20 pounds by Easter challenge

rayw89

@SeeAhtter787 Haha congratulations!!!

@tenpets I started at 184 on January 28th.

eatless83

Hi misfits!

How are you all doing today?

So today is my 8th consecutive day of exercising and I have thoroughly enjoyed myself in the process!

I haven't seen a shift in the scales at all but hey ho I must be doing some good some where on my body!!

I have set myself a goal to work towards for the month of May
1- log all food/drink everyday in May
2- exercise on 20 different days
3- be under calorie allowance on 25 occasions

I didn't include any specific weightloss numbers as that seems to be out of my control at the moment but hopefully of I stick to my 3 goals I will see a shift

Anybody else got any mini goals for May too?

Faye

italy10548

Hi- Calories in and calories out works for me. I adjust I days I don't exercise. I try to walk 2-3 miles four times a week. Working on getting up to 10K steps (5 miles) now. I had dinner out Friday and Saturday this weekend so I'm looking forward to getting back on track Monday morning.

Shirley61

Morning,

Got another badge from Fit Bit for going over 15,000 steps. My lower back is feeling it today.

I think later today I will get on my bike and try and loosen it up some.

Today is lunch with my sister and my hubby is coming along and we will meet the new boyfriend.

I haven't seen anything on the Premium but probably won't spend the fee. I will just find another
site that is free. They are only doing this in the states right now. They won't get to the other
countries for a while. I guess since I live in Canada I am free for a while any way.

The cost will be $50 a year since I read some of the information.

Have a great day!

Shirley

lovesretirement

Good morning, losers! Happy Monday!

Hopefully, May will be a good month for losing weight. Getting rather tired of looking at the same numbers...my resolve is a little shaky.

I decided to exercise at home this morning rather than go to the pool..going to do some extra walking today to get in more steps. I've been thinking about observing a body pump class at the gym this week...just want to change up some.

The premium does not have very good reviews. To read them, go to the message boards page and scroll down to MFP feedback/suggestions. I cannot access the option on my phone app..only on computer or Ipad. It's on the homepage, dark blue line under community tab.

Make it a great day, losers!
Stay strong!

Connie

slw19

good morning ladies!

@lovesretirement hang tight lady!! remember patience is your greatest asset! stay within your macros, change up your protein source and veggies. have a real burger or some meat. eat enough so you feel full, make sure to get enough fat. have some avocado or dark chocolate.

going to lift! beautiful here this morning but supoose to rain:( my goal this week is to see the 140's everyday! slow and steady!!

have a great day.

Stephanie

CALIECAT

I have a 2:00 PM doctor appt today. For her to check me out. Gain 5 lbs since last week. and swollen feet.
Will et back with you when I get home from the doctor
Marie

rayw89

I hope your appointment goes well, Marie!

I think I've accidentally set up a goal to double my daily water intake for May. I had been making sure to get atleast 3 cups a day, but over the last three days I've been drinking 3 cups when I get up, and then refilling my bottle with another 3 to consume during my workout and the rest of the day.

-Rachel

eyegirl777va

Afternoon Ladies,

Connie, I certainly understand how you feel!!!
It is so frustrating to do the right thing day after day and not seeing any results on the scale is so hard to deal with.
Seeing how it seems so easy for some to lose and so hard for others, I just don't get it!!!
Not going to give up but it is so difficult to have am good attitude about it right now.

Have a good day.
Nancy

tenpets

eyegirl777va wrote: »

Afternoon Ladies,

Connie, I certainly understand how you feel!!!
It is so frustrating to do the right thing day after day and not seeing any results on the scale is so hard to deal with.
Seeing how it seems so easy for some to lose and so hard for others, I just don't get it!!!
Not going to give up but it is so difficult to have am good attitude about it right now.

Have a good day.
Nancy

Nancy and Connie, I am right there with you with wavering resolve. I am still not sure what to follow with my eating plan at this point. I suppose I'll go back to simple calories in vs out and focus on regular fat foods (not fat free or low fat), increasing my veggies for "volumizing" with fewer calories, and lean cuts of meat. I think for my birthday gift to myself (May 6) , from now on I will trade wine for a tall glass of unsweetened almond milk at dinner. I know that should help with my weight loss! :-)

Hoping for at least a few pounds off by July 4th!!

Becky

tenpets

CALIECAT wrote: »

I have a 2:00 PM doctor appt today. For her to check me out. Gain 5 lbs since last week. and swollen feet.
Will et back with you when I get home from the doctor
Marie

Marie,

Please let us know how your visit went. 5lb in a week is definitely cause for concern with CHF!

*HUGS*

Becky

CALIECAT

Hello Back.The doctor said I was losing control of my bladder to take 2 water pills a day till I lose this water retentions , Drinks lots of water. Go back in 2 weeks. So not as bad as I thouht.

Marie

lovesretirement

That's great news, Marie!!
Fill that water jug!

eyegirl777va

Marie, Glad to hear the good report from your doctor.
Take care!!
Nancy

tenpets

Great news, Marie. Just be sure to drink lots of water to prevent a drop in blood pressure from losing the edema. Your doctor sounds like they take good care of you.

SeeAhtter787

Hi everyone.

Marie. Glad to hear it is only temporary weight gain. At least it's just your bladder. Me, I've just lost my mind.

And for the second day in a row I am going to pass 10000 steps!!!!!! My legs are still trashed from yesterday but we had so much fun. But now it is up to me to walk the pups since my hubby just left town for 14 days. I'm surprised they don't have walking pushing a stroller as a cardio exercise on this app. Because I know darned good and well I burned more than 371 calories with 2 dogs on a leash and pushing a 20 pound stroller with a 32 pound girl in it. But that's ok. In my mind I know I worked harder.

Esther

eatless83

@SeeAhtter787 - you definitively worked harder than that for sure! Good on you for getting 10k steps in 2 days in a row!!

@CALIECAT - glad you had good news from the docs :-)

@eyegirl777va and @lovesretirement - I hear you!!!! Scales are evil!

I have worked my butt off recently and genuinely thought I was doing some good! I weighed myself today expecting to be delighted with the results and I had gained!! How is that even possible..feeling completely and utterly deflated right now!

Faye

rayw89

Marie, I'm glad things went well at the doctor's, and they gave you a plan.

Esther, those "secret" calories burned will add up. If I do an activity that some might consider exercise, but isn't my workout, I don't count the calories burned for it, I just relish knowing I've burned extra.

So I'm really considering after this upcoming weekend, upping my calories by 200 each day. I'm starting to wonder if I'm doing my body a disservice with the 1,200 calories I give it. Since starting these calories at the end of January, my period has arrived a day later than normal each month. As in, normally on a 28-day cycle, and then after the first month of 1,200 calories it came on the 29th day, and then the next month on the 29th day, then last month on the 30th day, and now I've just completed the 31st day without it arriving yet for this month. If it shows up tomorrow it will be day 32, 4 days off from normal. The only time I've ever had it arrive this late is if I'm under a great deal of stress, which I haven't been lately. The only thing I can relate to the irregularity is the low calories and weight loss. I'm going to maintain my current calories until Saturday, when I know I'll be eating a lot at a wedding that night. I'll reassess how I'm feeling calories-wise the next day. I guess it's a wait-and-see, but it sounds like the healthy thing to do, I think?

-Rachel

rayw89

Faye, hang in there!

lovesretirement

Good morning, losers! Happy Tuesday!

Esther..you are doing it! Keep up the great effort!
Ray.. if you are working out, you need to fuel your body.
Faye..I am not seeing any progress either. It is discouraging, but quitting is not an option; we must keep on keeping on.
Marie..I hope you are on the mend and we see more of you today..miss you!

I am going to a body pump class this morning at the gym. Not sure if I will observe or participate. I've been wanting to try it, so I decided to pull up my big girl panties and check it out!

Make it a great day, losers!
Stay Strong!
Connie

tenpets

Ray, I think bumping your calories up now that you are nearing your goal is the right thing to do. Especially since you work out so often. Great job!

Faye, I definitely feel the same as you lately!

I am going to try keeping my carbs low (30-50) and move to the 5 days eating at TDEE and 2 days eating 500 calories. I think it will do my metabolism good to get a shock twice a week (M/TH), but not think I'm starving and slow my metabolism because I go right back to TDEE the next day. I think it should lead to a 1 lb loss per week. I'll keep you all posted.

Have a great day today!!!

Becky

Shirley61

Morning Ladies,

I hear ya about the scale being evil and not budging. Mine did budge this morning but have a long way yet to go
for my goal. My goal is 160 with any luck this summer.

Yesterday was a lot of running around it was my sister's birthday so lunch with her and we met Joe her new boyfriend.
A nice visit and she liked her gift.

After that a lot of running around and I did buy a new pair of runners. I have been getting New Balance with success but
I went with Brooks this time and a larger size. Now to test them out with a walk. Today I will get on my bike, I still have it
on the turbo trainer and hope to have it off that and on the road this week.

Our boat will be in the water this week and then I can clean the inside and get it ready for the sailing season. It has been
a slow start this year due to the weather. We have had a great week so far with weather with many people wearing
shorts around here so I hope it continues.

Well better get going to I can get on that bike. I am also planning on an evening Yoga class tonight.

Have a splendid day!!!

Shirley
Ontario, Canada

slw19

good morning ladies,

connie, I love body pump, use to take it twice a week for years!! really great class. it is choreographed weight lifting:)

Rachel, definitely can throw off your cycle by eating too few calories or even just the large amount of weight loss. 1200 calories is really low for an extended period of time with the amount of activity you do. maybe think about adding a couple hundred calories

ester, great job on the steps, way to go!!

faye, hope you see some movement soon. maybe look at sodium levels, that will always get you.

Shirley, love my brooks, would never buy anything else!!!

have a great day!! off to spin!

Stephanie

rayw89

Thanks for the encouragement! For vanity purposes I'll wait til Sunday or Monday to start my calorie increase, but I'm looking forward to it. It will be interesting to see how my body responds, and that also means I can start incorporating some peanut butter in! Haha.

Enjoy your new shoes, Shirley! I got Mizuno shoes for the first time a few months ago, after a friend of mine raved about them. I like them, they seem to be holding up better through use than any others I've gotten before. I usually wears holes in the heels of my athletic shoes. I'll have to look into Brooks shoes too next time. I've seen commercials for the Brooks memory foam insoles shoes, they sound so comfy.

Becky I'm really curious to see how your 5/2 plans works out. If it works maybe I'll experiment with it at some point.

Connie I hope you enjoyed your class! It sounds like a good one.

-Rachel

CALIECAT

tenpets wrote: »

Ray, I think bumping your calories up now that you are nearing your goal is the right thing to do. Especially since you work out so often. Great job!

Faye, I definitely feel the same as you lately!

I am going to try keeping my carbs low (30-50) and move to the 5 days eating at TDEE and 2 days eating 500 calories. I think it will do my metabolism good to get a shock twice a week (M/TH), but not think I'm starving and slow my metabolism because I go right back to TDEE the next day. I think it should lead to a 1 lb loss per week. I'll keep you all posted.

Have a great day today!!!

Becky

What is TDEE I have been seeing it a lot ere lately?
Marie

rayw89

Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE). It's basically the total amount of calories your body burns while simply existing, or while existing + exercise. Here is a link to a TDEE calculator if you want to play around with it: http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html

eyegirl777va

Hi everyone,
I was down .3 lb this morning- only bad thing is I am still not back to my lowest on the Easter Challenge.
I am glad it is going in the right direction.
Have a great day.
Marie, Hope you are doing better today.
Nancy

Sandcastles61

Happy Tuesday Misfits Maybe we should rename ourselves the non losing losers LOL......

I'm right there with you on the frustration level. It's funny we are all looking to change things up this week to power through I was just looking back to try to see where I am going wrong. It appears the weeks I have a loss my protein macro is in the 39-43% range, and the weeks it is around 35% I get the big zeros. Sooooo, I am going to try going back to my original macros to tackle these last 6 pounds.... Up the protein and slightly reduce the carbs again. On the up side at least I know my maintenance macros are going to work

So glad your doctor gave you good news Marie

Hope your new shoes are going to be great

So proud of you with your steps and determination Esther! You are going to get those new knees before you know it

Good luck this week with your changes everyone.... Maybe just shaking things up will be the golden ticket for us

Tami

eyegirl777va

@Sandcastles61
You are right about our new name!!!
Nancy

cristina0000

Hello everyone!

Well I'm back from my trip to Disney World. It was really nice to be with so many family members and friends at Disney. There was probably 20-25 people with the majority being kids. All in one big mini-mansion(8 bedroom house).

I returned on Sunday to an upset stomach that lasted 2 days. I guess it's from eating junk food and not as many fruit and veggies that I generally get from my green smoothies.

I felt much better today and got on the scale and surprising I was down 3 lbs from when I weighed in on Thursday!! I am SOOOO thrilled because that brought me to the 150's!! I now weigh 158.2! In December I weighed 186, I'm just amazed!

But for the last 2 months I had been hovering between 161 and 164. I'm not sure what happened to make it move since I ate horribly. I wasn't expecting a loss even though I walked over 10,000 steps a day at the parks.

So for the challenge I'm down a total of 2.8 lbs, my first loss!

Getting closer to my goal of 145 lbs.

I have a new goal to drink 3 L of water a day. Today's my first day and so far I've only gotten 2 L down. I hope to finish the last one before I fall asleep tonight.

I hope everyone had a great night!