WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE - 7 Weeks-10#'s

[Tuckervill]

Not a good way to shed a few, Sandra. lol.

I'm holding steady just below 179 (it varies). I've gone back to weighing and measuring all my food so I know as close as possible how much I'm eating. I'm logging it all on Calorie King software, plus my exercise.

I spent all day Saturday in boots with heels, which I normally only wear for fashion for a couple of hours. My feet and legs hurt a LOT. I even walked almost the whole parade route in the boots. I still did 100 jumping jacks this morning, though!

Karen

[Pedal Wench]

I made a rookie mistake over the weekend. I rode alot on Saturday, rode my mtb on Sunday, but didn't do enough protein after either ride, so I had carbo-cravings all weekend. Had popcorn both days, until I realized that I needed some protein and instantly, the munchies stopped. Oh well. I'm gonna skip the scale today, but I'm increasing my weeknight workouts so I'll be back on track in no time.

[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

[Flybye]

Tuck and Over50-

You are both right on track about the unpredictable stuff - the times we just get smacked in the face with something we didn't see coming. Those times require extra attention to keeping up with the exercise and dieting. I know personally, when I have let my self slide by eating more carbohydrates and exercising less, I feel worse physically. Top that off with a good dose of stress or grief, and I guess we have actually done more damage than help to the whole process of getting through what we are going through. Like adding insult to injury or that two wrongs don't make a right. I hadn't really thought about the unpredictable stuff tripping us up - I guess that it is because until reading through your posts and thinking through things, I would have done the same old thing I usually do - blow it under stress. Now I have a plan to have a plan!!! Thanks!

In other news, I forgot to weigh yesterday - so here are the results:

11/5 158.2
11/8 156.4
11/12 155.2
11/19 153.4
11/26 Up from Thanksgiving- don't have the #'s
12/4 152.4
Total loss so far this challenge: 5.8 Pounds
I'd like to lose 4.2 more - I only have 21 days to do that in - that's a little more than 1.3 pounds per week! Yikes!

[Pedal Wench]

Sorry about Snuggles. What a sweet name for a kitty. You do need to take time to grieve, and exercise only when you're ready to pick back up.

Regarding diet derailleurs... I think that if you have a good base of what you eat, what you don't eat, then even when life throws you a curve ball, you know how to deal with it. I just don't eat fried foods, creamy foods, white bread or white flour. So, no matter what's going on, I make healthy choices. I'll have fast food, but it won't be fried or on a white bun. Then it can't be that bad. Have your carb-cravings, but make it a sweet potato. Or low-fat/salt popcorn. Just my 2 cents...

[ibcycling]

Hey ladies. Sorry to be MIA but my puter is down w/a bad video card and dd spilled water on dh's and fried the motherboard. I'm using a Palm right now and it sucks.
Weight is holding steady at 161. My cold is mostly gone so I'm going to ride this morning. Need to focus on eating right.
Have a great week everyone.

Lora

[bambu101]

Lynnette- sorry about your kitty. It is so hard to lose our furry ones.

One thing that I find inspiring about this whole thread is that people are not giving up, even thought they are getting sidetracked by life in general, and right now, the holidays.

Last weigh-in was Saturday, and I was down 1.8 pounds- go figure! I'll take it. It would be great if the trend continues.

Why is it so easy to put it on, and so difficult to take it off? Rhetorical question , I guess.

[limewave]

We just got invited to a friend's for New Year's and there's going to be a hot-tub involved. I didn't think I'd have to worry about wearing a swimsuit for at least 6 more months!

It's time to put things in triple gear and hit those weight machines!