Weigh-in Week of March 3

[limewave]

limewave- I was looking at some sites where you can calculate the number of calories you need to consume to maintain or lose weight. You can find them if you google it. Anyway the answers vary from site to site but there is some fairly common ranges in there. One thing I read was that you shouldn't consume less than 10 calories per pound of your current weight, which would be mean you shouldn't eat less than 1700. And with all your activity, it should probably be higher than that...

Hope that helps.

Thanks for checking that out for me. It has been only 2 weeks since I've really started monitoring my calories. Before that I was just trying to be "good" with no success. The scale finally budged this morning! Just .4 lbs, so technically I"m still up a pound from where I was 2 weeks ago, but still, I'm happy.

[mtbdarby]

Good job Limewave! You make me tired too

I'm hanging at 152 - a 3 pound loss so far. I need to get out the tape measure again because pants are getting looser and my legs are feeling tighter. I also need to start counting calories again. So kick me in the ar$e folks - summer is around the corner (ok, maybe around the corner and down the street, but it's coming!).

[GLC1968]

Hey all!

Just over 3 weeks ago, I hit my highest weight since I started biking at 158.9 lbs. (I'm 5'4"). That same day, I made a decision to log 3 days of eating healthy and balanced. That was a Fri, Sat and Sun. Then Monday came around and I decided to extend my goal by the week since weekdays are easier for me anyway. Then I got to Friday and decided that I wanted one more good weekend under my belt. By the following Monday, I was already noticing how much better I felt. My moods were even, my skin improved, my energy levels up...and all this while nursing a back injury that hit me the day after I saw that high weight! I was on a roll!!

Now, it's been about 3.5 weeks and I'm down 5 lbs. I have only ridden once during this time due to the back problem, but yet I feel 500% better.

Anyway, my back feels much, much better today, so I am going to start ramping up the activity again. I plan to keep on my eating plan....so I'd like to join in the check-in here if y'all will have me.

Assuming that my back continues to improve, I have plans to complete my first mountain century on May 5th. My goal is to see how much weight I can drop between now and then (safely, of course).

[Mr. Bloom]

That same day, I made a decision to log 3 days of eating healthy and balanced. That was a Fri, Sat and Sun. Then Monday came around and I decided to extend my goal by the week since weekdays are easier for me anyway. Then I got to Friday and decided that I wanted one more good weekend under my belt.

I'm taking Silver's advice and logging everything I eat. I'm convinced that looking at what you eat is critical to keeping a sober perspective.

[kelownagirl]

Logging everything I eat forces me to think about everything I put into my mouth. I'm not a huge eater but I'm amazed at the 100's of useless calories I can consume for no apparent reason.... Right now, I have my food log on share at sparkpeople and that makes me even more cautious about what I eat because peple can read it.

[Pika]

Good idea about a food log- I haven't done that for a while- it does help- thinking back on the last few days -hmmm not so good, loads of empty calories- crazy thing is I think many of the times I eat snack food (yesterday I had 4 count'em 4 packets of sesame snaps) i was actually just thirsty!- I don't drink enough water- I find it hard, I was making and drinking a good amount of "ginger tea" guesss I should get back to that- I think it would limit my snacking.
does anyone else have trouble staying hydrated? What do you try to help?

[kelownagirl]

I am TERRIBLE at drinking enough. I have a cup of coffee in the morning and a glass of water when I take my vitamins and that's it. I often don't drink all day. I'll usually have a 2nd glass around suppertime. I need to find ways to make myself drink. I have several water bottles on my desk. One is full but I don't drink it. Maybe I should buy some of that crystal light stuff (single serving size). Maybe I'd drink it if it was flavoured?? I don't know. Thanks for briging this up. I need to work on this.

[kelownagirl]

Here's a virtual kick for you, Dar. <<<<boot>>>>

Ooh, those ones have pointy toes...

3-4 months until swimsuit season. I am focussed on doing my upper body weights and my ab work 3-4 times a week (I try to alternate one each day.) It doesn't take tooooo long so even if I'm busy, I can usually squeeze it in before I go to bed. Cardio on the other hand is much tougher. Once I can ride everyday.... Sigh....

Good luck everyone and welcome GLC!

Good job Limewave! You make me tired too

I'm hanging at 152 - a 3 pound loss so far. I need to get out the tape measure again because pants are getting looser and my legs are feeling tighter. I also need to start counting calories again. So kick me in the ar$e folks - summer is around the corner (ok, maybe around the corner and down the street, but it's coming!).

[snowtulip]

You all continue to do great!

BMO3 - Thanks for the advice, I'm uping my calories a little bit to see if that helps out!!