactance. I think the results are somewhere between the "dunk tank" method (said to be the gold standard) and skin fold calipers in accuracy. I'm not really counting on it being all that accurate. I just wanted a baseline, so I'd know if I made any progress six months from now.

The technician fed the data I gave her regarding height, weight, and exercise frequency, time and intensity into the machine. Then a wand was placed on the bicep of my dominant arm which sends infrared light into the muscle. I haven't taken the time to research how this works. But the numbers I got back were:

Weight - 134 lbs
Height - 61"
Body fat - 24.4%
Fat weight - 33 lbs
Fat-free weight - 101 lbs

I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing regarding eating as well as I can and exercising regularly through the winter and not think too much about these figures. I'd like to get down to 120 at some point. From a cycling standpoint, I think that would be a good weight for me based on my build. To do that, I'd probably have to lose a lot of fat while gaining more muscle.

Ultimately, the tape measure will tell me more than the number on the scale. At my age - 55 - post menopause, with a sedentary job and long commute, I'm not sure what is possible. I'm trying to look at this as a science project. I've never consciously tried to lose a substantial amount of weight before. I've only been cycling for five years. I know I weigh more now than I did five years ago, but I know that extra weight is muscle I never had before cycling. Whether I can carve off unwanted fat remains to be seen.

Sorry to ramble. I pobably didn't even answer your questions :rolleyes:. You might try finding a place that uses a different method of calculating body comp and compare those to the figures you have with the calipers. But I wouldn't stress too much about it. You lost a good sum of weight and have kept it off. That's something to crow about.

ibcycling

11-13-2007, 12:32 PM

Start: 180

Didn't someone mention a spoonful of powdered cocoa mixed into ricotta cheese as a snack earlier? I need to do a search in this thread...

Yup! I do a little cocoa, splenda, and vanilla mixed with the ricotta. LOVE IT! It's my go-to snack when I'm craving something I shouldn't have. I also do SF fudgecicles, Adams peanut butter, and Lite Cool Whip. Mix it all together and it's a great desert.

Yesterday was ok but not great food wise.
B - ww english muffin w/sf jelly (home-made with Cabernet grapes!
L - KFC boneless wings in buffalo sauce (very bad but sooo good)
S - Dried apple rings
D - Chicken veggie soup (home made with LOTSA veggies)
S - I kept tasting the apples I had cooking for apple butter :o Kinda like apple pie without the crust LOL and a glass of red wine.

No rides today as I have to work. It's my first day training to be a dog trainer with Petco.

Lora

snowtulip

11-13-2007, 12:37 PM

[/QUOTE]No rides today as I have to work. It's my first day training to be a dog trainer with Petco. [/QUOTE]

Good Luck!!:D

snowtulip

11-13-2007, 12:38 PM

Obviously the whole quote thing didn't work for me, obviously did it wrong:p

coyote

11-13-2007, 03:15 PM

Ok, spent the weekend eating crap but some how managed to do allright..

wieght before - 155
wieght today - 153

Now, to see if I break the 153 record. I've been there before (only a couple of weeks ago) and for very long stretches.

solobiker

11-13-2007, 03:27 PM

Made some poor choices over ther weekend. Had some chips and salsa and home made pumpkin bread. I have been in a down mood lately which doesn't help. It is "that time" too which doesn't make it any easier. And a few of my co-workers have just been picking at me for no reason. They mimick things I say or just contradict me. I just wish I knew, like I am sure most of you, which eating plan would work. I eat pretty well to begin with. Keep my calories at about 1400. I don't eat any fast food. Sorry for my poor me scenario..It will be bettern next time:D

kelownagirl

11-13-2007, 03:32 PM

I just made a batch of gingersnaps for my boys. Had two myself. Help......

Over50Newbie

11-13-2007, 07:42 PM

Staying accountable:

Monday, November 12

Calories: 1277
Exercise: 1 1/2 hours swimming
Water: 64 ounces
Vitamins/Supplements: Multivitamin, Calcium, Soy, Flaxseed
Weight: 143

Tuesday, November 13
Calories: 1746
Exercise: 30 minutes aerobics
Water: 64 ounces
Vitamins/Supplements: Multivitamin, Calcium, Soy, Flaxseed
Weight: 142 - Down 1 pound!

I am totally wiped out from my swim workout yesterday - 90 minutes of hard work - everything on my body is tired! So today I only did an easy 15 minutes on a recumbant bike and worked on my pull-ups.

Today was a teacher work day at school and we all brought in a favorite Thanksgiving dish and had a wonderful "Thanksgiving dinner" for lunch. There was a ton of food, so it was good practice for me for the real thing next Thursday.

I ate turkey, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, turnips, corn, a small roll, and fruit for dessert. Not too bad!

My calories are up a little for the day, but at least I didn't go totally crazy.

Lynette

Kano

11-13-2007, 07:47 PM

I just made a batch of gingersnaps for my boys. Had two myself. Help......

Kelowna -- two gingersnaps is okay, unless they're BIG gingersnaps. I say you forgive yourself!

Karen in Boise

kelownagirl

11-13-2007, 08:23 PM

I had 4 more. Then I ask my son to hide them...

steinspinne

11-14-2007, 03:58 AM

C'mon guys! Quit getting down on yourselves!

Now, I'm not trying to call anyone out, and I mean everything I say with the utmost respect and goodwill.

You don't have to be an angel 100% of the time. It's okay to have a small slice of cheesecake, a couple of cookies, or a soda or two. Hell, I make it a point to have a dessert-style snack once daily just to keep me sane, and since I know I'm getting that little treat after dinner it helps me keep everything else under check throughout the day. I noticed one user mentioned chips and salsa as a poor choice. In my opinion that's a fairly healthy snack. It's not like a king-size snickers or anything!

Now I'm not saying eat the whole cake or an entire tin of cookies, but mental health is just as important as physical health and if we start associating dessert-style foods with "bad", then we down ourselves for indulging every once in a while and I think that mental state and the way it makes us feel about ourselves can do far more damage than a couple of cookies ever will.

Just use your heads, watch your portion sizes, and remember that even the healthiest foodstuffs in excess can be bad for you. Hell, everything's bad for something.

Take care of yourselves, girls!

nonsmoker3

11-14-2007, 04:30 AM

Well said Steinspinne. I believe in the 80/20 rule. Be good 80% of the time and splurge a little 20% of the time. It keeps me sane.

I have been doing good with the eating portion, but just wasn't feeling the workout this morning. Ended up only running a mile (instead of 5), and then got on the dreadmill for some interval work for 20 minutes. I may try to squeeze in a run this afternoon. Just feeling blah.

NoNo

11-14-2007, 05:31 AM

I was a very bad girl yesterday. Oh well, I've learned to make peace with those days.:) Now that I can finally walk normally after all those squats on Monday, tonight I plan on trying that workout again and maybe throwing the bike on the trainer. I'm also very excited that we got an eliptical in the small gym at work. I tried one last week for the first time and loved it, so I think a few days a week I'll work out here just to mix things up a bit. Chin up, ladies!

firenze11

11-14-2007, 06:32 AM

I've been doing well, except for the horrible cold I've acquired. I haven't been able to relax/rest in bed and am doing my best at pushing fluids. In terms of eating I've been bad in the sense that the cold is making me nauseous and has reduced my appetite. So I'm trying to get good healthy food in but it's a struggle. At least it kept me from having to eat at McDonald's yesterday when I was on the road. :p I can't believe how nasty that stuff looked to me, I mostly stay away from it anyway but yesterday I was repulsed.

So great job to everyone doing so well and losing. And to everyone who's struggling, don't beat yourself up about a little mis-step. I agree wholeheartedly with steinspinne and nonsmoker3. We're not going for perfection here, a little treat here and there is what life is about, right? And bad habits take a bit of time to tame. Keep at it I know we can all do it.

GLC1968

11-14-2007, 06:53 AM

I've had a couple of crazy days. I did a longer ride on Sunday and then did my 'half-commute' on Monday and Tuesday. Yesterday (Tues) I was hungry all day! I basically would eat something, and then 2 hours later, I was ravenous again. My only saving grace was that I'd brought a bunch of healthy foods (raw veggies, oat bars, etc), so that I no excuse to visit the snack machine. I know my calories are WAY high for yesterday, but it seemed to have worked. Today my appetite is back to normal.

Today I'm doing an off-bike workout, but I'm not sure which one. Step? Kickboxing? Bootcamp? Whatever it is, it will also include much needed (and unfortunately neglected) weight work. :)

five one

11-14-2007, 07:31 AM

I've also been fighting a cold. First in years. My throat feels raw and scratchy, so I've been drinking a LOT of herbal tea with honey. Eating soup and comfort food. Weight is the same as Monday, so I can't complain since I've done nothing in the way of exercise since last Sunday and that was only a short easy ride. I look forward to getting back on track soon. Till then, I'm in maintenance mode.

Pedal Wench

11-14-2007, 07:37 AM

VeloVT

11-14-2007, 08:01 AM

Alright, I need a little bit of encouragement/moral support.

I had some midterms this week (just finished the last this morning) and I've been studying round the clock. For the past three days, I've totally abandoned my diet, and engaged in lots of stress eating and eating to stay awake -- I have NO idea how many calories I've consumed, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised to find that it was double the 1200 net/day I've been sticking to for the past 6 weeks, and of course I haven't had time to exercise either.

I'm going to go for a nice long run this afternoon to treat myself (and then maybe take a nap before my evening class!), and I know I can do better for dinner tonight and starting tomorrow, but I'm feeing depressed and frustrated by it. I'm not going to step on the scale until at least Saturday (haven't weighed since first thing Monday), but I actually feel yucky and bloated from eating so poorly, please tell me I couldn't have gained more than two pounds in 2/3 days???

Thanks :o ...

NoNo

11-14-2007, 09:16 AM

Don't stress out. When I was on WW, I found that occassionally if I gorged and went off my normal diet, I'd actually lose more weight. I've read that your body adjusts to what you give it, and that sometimes if you give it more, it works extra hard to burn it off. So hopefully you'll be pleasantly surprised the next time you step on the scale!

As for me, I'm doing my best to avoid the free, mega-delicious brownies that are in the conference room right now. Man, I love those brownies....:(

steinspinne

11-14-2007, 10:49 AM

No worries, liza. I've got about the opposite problem. I had a project for class due today and didn't sleep at all last night, don't think I've eaten since about 8:00 pm yesterday because if I have anything in my stomach I will want to go to sleep. I'm about to go to class and I have to work afterwards, so it will have been roughly 32 hours without sleep by the time I go to bed tonight. Sucks, but it's just part of college life. You're doing fine, and in a couple of days you'll feel good as new. :D

sandra

11-14-2007, 01:48 PM

Finally. 152.5 (down 2 pounds). It has been a very stressful week. I lose under stress.

caribou

11-14-2007, 07:51 PM

If only the rest of a diet was as easy as the first few days . . .But I know I can keep it going; I lost 20 lbs. 8 months ago, and managed to keep those off til now. Just have to finish up the last fifteen I didn't take off back then.

My motivation's still up there, have been doing good. Scale's down a pound, but I can feel a period coming on, so I'm not going to worry about weight too much for the next few days.

On Weightwatchers online, when you post a weight and it's higher than the previous week, you get an automated reply giving several reasons why the weight might be higher. It doesn't include "Bet you're on the rag, don't stress it." It should!

Thanks for the cyberhugs posted by a couple of you.

Kano

11-14-2007, 08:32 PM

Not sure it's even worth posting, but down 1 lb. Woohoo.:o I'll just keep trying, have a hard ride tonight, so maybe things will budge a little bit tomorrow, and aiming for a long, long ride on Sunday, so Monday should be really good.

Not worth posting? An embarrassed smilie?

The seven week challenge is ten pounds

You have lost ten percent of that in one week. That's a fine start!

Let's change that smilie to this one: :D

Karen in Boise

nonsmoker3

11-15-2007, 05:18 AM

Start - 147
11/12 - 145.5
11/15 - 145.5

I had a rough eating evening. Back on track today. Body pump this morning and going to squeeze a couple of miles in at lunch.

NoNo

11-15-2007, 05:36 AM

Yesterday was so-so with the food, but I did 30 minutes of light riding on the bike and then another 30 minute exercise video full of more wonderful squats and lunges. Not hurting too much today and even remembered to bring my clothes to work so I could use the eliptical today. Back to my usual breakfast of oatmeal and I brought in a nice, big salad for lunch, with carrots and an apple for snacks. I also brought in the rest of my lasagna to feed the co-workers and get it out of my fridge. Of course, my boss stopped at Dunkin Donuts and brought in a box of Munchkins that he placed right next to my desk.:rolleyes: I've had two, and I'm trying SO hard not to taste any more! Weight was up a little this morning, but my scale also lacks Caribou's monthly message. Perhaps you could market that:p

ibcycling

11-15-2007, 07:35 AM

ROFL Caribou! That's so true.

I'm happy to report that my scale read 161.5 this morning. It does .5 increments but I'll take it! I've now lost over 20lbs since reaching my highest non-preg weight of 182 this spring. I love my bicycle!

Yesterday's food:
B - GoLean Crunch cereal
L - Beef enchiladas, chips & salsa (dh and I went to lunch at a new Mex place. so good and so bad!)
S - Dried apple chips, dark chocolate
D - 2 eggs, small dish spiced apples

Not really a great day and not near enough veggies and fruit! My goal for the rest of the challenge is to get those veggies in and drink enough water. I'm also feeling tired and have a bit of a headache. Not sure if I'm fighting off a cold or if I'm on a carb hangover. :rolleyes: I am going to go riding this morning so I'd better get my tube switched out!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Pedal Wench

11-15-2007, 11:26 AM

Not worth posting? An embarrassed smilie?

The seven week challenge is ten pounds

You have lost ten percent of that in one week. That's a fine start!

Let's change that smilie to this one: :D

Karen in Boise

Put that way, I'll take that smilie!:D :D :D

solobiker

11-15-2007, 03:19 PM

Over50Newbie

11-15-2007, 06:22 PM

Staying accountable:

Wednesday, November 14

Calories: 1536
Exercise: None (rest day)
Water: 64 ounces
Vitamins/Supplements: Multivitamin, Calcium, Soy, Flaxseed Oil
Weight: 142

Thursday, November 15

Calories: 1326
Exercise: 1 hour workout with Tom, my personal trainer (he kicked my butt!)
Water: 64 ounces
Vitamins/Supplements: Multivitamin, Calcium, Soy, Flaxseed Oil
Weight: 142

Lynette

firenze11

11-15-2007, 08:11 PM

I was very pleased this morning to weigh myself and find I'm at 148.5. I hope it's not just water! :rolleyes:

Last Thursday: 150
Today: 148.5

Still sick with a cold though, so I haven't been exercising. Last time I did that I prolonged my cold for over a month. I know some people can do it but it doesn't help my body. Oh well.

limewave

11-16-2007, 04:54 AM

Monday: 174.5
Today: 174.5

And I am so happy. I know I didn't lose weight, but I had been above 177 for so long that to stay steady at 174.5 is truly wonderful.

I'm going to step it up over the weekend and see if I can't be down to 173.9 on Monday. And, only about 3 more lbs and I'll be down a size :)

NoNo

11-16-2007, 05:26 AM

Morning ladies! Glad to see some good vibes creeping back in here :)

Ate very well yesterday, back to my normal routine. Did 30 min. on the eliptical and some pilates, which brings me to 3 days this week that I've worked out. I want to aim for 4 and ideally 5, and I think I'll get the results I want. Having maintained the same weight for 3 1/2 years, I think it's really exercise that's going to get those last stubborn pounds off. Period's nearly over, so the weight is going back down, but this morning I was at 125.4. Tomorrow we're tailgating the Yale/Harvard game (just because we live near the Yale Bowl, not because any of us are Ivy Leaguers:p ) so it's going to be very hard to eat well. I'm going to bring a veggie tray and try to find some kind of deceptively healthy dessert I can make. Have a great weekend everyone!

Trek420

11-16-2007, 05:32 AM

...I was not going to join this thread because with a remodel going on and less sun I don't have time to ride. I figured I'd get back to work when done on the condo. But Wednesday I weighed myself and I'm down 4.2 lbs from before. Since with less training I'm concerned that could be muscle mass I'll hit the gym.

caribou

11-16-2007, 07:50 AM

Two pounds down! Another good thing about the start of a diet: the water weight loss. But I've been good, so it's probably at least PARTLY "real" weight. The joys of perimenopause: still no period, no clue when it's coming, so I don't know how to factor that in.

Had my dog to the vet's for her annual check-up; and found out she's getting above her ideal weight. So we're suffering together on diets:p .

I tried the No-Pudge Fudge Brownie one-brownie microwave recipe last night, and it really works! A real tasting brownie in a couple of minutes. (And only one, not a whole pan that I would keep "trimming the edges" on until it was trimmed to nothing.)

Congratulations to everyone who posted a loss or kept steady despite the odds.

caribou

11-16-2007, 07:54 AM

Holding steady at 150. Went for a 1.5 hour ride after work today. ( i am at work by 545am so i have a fair amount of time after work to ride before it gets dark) Problem is that when I increase my cycling my wieght goes up as does my pants size

Yes, but that weight goes into great-looking muscles, instead of unhealthy, unattractive jiggle! And the muscles work much better for powering up a hill than the jiggly fat does.;)

Tuckervill

11-16-2007, 07:56 AM

No numbers today, but...

I put on a sports bra and t-shirt this morning and went to fitness class. During the jumping jacks, I felt my boobs slipping out under the band of the bra! That's never happened before--an XL bra has always been quite a chore to get on. I don't know if it's because I'm getting smaller or because my boobs are so floppy they'll conform to any space! lol.

Then yesterday at the movies Will hugged me and said, "Wow, you feel skinny!" Personally, I think his arms are growing, but I'll take all the notice I can get.

Karen