Weigh-in Week of January 8

[kelownagirl]

I am starting back on the diet today so thought I'd weigh in and try to help to motivate myself by declaring my goals. Today I weigh 126 (only up about 1.5 lbs since early December so I'm glad about that). My goal is to get to 115 by April 1. Anyone else changing their eating habits/exercising for a NY resolution?

[Bikingmomof3]

I am working on building more lean muscle and shedding excess fat in doing so. So my scale will reead about the same (may go up), but it is just a number. I can more about my lean muscle mass. So, I will be working out a tad more and eating more, since for me, this is for life and it must be something I can maintain for my lifetime.

[ribbit_zap]

I got a lot to lose...but I am starting in on the diet and training this week. I just got my first bike, but I am hopefully that I will see at least some changes in the coming weeks. I have about 20 pounds to lose...problem being, I have a lot of dense muscle (making me weigh more) from rowing that I would like to turn into lean muscle. I have lost one pound this week just from cleaning up the diet a little after the holidays.

[GLC1968]

I started my program on Dec 3rd and while I was down 3.5 lbs...now I'm only down 3.0 lbs! Not bad considering my lack of exercise the last week of December (and the holiday treats!).

I haven't weighed officially yet this week, but my main goal is to regulate my intake while upping my activity. I'd like to lose 20 lbs by May 5th (3-State, 3-Mountain), but weight loss is my secondary goal.

[matagi]

Weight hasn't changed since before Christmas (at least it hasn't gone up) - looks like the dreaded plateau has hit.

Oh well,looks like its time for a review of the diet and an increase in exercise intensity.

[kelownagirl]

Well I've done 1200 calories a day for 4 days - hope I can keep it up for another 3. I should be able to lose at least one pound by Sunday, I hope.

On Day At A Time....

[Trek420]

I am working on building more lean muscle and shedding excess fat in doing so. So my scale will reead about the same (may go up), but it is just a number. I can more about my lean muscle mass. So, I will be working out a tad more and eating more, since for me, this is for life and it must be something I can maintain for my lifetime.

I'm with you on that one.

Doing nothing more than training for my two previous AIDS rides, no change in diet alone other than trying for more nutrition I dropped a lot of inches, I went down 4 pants sizes.

But my weight stayed the same.

Especially last ride oh baby I enjoyed the "bigger engine". That was fun! Chugging up hills I walked before, spinning up hills I plodded before...flying up a couple of hills I spun before...stopping on hills so I could give a stalled rider a running sprint push start.

Going by the numbers my weights scarey bad , 172 for 5'1"

Just gearing up now for June and wearing the same clothes. I feel good but would like to have to replace all of my jeans. The goal is be down to a 14 or even 12 by June.

I don't care about the weight, I just want to get stronger.

At 50 I figure I'm loosing muscle mass at a frightening clip.

Take care of the strength and the weight will take care of itself. That's my estrogen filled battle cry ;-)

[Pax]

I'm with you on that one.

Doing nothing more than training for my two previous AIDS rides, no change in diet alone other than trying for more nutrition I dropped a lot of inches, I went down 4 pants sizes.

But my weight stayed the same.

Especially last ride oh baby I enjoyed the "bigger engine". That was fun! Chugging up hills I walked before, spinning up hills I plodded before...flying up a couple of hills I spun before...stopping on hills so I could give a stalled rider a running sprint push start.

Going by the numbers my weights scarey bad , 172 for 5'1"

Just gearing up now for June and wearing the same clothes. I feel good but would like to have to replace all of my jeans. The goal is be down to a 14 or even 12 by June.

I don't care about the weight, I just want to get stronger.

At 50 I figure I'm loosing muscle mass at a frightening clip. Take care of the strength and the weight will take care of itself.

Since I switched to the primarily vegan diet and added two days a week to my workout schedule I've been feeling fantastic but my weight isn't budging much (well not since that first glorious week of having it fall off of me ). I don't really mind though because I'm stronger and feel good, like you said "the weight will take care of itself".

[kelownagirl]

I'm with you on that one.

Doing nothing more than training for my two previous AIDS rides, no change in diet alone other than trying for more nutrition I dropped a lot of inches, I went down 4 pants sizes.

But my weight stayed the same.

Especially last ride oh baby I enjoyed the "bigger engine". That was fun! Chugging up hills I walked before, spinning up hills I plodded before...flying up a couple of hills I spun before...stopping on hills so I could give a stalled rider a running sprint push start.

Going by the numbers my weights scarey bad , 172 for 5'1"

Just gearing up now for June and wearing the same clothes. I feel good but would like to have to replace all of my jeans. The goal is be down to a 14 or even 12 by June.

I don't care about the weight, I just want to get stronger.

At 50 I figure I'm loosing muscle mass at a frightening clip.

Take care of the strength and the weight will take care of itself. That's my estrogen filled battle cry ;-)

I wish I could do that - just exercise and lose the fat (you're right, I don't care about the weight so much but I DO want to get rid of the layer of fat that covers them.) I have found that I can maintain my weight by exercising and I gain weight when I stop. I can only lose weight by changing what I eat (ie diet). I do weight training for shape and strength, and ride for cardio. If I end up staying the same weight, but losing the fat, I'll be happy.