Daily check in
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Oh you poor people who have lived without eating poutine :laugh:
Ashley, that's so cool - it will be good to know exactly what your dealing with. I've been flirting with the idea of getting a rough bf % estimate over in Eat, Train, Progress but also don't really want to post underwear selfies on the internet..
Kiwi, I'm sure it's just temporary - when I upped cals I shot up about 5 pounds for two weeks but it will go away
Supposed to be going for a run before work but it's cold and I have a very cuddly dog pinning me down... that's a totally reasonable excuse, right? I'll be on my feet 8 hours anyway so I might just bump it to tomorrow0 -
Nice job staying in calories with no exercise Betty that is the hardest for me.
Fries with gravy and cheese--sounds yummy and not good for a diet! Still, I think I'll just stick with ketchup on my fries...
Good luck with your detailed weigh in Ashley. How do you get all that info? A trainer? Nice that you had cinnamon rolls and still stayed under! Nova Scotia sounds beautiful, I am jealous.
Kiwi--good for you sticking with the new calories. It's the only way you can really know. Good luck with your weekend.
Coady--a cuddly dog is a very good reason to skip the run.
I was done .8 pounds today from last week???? I am very happy because I was worried about getting too lazy after a big weight loss the week before. I do think I need to watch this week though because I have been doing too much nibbling and guessing.0 -
It's so hard not just going back down to my old cals
:( I'm sort of thinking I need to lose a bit more that I thought anyway, to get my BF to where I want it to be 
Well done, Dana!0 -
Kiwi, I guess you have to decide if your goal was to maintain or lose. I think you said you were planning to lose a bit more while you gradually up your calories? I never tried anything like that, but I think Coady said increasing calories worked well for her at some point? Whatever you decide, you are basically at or very close to your goal, so you should definitely be happy for your achievement ????
I finished my sons cupcake at a birthday party yesterday and was slightly over, but I think I was still at a number where I will see good weight loss.0 -
It's so hard not just going back down to my old cals:( I'm sort of thinking I need to lose a bit more that I thought anyway, to get my BF to where I want it to be
Well done, Dana!
Omg, so my typos!!!!!0 -
Happy Monday! (I say this with tired eyes and sluggish speech..)
Coady-- a cuddly dog is always an acceptable excuse. How can you deny that?? I was supposed to go for a run yesterday too, but didn't.. and I had no excuse other than my bed. :P
Dana-- I have a trainer, so she's doing all the weighing and such for me. Also, well done on the loss!0 -
well done everyone on the weekend!!!
My weekend was good food wise plus I had a 5k race so that went well i had a beer and lots of cheddar cheese popcorn after lol but I was still under!!!
Lifted today and the day should be good food wise!
And I can't believe some people live without poutine.. lol! Did you do a good job avoiding it this weekend Ashley?? 0 -
Nice job on the 5k, Gen! Glad it went well - definitely a reason for beer and popcorn
Forgot to check in over the weekend, but I was good. Did my run Sunday instead, today did my lifting and went for a walk. After a short shift tomorrow I'm off work until the weekend so I'll have to be good and do some walking.0 -
Did 51.5kg squats today! Woo Going to change it up a bit this week. More squats, less pump!
Had to donate my cals I burned to monday, I ate too much yesterday((( So only sitting on 60cals burned today, so sad...
I need to work my way back up to 5k, I was at it, but I stopped running for a bit. I did do 2.4ks in 16minutes the other day, I really want that to be 15minutes though... hmmm!!0 -
Gen--great job on the 5k! It's nice to be able to indulge and still be under calories.
Glad you had a good weekend Coady, and good job on the exercising!
Nice work with the squats kiwi! I know, I hate saving calories, I prefer to reward myself on the day I work out. But then I get days like yesterday --I didn't work out much and went over... You can work back up to a longer run Kiwi! Just run at least twice a week (preferably 3) and add about 10% to your time per week.
I will run over 4 miles today so that will be good. I hope to not eat all my calories back so I can make up for yesterday...0 -
Gen-- Awesome job on the 5k!! I'd say you definitely earned that beer and popcorn! And yes, I managed to avoid the poutine... though I slipped and had a few slices of pizza instead.. haha. -___-
Good job on the running and lifting Coady, sounds like you're doing pretty well!
Awesome with the squats Kiwi! I'm starting slow with bodyweight/light weights for my squats with my trainer, but I hope to increase the weight soon. Your timing for your runs is still pretty good, keep it up!
That's a pretty impressive run Dana! Not eating the calories back is always fun... ha.
Ended up not getting my weight/bBF% done on Friday, since I was getting a new car and had to get it registered (yayyy!!!). Did an intense condensed workout though, and my butt was burning for two days! Embracing the burn! Yesterday I was supposed to go to the gym, but my boyfriend wanted to go out for dinner so I did that instead. I'll go today and try to burn two days worth of calories, wish me luck! Hopefully tomorrow I'll get those measurements done.0 -
Thanks ladies for the good words on my race!!! :flowerforyou:
Coady: good job on running and lifting!
kiwi: that's awesome time!! You can definitively do it in 15.
Dana: enjoy your run!!
Ashley: good job on not having poutine hahaha! Pizza is totally acceptable though. lol ! Can't wait to hear about your measurements. It's really fun to know all that. My scale has a BF% thingy on it but I hate it and I don't trust it. Sometimes it tells me 33% then 38% a few seconds later... :noway:
Today i will definitively be OVER cals.. going to the restaurant with my husband and going to a movie afterwards. Leaving the kids to my parents' and I'm so thinking BURGER is on my menu. And fries. of course. :drinker:
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@Dana Yeah, think I'm going to work on my runs for a few weeks. Work back up to 30minutes then worry about speed. This particular run was a Hiit run, I ran pretty fast, then really slow over and over.
@ashley I send my photos to someone who apparently does pretty good % guesses. Still waiting to hear, but I'm excited!
New Car?! Exciting
@Gen Yep, I have two scales that both have BF, one says 24.5 the other 29.9... I was 30 as well when I was 50lbs heavier!!!
I love burgers! So jelly
Today went alright, 33cals over, no big deal! Only going to eat half my exercise cals tomorrow as Ive been a little on the high side the last few days. All under 100, but still, adds up big time.0 -
Ashley--congrats on the new car, and the butt workout.
Gen--hope you enjoyed the burger and fries!
Kiwi--yes that was a good run time you had! I go on long runs--4-4.5 miles--but I am slow. I can't seem to get better than an 11.5 minute mile. Rarely I do 11 minute miles, and sometimes I am at 12 minutes. If I cut my run in half, I can to 10.5 minute miles, but with these long runs I am slow. I will say that it is very hilly where I run, so that is challenging!
Bad day yesterday, I was way over even with a long run. I just had a really hungry day; on top of that my kids went to grandparents in the afternoon and I had some time to veg, which unfortunately made me want to indulge. I can't work out today, so that won't save me.0 -
hey ladies
The burger and fries were SO good!! although it threw me off almost 1000 cals over hahaha!! oh well. Worth it
Dana: my "run forever" pace is around 12 min mile too. If I run any faster I just run out of gas really early. It's ok to have a hungry day. It happens!! Maybe your body needed for more repair than usual after your run.
kiwi: damn BF scales!! they lie!!
Today my goal will be to stay at cal goal to recover from the burger and the sodium that came with it. lol. And I am going for a lift session at the gym later this morning.
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Dana - I agree with Gen - if you're hungry you're hungry, and it's probably better to eat than drive yourself crazy trying to stay under once in a while. Hope the rest of the week goes better for you
Gen - mmm, burger and fries sounds amazing
Yesterday I ran Week 4 again - made the whole thing for the second time, yay! (I missed the last interval for the previous two runs). I'm going to repeat the week again until I feel comfortable and then move on the Week 5 hopefully next week.
Also, I had a huge surprise when I got on the scale yesterday and was down a pound and a half - I figured it was partly dehydration since I did it after my run but today I was only up .4 to 127.9. This feels HUGE to me - I started trying to lose at 135 nearly 3 years ago, and the most I ever managed was 128.5 last August and have been bouncing between 130-131 since Christmas - I thought I would never break through!0 -
Coadymarie: OMG!! Awesome congrats!!! :flowerforyou: I'm so happy for you!!! *happy dance* And also go you on the running!! it's hard, but you can do it!!0
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Coady that's awesome!!! Sometimes it does feel like you'll never see that damn thing move...
So Jealous of the burger, I'm still thinking about it :P
@dana, definitely eat it you feel you need to! Sometimes I think our bodies just need a refuel! Apparently it makes us burn more fat too if we have metabolism reset days! That's why so many people do a cheat once a week!
My run today was 11.3 minute miles, so Im not fast either! LOL! But I'm trying to up my time spent running. Today is was 23minutes, and I'll work it back up to 30 then start going a bit fast
This is a comfortable speed for me, even though I get pretty tried, I can still talk etc, probably sing a bit... 0 -
Thanks guys It's weird how that one half pound feels like such a hurdle - but now that I've gotten there I feel like I might actually make it.
Now trying to decide whether to go for a run right away in case it starts raining earlier than expected or have breakfast and go later, because for some reason I woke up STARVING today.0 -
Hi everyone,
Sounds like we are all similar with the running speeds. And yes, 12 min mile is not bad, most important thing to me is calories are getting burned! Thanks everyone for the support over my hungry day, although it's been more of a bad week! However I have tried to stay good with tracking so I really know how over I am. I THINK I should still see either a small weight loss or a maintenance, which would be so much better than the yo-yo I've been for the past year. Let's hope I am right! I have another long run today so I am hoping to get back on track.
Coady--congrats, so exciting to see some movement on the scale! I am in a similar situation. I hit 129 last September, gained over 5 pounds during Christmas. Then I went down a couple pounds right after the holidays but have been stuck in he low 130s since, I am finally seeing some movement again too and am back down to 129. Let's keep at it! Hope you have a good run and a good breakfast this morning 0 -
Good morning (or evening hee hee!) ladies!!
Yesterday's goals were achieved yes!! I was under cals and I even had a small bag of Cheetos lol Today the goal will be to stay around cals goal too, no lifting but maybe a little run if its not too rainy tonight here.
It's really awesome when your weight changes from the 160s to 150s and so on.. its definitively a win!! Enjoy your day everyone :flowerforyou:0 -
Hey y'all heeeeeey,
Had a crap day yesterday in terms of mood, but my cals were still good. Binged (again) on some pizza for dinner, but I went to the gym and prepped myself for the calories. Haven't weighed myself in awhile, but it's that wonderful time of the month so I'd rather wait until the bloatiness is gone anyway. :P My trainer and I forgot AGAIN to do the weighing, we suck at this! Lol.
Feeling good today, my water intake lately has been really good too. I used to hardly drink water at all, so it's a definite improvement. My running has improved a bit on the treadmill (used to hate that thing), and while I still can only run for like 3 minutes at a time, it's much better than the 30 seconds I started with. Push-ups are improving too, I can do 5 from my feet with one arm elevated (by that I mean one hand on the floor, one hand on a medicine ball)! Yay!
Looking for low-carb breads.. Does such a thing exist? Do any of you opt for lower carb meals?
Awesome job Coady, you're doing fantastic!0 -
@Ashley Mmmm pizza! You're killing me
I was doing pushups on my toes, but I'm not really allowed any more as my shoulder is getting aggravated, have to work on my technique first and then go back to them. such a drag...
There are definitely low carb breads here in NZ. Don't know about elsewhere. I don't do low carb though
I just got to the 120s (129), and have popped up again Might take 50cals off my cals... lol
Had a massive lunch... not allowed food till dinner... :P0 -
Ashley - impressive pushups! As for low carb bread, I know it exists but no idea where to get it. I usually aim to hit protein goal first, which then naturally gets me to my fats goal, then just go to town on whatever - that usually gives me a pretty good balance.
Kiwi - probably just have to give it a while to settle at the lower weight. I was right back to 130 today too, but having gotten down past that already I think it's just water etc.
My running app tells me how many min per km and I keep meaning to convert it over.... keep forgetting. My intervals today were average 6.8 min/km. Mainly I'm just happy that I've gotten through the whole thing again and will worry about time later.
The running store near me was having a sale so I finally went and got some proper kit today - I really want it to be running day again so I can wear my new things, haha.
Skipping lifting tomorrow as my back muscle feels a bit twingy on one side. Going to do yoga instead - I really need to work on my flexibility.0 -
kiwi: it usually takes a while to "settle" into the new number.. it took me a week or 2 to finally be under 150 all the time. It's normal Don't give up!! It's not necessarily that you have to lower your cals, could be hormones/water weight etc..
ashley: wow those pushups!! I am jealous!! I'd have to try how many i can do on my toes.. i've been doing bench press lately so that probably helped!! Still not sure I could do 1 though lol
coadymarie: I converted that 6.8min/km it's 10.9 min mile :flowerforyou: That's awesome! I totally get the wanting to wear your new stuff hahaha
Today I will have a good day until dinner time lol we are ordering pizza and having wine. So screw that I'll be over but I'll try to keep track. Already pre-logged, I'm over by around 300 that's not too bad. I did plan the rest of my day around that anyways 0 -
I see what you mean about the "settling", Gen. It took me forever to get below 140, and when I did I was high on life lol. Then I inched back up to 141... sigh. But you're close Kiwi, keep it up! I'm interested to hear how much of an effect the 50 cals have.
Coady your time is great! New running stuff is always exciting too!
Mmm pizza and wine sounds excellent Gen. Especially the wine.
... and the pizza.
Was really low on calories yesterday, (around 1,100 by 8pm), so I snacked on some pita chips and hummus before I went to bed. I doubt that brought me high enough, but I didn't have the will to get out of bed by that point. Lifting session today, so that'll be fun.
Happy Friday everyone! Going to a party tomorrow for a birthday, but I'm driving which means no drinking. Which means no empty calories! Then to the zoo on Sunday, which means extra cardio! This is working out in my favor. :P0 -
Gen--very happy for you that you are seeing the scale go down. QEnjoy your wine and pizza!
Ashley: I focus mostly on calories. I don't try for low carbs, necessarily, but I try to meet my protein goals, and keep carbs in check that way. I am typically a little under on protein tho so I need to do better. Enjoy your party and the zoo!
I'm with you kiwi and Coady--I've seen 129 several times since my son was born, but then I pop back to the 130s. My last weight in was 129' so I really hope to keep going down!
Coady--I found that I enjoyed running so much more once I got proper clothes! That moisture wicking stuff feels so light and comfortable. Enjoy!
So I was just a little over yesterday. I have been high all week, not good. Tonight is "date night" so will be eating at a restaurant and drinking wine--I really have not earned this this week... I did do a Jillian michaels video this morning (my 2 and 4 year old did it with me!) so that's something. I just hope I haven't bumped myself back into the 130s this week...0 -
Wooo got to 129.9 this morning haha, went over so much yesterday though... So I ignored some of it and burned the rest today. So freaking tired right now
Miss 2 is a bit sick again today, 0 -
Kiwi - that's awesome! Congratulations
Dana - yeah I'm really excited for wicking - I've been wearing cheap cotton blend athletic stuff from Walmart and similar places and I'm always so sweaty and gross.
Running time: holy! I thought I was as slow as a turtle, but I guess that's why it's taking me so long to progress through the weeks. Need to slow that down a bit! It's hard though - I feel like when I run slower I can't pick my feet up enough and end up shuffling along.
Went over yesterday, but I logged the extra for today since I'm running and working. Not being able to lift made it tough but I went for a walk which helped. Also found a long yoga video for lower back and legs and I think I feel a bit looser today. I always find yoga/pilates/stretching sessions kind of boring but I'm going to try and do a 20-30 min video after my runs from now on.0 -
Kiwi--thats great you are under 130 again! Especially the morning after a day you went over calories. Hope your girl feels better soon.
Coady--your running time is good, is it hilly where you run? If you are having trouble increasing your time I guess slowing down is smart. Maybe try to keep your strides long so you are not shuffling--just think long, easy strides.
So I was way over yesterday, to be expected for date night. I have today to try to recover before weigh-in tomorrow.0
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