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[GLC1968]

One thing that has helped me this week is that every night I have been emailing a friend my food log and calorie count for the day. That daily accountability is helping...I can lie to myself pretty well, but if I know I have to report it to someone else, well, I will tell the truth.

See, and I'm the other way around. I'm more honest when it's just me. When someone else see's it, I feel the need to make things looks better than they are!

Today is day 3 of my new 'plan' and it's going really, really well so far. I think I may have stumbled on to something here!

[Over50Newbie]

Hi everyone,

A little slower around here these days, huh? We seem to have lost a lot of our posters - such a busy time of year!

Hope everyone is doing well. As for me, I know that when I post a lot I stay more motivated. And when I am more motivated, I post a lot. So I hope that the lack of posts does not mean that people are slacking off...

I seem to have stopped my food and exercise log these days. After doing it for a month, I have found that I seem to be pretty good at judging my calorie levels without writing them down. But I also am more apt to "cheat" if I am not writing everything down.

My exercise is going well. I am swimming a lot these days and my trainer has been giving me killer workouts. At the end of them, I am completely wiped out. Very good stuff. But I am now starting to find that the same thing that happened to me when I was training for my century bicycle ride is now starting to happen during these really hard swimming sessions - after I work out, I am really, really hungry, and then I tend to want to overeat.

Does anyone else find that when they are exercising really hard, it is harder to stay on plan for eating well?

I think that it is easier to lose weight when you are not doing strenuous training, just regular exercise. What do you guys think?

Anyway, tomorrow is a weigh-in day (I do best when I weigh in once a week - on Fridays) and I think I will be somewhere around 140-141. It looks like I might not make it into the 130's this week! We'll see tomorrow, but I am not feeling confident.

Well, enough rambling. Stay focused everyone.

Lynette

[Trek420]

I'm down 1.75 lbs, but I was up the previous week .... I blame my coworkers who bring holiday snacks each day and my schedule has been changed to a half hour lunch, no time to get to the gym mid day. That's no excuse, I get to walk my dog longer in the morning.

[Starfish]

Today is day 3 of my new 'plan' and it's going really, really well so far. I think I may have stumbled on to something here!

Whatever works! Yay for you!

This morning I went to my first spinning class since last spring. I am feeling hopeful. Last year at this time I had not worked out for 6 months. Sending in my hard-ride-next-August registration form really helped this week. Now every second counts.

Once I register for a goal ride, I always create little posters to put up in my office and home...pictures from the ride website with little slogans to myself, to keep the goal in mind. It helps me!

[snowtulip]

Wow, this has been hard! I am down a pound. I'm going to get my body fat, etc. done on Saturday (can't wait ). It will be the first measurements I've taken since the ones I posted when we started the weight loss challenge. Fingers crossed something has become smaller.

[kelownagirl]

I have totally fallen off the wagon this past week with all the Christmas goodies I find at every turn. And I don't just stop at one. Argh. So far I'm only up 1/2 lb but you just know it isn't going to get any better. I might as well move into maintenance mode for now until after New Year's.

[Over50Newbie]

So, today's weigh-in wasn't very good.

141.6

Last Friday, I was 140.2

But overall, I am still doing okay - down five pounds from where I started.

I'm not giving up even though the next few weeks are probably going to be even harder.

Lynette

[solobiker]

still the same at 150, I ended up re-injurying my back a little over 2 weeks ago so that has slowed me down, frustrated me and prevented me from being able to exercise I was able to ride my spin bike gently this am. I will have better news next time

[kelownagirl]

I guess it was more than 1/2 a lb. Make that 2 lbs up. Ugh. I will diet all this week and then enjoy Christmas. Trying to maintain 120 until January 1st would be realistic.