Weigh In Week of April 8

[CyclaSutra]

Weighed in this morning ... 191.5 (gulp). Only a pound more than last week before leaving for a vacay in Vegas.

Got in two good rides there; a 5.5-hour combo ride-to-trailhead-and-technical-climbing mtn sufferfest and then a two-hour road climb in Red Rock Canyon.

MUST lose at least 2.5 pounds a week for the next four weeks, doing the Kokopelli trail! Trying to ride or get to the gym daily, but it's still COLD... 40 right now and I'm late for work, driving is much faster. If it doesn't rain, I'll try to bike it tomorrow, 10-14 miles each way dep on route. And a 110-mile two-day tour of Yellowstone planned for this weekend before they open the route to cars ...

[kelownagirl]

Good luck with your goals everyone.

I am just coming off anoher 4 day diet vacation (birthday, company, Easter) but I did manage to get in two good hard rides and hope to run and maybe ride today too. I was down to 120.3 yesterday morning but back up to 121.8 this morning. I'm sticking with the lower number. My goal is 119 by May 1.

[Bikingmomof3]

All is good. Even with my Easter chocolate binge I still lost weight. I am actually not interested in losing weight, I am content where I am. I have been a lot thinner and it is not a look I care for...too many bones and no curves (on me). Anyhoo, I am working on increased muscle definition and decreasing my body fat %. The numbers are not going up, which is good. It looks as though it may be time to increase my weight training.

[Pika]

Hi all:
I'm sticking at 141- not bad since we had company here for ski week which meant way fewer workouts and way more wine and chocolate
Back on track this week- I'm trying out a few new vegan recipes
I'll let you know how they go -
I've noticed a huge amount of abdominal bloating/cramping and generally feeling miserable when I eat more meat +/- processed food
or maybe it was the wine- oh please let it not be the chocolate
hope everyone had a good easter
i loooove easter

[kelownagirl]

Pika - for me it's the meat and/or heavy or greasy food. I can avoid that cramping/bloating/pain by taking metamucil immediately before I eat the meal. I use the capsules now - much simpler - (4-5 capsules with a large glass of water...)

[Pika]

That makes sense( the metamucil) I usually just have some cereal with psyllium- ie branbuds ( on in the morning ,of course- not before supper- haha)- DH and I are really changing the way we eat- started last summer and has progressed- now we generally eat vegetarian meals except on the occasional weekend- and of course with these visitors we ate way more meat than usual and my gut really noticed the change!
Like I said: hopefully will be back on track now-
made some homemade energy bars today- thye are kinda goopy- but I like the idea of eating as little processed food as possible so that includes energy bars etc
They used dates, hemp flour, ground flax seed walnuts, ginger and pears.
Will try them out this week- hopefully they taste better than they look

[Offthegrid]

I lost 1.5 pounds this week, so I'm very happy with that. I put up two big numbers in the previous weeks (3.5 and 4.25), so this was a perfect amount. I expect that bike commuting will lead to a nice loss.