WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE - 7 Weeks-10#'s

[deidre]

Weigh in for Sunday 11/18:

I didn't post my weight because I was so frustrated; I don't think I even read this thread at all last week I stepped on the scale and was UP to
171.

The week leading up to the weigh-in was a good week from a workout perspective. Food is another issue because I don't think I am eating enough. I wake up for my 5:15 am morning workouts and don't eat breakfast until 8 am. By then I am so hungry and then it feels like I am hungry for the rest of the day.

Anyway, I have set a goal to run at a couple of miles every day (this is something that I felt I needed to do to get back to running consistent). So that I give my knees and legs and joints a break, I usually do treadmill runs during the week and outdoor runs on the weekends.

Though the scale didn't make me happy, I didn't let it get me off of my program. I will keep running and biking and eventually my body and the scale will respond accordingly.

Congratulations to everyone on your progress and thanks for the encouragement.

[Tuckervill]

I know some people can't eat before they work out, but I suggest you eat before it or immediately afterwards. I eat a small bowl of oatmeal, raisins and walnuts every morning within a half hour of waking up, which means before my workout on those days. If I don't eat, I run out of fuel during my workout, and I'm so hungry after that I eat too much.

I heard an "expert" say once that eating within an hour of arising stokes up your metabolism and pays off all day. There's a good reason it's called "break-fast".

Karen

[snowtulip]

I'm still holding at 115, no change, hoping the change starts to come soon! DH and I are going to start a eating and exercise challenge that will end on 12/31. So I need to kick his butt!

[deidre]

I know some people can't eat before they work out, but I suggest you eat before it or immediately afterwards. I eat a small bowl of oatmeal, raisins and walnuts every morning within a half hour of waking up, which means before my workout on those days. If I don't eat, I run out of fuel during my workout, and I'm so hungry after that I eat too much.

Karen

Thanks for the great advice. I can't believe I have to be reminded (again) of the importance of breakfast.

Any ideas on quick/healthy things to keep on hand to eat in a hotel room? I try to keep fruit with me (bananas at least). When I am away on business, I usually rush back to my room to shower, get dressed then head out of hotel to the office.

I keep packs of instant oatmeal with me. I know these are probably not as good as the real thing but since I am an oatmeal newbie, it works for me. Maybe I'll use the coffee machine to heat up some hot water and I'll have a pack of instant oatmeal right after my shower. Instant oatmeal and a banana sounds like a good start.

And on that note, I must go and eat something. I have been up for at least 2.5 hours and haven't eaten anything yet.

[Tuckervill]

I think there's a whole website on what you can make with the hotel room coffee maker! I just googled and there are LOTS so I'll let you peruse at your leisure.

HOWEVER, I do not like the taste of coffee--I drink hot tea instead. Whenever I used the hotel coffee maker, my tea always tasted like burnt coffee. So, I went and got myself an electric tea kettle and I take that with me when I travel. I almost always travel by car, so it doesn't matter how big it is to me. If you fly a lot, maybe a cup-sized one would work for you. Or a few cycles through the hotel CM would get the coffee taste out?

For oatmeal on the road, I mix what I like in my oatmeal (walnuts, raisins, brown sugar, and even a little powdered milk sometimes) into a ziplock bag--then I can take as much or as little as I want, knowing there's nothing artificial in it. I bring my own tea bags and raw sugar for that, too. All of that usually fits right into the kettle so it's no extra space. (I take my favorite mug--but hotel mugs are fine.) You could even set out steel cut oats to soak overnight in the hot water and they'd be ready in the morning.

You can make cup-o-soup and rice and raman noodles and all kinds of things with the hot water from the tea kettle.

The important thing is to eat right away after your work out. Happy problem solving!

Karen

[kelownagirl]

Whoo hoo, down to 118.1 this morning. I doubt it will "stick" but at least I know it's possible! Makes the suffering this week worthwhile...

[bambu101]

OK- the holiday weekend is over. How did everyone do?

I weighed yesterday morning, and was down .8 pound- I'll take it! After the cookie baking yesterday afternoon, I am not sure it'll stay off, but I'm a happy camper for now.

BTW, anybody weigh more than their significant other? I outweigh mine, who is 6'3" and 150 pounds, by a good 25 pounds- how humiliating is that?

[sandra]

I did not eat dessert over the holiday until Saturday. It was my son's 27th birthday. I ate a small piece of apple pie that he requested. Today I weighed 151. Down 1/2 a pound, I think, but anyway I'll take it. At least I made it through and did not gain.

[caribou]

bambu101: hurray! the scale moved!

OK- the holiday weekend is over. How did everyone do?

I weighed yesterday morning, and was down .8 pound- I'll take it! After the cookie baking yesterday afternoon, I am not sure it'll stay off, but I'm a happy camper for now.

BTW, anybody weigh more than their significant other? I outweigh mine, who is 6'3" and 150 pounds, by a good 25 pounds- how humiliating is that?

6'3" and 150 lbs? He's a string bean!

I outweighed my 5' 11" not-so-darling-at-the-moment husband when I was 190. He was 175. I lost twenty pounds, and I think he found them, and more. I'm not sure how much he weighs, and I don't think he knows either. He doesn't like scales right now. He know's he's overweight (and he's got naturally high cholesterol, so it's REALLY bad to be overweight), and was just starting an exercise program when he hit some railroad tracks the wrong way on his bike, tumbled off, and cracked some ribs. The doctor has forbidden him to do anything but swim or walk on the flats for months!!! I had no idea cracked ribs were that bad.

Wow, Tuckervill. Your Thanksgiving sounds like one that will be funnier as a memory. "Remember the Thanksgiving where litlle Joey was 2 and littering the house, I was PMS-y, and the sewer system went out with the house full of people? Hah hah hah." Okay, maybe not so funny!

Congrats for making it through it with a still semi-positive attitude!

We had a nice thanksgiving, just my younger daughter and me. Very giggly.

I'm up a couple of pounds, maybe the PMS thing, maybe the PIE thing.

But borrowed Darling Daughter's mountain bike and did a great ride in San Luis Obispo when I droppd her off at school yesterday. Pedaling up dirt hills is always great incentive to shed a couple more pounds of baggage.