150
down 2 more... woot.
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150
down 2 more... woot.
191 this morning before breakfast.
Possegal, I just read about your cat. Best wishes.
Thanks so much for doing this for us, it's helping me.
127.8 grrrrr. But I have two things that should affect my results for February. My husband and I have started working out together (Today was the first day), so I think I will get into a better routine with a workout buddy. ALSO....found out this week....I'm pregnant!!! :D We're so excited!!! SO....is it still healthy to try to lose a couple of pounds during the first trimester? I'm going to do some research as to what is best for baby. I may have to just change my goal to maintain my current weight for the first trimester. We'll see. Also, Channlluv....do you have Chipotle around you? It is super yummy, and has been rated the healthiest "fast" food restaurant. I love Rubios but aren't their fish tacos fried?
146.5 but I did indulge in my favorite Mexican food place last night. I wonder if I am down after the bloat wore off? Either way my goal is looking like it just got a swift kick in the pants since I am planning to do a 10k in two months and I gotta get running- a lot.
My aunt and uncle did that, sort of. They'd go to a restaurant together and share an entree, and they both lost quite a bit of weight doing that. I cant' convince D*H to do this, though. Alas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas
I think limiting eating out to one meal per week is really helping. It's also encouraging me to cook more, so I'm exploring healthy recipes and we're eating a lot more organic veggies. This is working pretty well. I like to cook.
Last night I made what started out to be beef stew, but turned into steak soup. Beef chunks, seared in a frying pan with salt, pepper, and Worchestire sauce - did I spell that right? Then I put that into the crock pot and added a half-bag of frozen organic sweet corn, a half-bag of organic broccoli, and three tomatoes I had left that I hadn't used in a salad yet. I cut those into the soup and let it cook for about three hours, served it over rice with Ezekiel bread toast. It was really good.
I could have made it even healthier without the carbs, I guess. Zucchini instead of corn, yellow squash instead of rice, but I've got a husband and daughter to feed, too, and they tell me they need more substance. Go figure.
Roxy
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Originally Posted by 3for3
Congratulations!! I would ask your OB. But you are kind of small now they may not like that. I think working out and staying fit is always okay although there are conflicting HR theories which I am sure you know. I have seen pregnant women running so I am way confused by the HR stuff. Guess I will worry about that when and if I am ever pregnant.
Yes, the theories about HR and pregnancies are often conflicting. But one thing has not changed since I had my kids; don't try to lose weight when you are pregnant! Please. Keep exercising, but you are now providing the fuel for someone else. You are active... you can lose the weight after the baby comes.
Okay, this may seem like a totally daft question, but what does HR stand for? I've decided as long as I keep exercising and make sure I make good choices, food-wise, I should be okay. I just want to be "cute" pregnant, not huge pregnant. I weighed more when I first got pregnant with my 3 1/2 year old, and I gained on the high end of healthy weight gain for pregnancy. (A lot of creme brulee went into that! :rolleyes:) So I'm hoping to stay on the lower end of healthy weight gain and maybe overall I'll weigh less after the pregnancy and lose the weight easier? So my goal is to maintain my weight for the first tri-mester. Does anyone know good exercises for pregnancy? I'm having problems with my IT band, so running is out right now anyways. I'm walking for cardio. I hate the trainer, but I may have to grit my teeth and go with it, until I'm too big to do it comfortably. With the weather here, there's no riding now (I'm too wimpy! It's freezing!).....which means I won't be riding for.....probably 15 months!!! :eek: Because by the time the baby is born, the weather will start getting too cold again to ride. Wow, didn't think about that before. What I'm also wondering about is what sort of strength training is okay or not. Anyone have some great things they did while pregnant to stay healthy? Okay, this is now a very rambling message. Thanks for all your feedback everyone!
HR= heart rate.
Most doctors will tell you to walk or swim for cardio when pregnant. Some people ride right up to their delivery, but others stop in the last trimester, because of balance issues. Riding on a trainer or spin class would be a good alternative. My "babies" are now almost 24 and 26, so my experience is old. I did high impact aerobics through both pregnancies, though probably I did too much! I modified a lot of stuff near the end. I had to be on a sort of modified bed rest for the last 6 weeks of my second pregnancy because I went into premature labor, probably as a result of a bike accident, where I stopped short and the down tube shifters on my 80's Univega went directly into my bulging belly. I most definitely was not listening to my doctor there.
The HR thing that some say is not to let it get above 140 and do not lie on your back, like for sit ups, as it compresses the major artery that supplies blood, and hence oxygen to you and the baby. There is a lot of conflicting support for this and some say that it depends on your condition, i.e. if you are highly trained then getting your HR up high will not shunt as much oxygen away from the baby's needs.
I think I gained 6 pounds in my first trimester with both pregnancies. I was very thin (like less than 100 pounds) at the start of the second one, but I gained at about the same rate for both, until they put me on meds to stop the labor, which actually caused me to lose weight. I had to significantly "eat for two" during those six weeks, but in a healthy way.
All the exercise paid off after the babies were born. I went home from the hospital in regular clothes, a couple of sizes bigger than my usual size. I lost the remainder of the weight in 3-4 months, with continued exercise 5-6 days a week. I didn't have to starve myself to do this, just eat healthy foods.
3for3,
Congrats!! How exciting!!
I have no advice to offer, being childless myself. But I can imagine that if I were in your shoes, my goal would be to gain baby-related weight only. I've had some friends put on 50 pounds or more during pregnancy, who have had to work really hard to take it off afterwards!!
Perhaps you can use the Challenge to keep your weight GAIN on track, with the advice of your obgyn, of course. Could be fun! :)
Again, congratulations!
Susan
One of my friends enjoyed a pre-natal yoga DVD very much. If you like yoga and the home DVD workouts that might be an option? I think some of our local gyms offer it as well. I see tons of pregnant women walking hike/bike paths.
126.5
Congratulations, 3for3! :)
Thanks for doing this, Possegal. And sorry to hear about your kitty. :(
Congratulations 3for3 - that is great news!!
Today I am 141.6 - still going down (just a little, but that's okay). :)
Lynette
Hmmm my scales seems stuck but that is okay 146.5.
149....slow but sure.
154.5 for me. Very slow but at least something.
Martina
141. Not the right direction.
146.5!
Thanks everyone! And thanks for all the exercising advice. I've been walking briskly daily on the treadmill and was doing a little strength training but I've heard that can be dangerous what with all your ligaments etc, loosening during pregnancy. So I may stick to walking and a prenatal yoga DVD. So far no morning sickness. I was 127.8 this morning. Holding steady which is what I wanted. Seems like everyone is doing really well. Congratulations!
Up one pound but not for long!
Updated chart!
This is not going to be a good weigh in for me. I did little exercise and was sloppy with my food choices. I lost my cat on Saturday, so the blues didn't help much. Then Tuesday me and 1.9 million of my closest friends were on the mall watching the swearing in. :) Though there was a ton of walking involved, there was not good eating and now the complete exhaustion of the day is still lingering, so I've yet to get my big butt moving. :)
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...pm8CAodYUC3EPw
Thank you Possegal. The chart looks good and is so easy to follow. Is Susan ever making good progress, as are so many others. I am sorry about your loss. I hope memories of your good times diminish your sadness.
149. Last week must have been a fluke or water weight cause there is no way I could put on and take off 5 lbs in 1 weeks.
Wahooooeey..i'm below 66kg's finally..!!! 65.4kgs :D
continue to hang in at 150. I must maintain focus. I just can't seem to lose anything. My Dr has been adjusting my thyroid medication, but I won't blame it on my weight. Will try even harder this week.
We aren't even going to talk about how I'm back up at 152. Grumble. I thought I had an *ok* week where I would at least maintain.
Better this week, down to 193.5. Still have to keep working, duh...
This morning I was 187! ( not going to last, I then ate )
Poo. Over 325 miles since Jan 1st, and I'm up to 122. Bleh.
Good Morning! Well, not down, but not up too bad.. 172.2 for last week.
It's a new week!!! Here we go again.
J
jesvetmed, I dreamed about you the other night and I haven't even met you. Must have been the "vet" part in your name that stuck. :D
Still 126.
OK, I 'll just go ahead and admit I haven't been trying the past couple of weeks, not sure what happened to my motivation, but I guess I'm in a "love myself the way I am" mood this month.
Plus, I had high aspirations of eating lots of veggies and no junk this weekend, but then my 17 yo kitty got sick Fri and died Sat, so I decided to sit in seclusion with a big pizza, a bottle of wine and Lifetime TV. :(
Maybe January is not the best month for me to try to lose weight...
I'm right there with you Bike Potato. My kitty had been sick with cancer for nearly a year, much longer than anyone expected him to make it. But when I had to help him end the suffering last Saturday, I stopped caring about much of anything. Add to that the fact that I've not had a working fridge for a month, and I'm really not making any progress. New fridge comes next Tuesday, so hopefully at that point I'll get myself back on track. My kitty would want it that way. :-)
Sorry about your kitty, so hard to lose them, isn't it?
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...pm8CAodYUC3EPw
Possegal and Bike Potato - I'm sorry to hear about your kitties!
I just realized that I never came here and posted my weight last week. Duh!
No change for me for last week. I deserved it as I was terrible about logging my food. This week will be better! :)
Possegal, that is really tough, sorry to hear about your kitty passing, but that was a long time for you to worry about a sick kitty, too. :(
It is hard, even when you know it's coming.
Yes, you're right, your kitty would want you to get back on track - he would want you to be perfect like him. ;)
And thanks, GLC1968 for the condolences.
Bike Potato and Possegal: I'm so sorry about your kitties. That is so hard to deal with especially the watching them be sick for a while. I hope you two are healing a bit and remember them in their good times. My MIL and also my good friend both had to put their old dogs (17 and 18 yrs!) to sleep in the last couple of days. So much sadness everywhere right now. Hugs to everyone.
kjay: Was I THIN in your dreams? Afterall, this is the weight loss thread! Tell me I was thin! :DQuote:
jesvetmed, I dreamed about you the other night and I haven't even met you. Must have been the "vet" part in your name that stuck.
I'm so sorry to hear about the kitties. :(
I'm still between 122-123. I rode a lot for January, in the cold for the first time this year. Apparently, it made me ravenous, and being Winter, that meant heavy foods - in the summer it's usually smoothies and salads! Not nuts, meat, and bread.
So I cleaned out my fridge and rearranged. I cleared out a big space for my salad spinner, and will keep it supplied and ready at eye level! I was eating a second, late dinner. (I eat 4 smaller meals, and I'm an uber-owl) That's now a salad, instead of more heavy carb dishes. I have until the beginning of April when I see my ldr bf again!! I better be svelte by then...:D
I am sorry to hear about the kitties, those events do throw obstacles at us and it is okay to stumble.
With Maggie kicking and fighting on SubCu our lives are highly dictated by getting home to the sick puppy (although at the moment she isn't acting sick). Between getting up to make gruel before work, subcu before the nightly run, run and subcu before bed I could cook another night. Carl's Jr was just what I needed.
My weight has been steady for nearly two months which isn't a bad thing but I do have another 10 lbs I want to lose and when I get there a new assessment to make. Funny thing is in the last week 4 people (one DH) have said I look lean and noticed I lost weight. It has made me feel good but there is still work to do. At least it shows. I feel like my face suddenly shows but I wonder if it is just fatigue?
Keep trucking ladies.
Aggie Ama, Perhaps you are in a re-arranging phase. :) Gaining muscle mass (dense) and losing fat mass (not so dense). So, your measurements could be changing even if your overall body weight isn't, hence the comments you've been receiving lately. WooHoo!
I wish I'd taken a complete set of measurements when I started. I knew my bust, hip & waist measurements (I do sell apparel, after all...:D) but didn't know thigh circumference, etc.
The other day, we were doing a staff review of all the new Pearl Izumi items for Spring and I tried on one of the new PI jerseys. My jaw just about hit the floor when it fit. Then I took a waist measurement and discovered I've lost THREE inches in my waist and two in my bust. Zowie! It was very motivational, especially since my weight loss has slowed down these last few weeks. I'm cool with some "re-arranging"...
Susan
Maybe and I am okay with that. Right now is a tough time mentally with my dog still fighting to stick around. I am just trying to keep working out but the food I am not worried about what it is as much as when my body says full stopping. I feel pretty good when I look in the mirror. Most of my food choices are okay but it just can't be my priority.Quote:
Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas
I didn't take measurements either, just jumped in.
Congratulations on being able to see recently, did you feel like a rockstar? :)