WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE - 7 Weeks-10#'s

[mtbdarby]

Sorry to have abandoned you guys My spreadsheet is long by the wayside with all the posts here though - I can't keep up!

I was on the road both in state and out to Vegas. I have gained 2 pounds so far (down from the 3 I gained!) and am at 154 today. I OFFICIALLY started the P90 workout on Saturday and am pleased to announce I have eaten 100% clean since then. And yea-gads am I sore. More so from shoveling snow than working out.

I do have a suggestion though. Can we start a new thread each Monday with a count down or such in the title? It would be easier to keep track of but that's just me. Feel free to carry on this way....

Hope everyone else is doing great!

[Flybye]

I really don't know where my brain is - I completely forgot to weigh this morning. I have had a lot on my mind with one of my clients and what we need to get done for her to finish selling her home and start with a self help housing project. I thought about her case so much that I was relived to be able to get to work on things this morning and just forgot about everything else - I did manage to get the kids off to school
I will weigh tomorrow!
Hopefully my Thanksgiving pecan pie will found it's way out of me by then!! TMI

[five one]

And yea-gads am I sore. More so from shoveling snow than working out.

Having grown up in Colorado, I can assure you that shoveling snow IS working out! But you really knew that .

I'm sort of back on track workout-wise, but too soon to see any change in my weight. Went out for Chinese food last night (ack! sodium!), so I'm sure my weight reflected that first thing this morning at 135.2. After an hour on the trainer and drinking close to 20 oz of water, it was 134.4. Normally I don't weigh myself two time in one morning, but I was curious today. Too cold in the garage to have sweat off nearly a pound of water. So much for the accuracy of my scale.

The good news is that I tried on a pair of slacks this morning that were a bit too snug last year. Today they fit in the hips and were a bit loose in the waist. Amazing! I'm holding off doing any major alterations for now, but that really made me feel good since I've been going up and down with the same two pounds since this thread began. My body seems to like where it is.

Last Friday at work there was a box of See's candy calling to me. I didn't listen. Same thing today. Sigh...so hard not to sample, but I know one will lead to more, so I'm safer with none.

[Starfish]

OK, I'm back. I have been having the worst time this year getting myself back on track. But, for the last three days I have written down all my food intake, stuck to sane calories/content, and stuck to a workout program.

Seriously hoping I can make it stick. If I don't lose some weight and get into shape, my cycling goal for next year is going to slip beyond reach. But, if I start now, I will just have time!

[firenze11]

No change in weight this week: 147.5 I've been trying to do this without counting and taking a sort of intuitive eating path. I was reading Nancy Clark's sports nutrition book and trying to eat right but I'm not so great at it. I think I'm going to start logging calories tomorrow just to keep myself in the right direction.

I really want to be at 130/135ish and strong when spring rolls around so if I get serious about it now I can make it happen.

on an off topic note: my laptop has been ticking as I write this. Any ideas as to what could cause it? My hard drive is doing ok, I'm pretty sure. Oh well, maybe it's scolding me for not being more proactive about my weight loss (tsk, tsk, tsk) hehe, kidding!!

[Over50Newbie]

Hi ladies,

I am very sad right now because we had to have our sick cat euthanized today. He spent the weekend in "kitty hospital" but he was just too sick so we made the very tough decision to put him down.

He was a very sweet, gentle soul and I miss him. His name was Snuggles.

So I haven't been journaling my food or exercise for the past few days. I also haven't been making great food choices either. I haven't gotten on the scale, but I'm sure that if I did, it would just make me sadder, so I'm not going to.

The good news is that I exercised a little on Saturday, swam on Sunday, and did a tiny bit of cardio today.

So I plan on making better choices food-wise tomorrow, and get back to journaling my food and exercise soon.

But for right now, all I want to do is cry...

I will be fine, I just need to have some time to grieve for my little friend.

So I guess that is about all for now. Thanks for listening.

Lynette

P.S. I also like the idea of a new thread every Monday - that would be a little more manageable for me.

[Tuckervill]

I'm so sorry about your kitty, Lynette. Of course give yourself time to grieve the little life.

But all is not lost even if you didn't eat well or exercise. You can start again.

I've been thinking about this a lot, lately. A health plan has to work through whatever else goes on in life, doesn't it? I started thinking about this with regard to PMS, when I get very carb hungry and emotional. This is going to happen every month for however many years I have left--maybe 5 or 6, right? I can't let a predictable thing derail my efforts towards a healthy body every 3 weeks! I can be a little more forgiving of myself, and allow my focus to drift to other things, because I know it's only temporary.

But what about the unpredictable things? If I don't predict that there will be unpredictable things, and figure out how to handle them wrt my eating/exercise ahead of time, I am setting myself up to fail. So during those times when things are going well (no PMS, no crises), I should try to habituate myself to the best habits.

I'm trying to predict what I can do when baseball season begins in earnest starting in February. (I'm president of the league and work basically full time for no pay from February to August.) I can't let my eating and exercise get out of balance during that time. I'm also trying to predict what the effects of dark gray skies will have on my psyche for the next 3 months. I'm taking the boot camp class again so that should help, but what about my eating?

So, grief is a huge burden to bear, and it's understandable that we would get derailed from the plan. But it's only temporary, and if the common thread in the thought process is to always stay near enough to hop back on, there's really no harm done. Just keep going.

Karen

[Over50Newbie]

Karen,

Thank you, you are so right. So I am going to take a few days to grieve, but I am not going to lose sight of my overall goal.

It is important to remember that unpredictable things like this will happen again and again in my life, and as you already said, I will need to "hop right back on" the plan if I get derailed.

Thank you again - your words are wise...

Lynette