Exercise and Weight Loss Challenges
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I did the day count reset request and nice to see my higher number back. To get back to the "real" I entered today's weight so now it say "45 pounds lost" instead of "50 pounds lost" but that's a relief. Every time I saw that "50 pounds lost" I felt like a liar. So now, here I am 45 pounds lost, 462 days, 15 or so more to lose. Know my focus has to be on just feeling better and feeling strong in the new year. Want to keep my weight down to avoid or delay all the age related illnesses that are made worse by overweight. Want to live to see my grandchild (children?).0
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Nov 7: 163
Nov 13: 165
Nov 20: 164
Nov 28: 165
Dec 4: 164
Dec 12: 166
Going the wrong way! But I had a good time with friends in Toronto and did not overeat terribly. Just chocolates.
I need to get back to the basics. I think my difficulty is that I am trying to reconcile reducing cholesterol and being on Atkins. I know that Atkins does not have to be saturated fats but they are the ones that taste good! And, I am struggling with all the contrary information out there. I just know that Atkins works for Peter's diabetes and I am unwilling to have simple carbs around to tempt him away from his efforts.
Excuses, excuses, excuses. I have to log and add more veggies! Back on track, back on track.
Gayle, glad you got 'reset'. Losing all your counts for logging wasn't fair. What can we do to spur the last 15 for you and the next 15 for me? New clothes, new book, new art supplies? Ideas?0 -
You really didn't do that bad Gayle, I think we are all struggling. My diet is whacked out as well, and this week I know it will not be any better. My son is coming in from Virginia Wednesday and I will get to celebrate Christmas with all my kids Saturday. So you see my diet will suffer this week also.
When does the New Year challenge start? I know I will need that, in fact Mike and I both have already said that we need to start a diet the first of the year. We both need it bad..LOL
There is always a New Year and a New Start...and we will get past that 170 mark that we are both stuck on...
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Thanks for your encouragement! This current challenge ends on January 1st and a new one begins that day as well. A perfect day for new resolutions! Yes, Christmas is still ahead (just ate 8 gingerbread cookies last night, sigh), and my mom and sister are coming in on the 31st so lots of family meals (and emotional eating) likely. But I am still optimistic about the new year!! Know that one goal will be to finally leave the 170's behind and in the meantime just hope to hold my own and not be too hog wild.0
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Marney, I'm not sure what is going to spur me. I think the carrot of feeling better physically will finally do it.0
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Since I am 3 lbs up on this challenge, I am not sure what I have accomplished. However, January is coming with its new challenge and new start. And I am determined to stop this waffling. Sounds like we are all at the same place and have the same fix in mind. We will get there!0
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dasher602014 wrote: »Since I am 3 lbs up on this challenge, I am not sure what I have accomplished. However, January is coming with its new challenge and new start. And I am determined to stop this waffling. Sounds like we are all at the same place and have the same fix in mind. We will get there!
Yeah! I am right there with you!0 -
dasher602014 wrote: »Since I am 3 lbs up on this challenge, I am not sure what I have accomplished. However, January is coming with its new challenge and new start. And I am determined to stop this waffling. Sounds like we are all at the same place and have the same fix in mind. We will get there!
I am up also, and I think after the holidays it will probably be up more. I agree, January is coming, and a new challenge and new start...We will all make it.....0 -
my mom and sister are coming in on the 31st so lots of family meals (and emotional eating) likely. But I am still optimistic about the new year!! Know that one goal will be to finally leave the 170's behind and in the meantime just hope to hold my own and not be too hog wild. [/quote]
I believe in you my dear friend! you WILL leave the 170's behind. As Paul assures me, eventually thermodynamics has to kick in. Thinnerness IS in our future. After the holidays food nightmare (logging our sugar calories ) we WILL get back on the rest of the program! I hope weather permits so you can walk with your sister and mom. Im lucky thats its just me and Paul.0 -
Weekly report
Goal: avoid plateau depression.
Since i shifted from frustration to resignation last week, i have felt less frustrated. Surprise! :-)
But also No bouncing up this time!
Until a tiny bounce up this morning, weigh in day of course.
11/27/15, 184.4
12/4/15,187
12/11/15, 183.2 new low
12/16/15, 183 midweek new low so i am reporting it.
12/18/15, 184.4
Went to art opening last night and was pleased i remembered my self talk, and didn't grab sugar until i was on my way out.
Just remembered i forgot to log the free wine! Sigh.0 -
November 6 - 175.0
November 13 - 176.4
November 20 - 175.8
November 28 - 178.0
December 4 - 177.7
December 12 - 177.0
December 18 - 178.2 started my celebrating too early
Didn't do well this week. no excuse, just celebrating... I guess I should grin and bare it and hope for the best on the New Year challenge0 -
Dec.18 - 132.0. It is going to be a real challenge for me to keep level this week. There are too many temptations. I'm cooking more holiday food this year. It means getting on the treadmill for longer sessions.
I mailed in my paperwork for the National Weight Control Registry last week and yesterday I received an email with a link to my first survey. It says that it won't save partially filled out forms so I have to find an hour to complete it. It will actually be nice to sit down for an hour - maybe next week...0 -
After i reported my weight today i ate breakfast and did pilates and stepped on scale again to find i'd lost .4
Still a pound above my low so not celebrating, just wishing my body would explain its mysterious ways.
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11/07/15:171.1
11/13/15:170.2
11/21/15:171.1
11/28/15:174.8
12/04/15:172.8
12/13/15:173.4
12/19/15:175
Last night and this morning I had a revelation, but then wondering if it be called a revelation if you have the same big insight over and over again, lol. Anyway: when I eat refined carbs and sugar I DON'T FEEL GOOD. Huh, could be a real cause and effect relationship there. Think the charm of "sugar plums" is wearing off. So hard to deny free range with the holiday treats, but getting easier. Looking forward to January 1st and the end of this challenge, and the beginning of a new year and new challenge. Please continue to think about what your goals are for 2016.0 -
Lill, Marney, Beth, thanks for your support! Pam that is so great that you remain someone standing in the light at the end of the difficult tunnel many of us are trudging through (or in my case, laying down in). Just resting! Off to the races again soon!0
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Still holding here. Same weight as last week.
Lost our network this week and it is still flaky, and a power failure too so sometimes it just gets too hard! We are waiting for a new internet box but it will have to wait until we come back after Christmas.
Trying to figure out how to fit 4 people, luggage, presents and food for 6 into our car. And just finishing up my sewing for Christmas. The rain hasn't stopped so I have been looking and riding (a little) on the stationary bike.
Christmas promises to have walks with a large dog so maybe that will help with both mood and overindulges.
Gayle, I know that refined carbs and sugar do not agree with me. I have been getting lazy and not eating enough veggies and that always affects how I feel.
Hang in there gang! Christmas is supposed to be fun so don't beat yourselves up over food. Enjoy!0 -
Here's my story with a cautionary note at the end. Monday was my annual gyn appt followed by a mammo. I was so excited since I'd lost another 10 lbs from last year and maintained it. My dr has also used MFP and he has now lost 30 lbs. All was fine until he did the breast exam and said has this always been there?? He guided my finger to a small bump-ish. He said it is probably a cyst. I totally was freaked. My mom passed away from breast cancer just before she was 57. I headed over to my mammo with the extra referrals for an ultrasound. They did the reg mammo, then a spot compression (nothing bothers me after nursing 3 kids for a total of 6.5 years). Then the ultrasound - all of which showed nothing!! Not even a cyst. It was an anxious couple of hours for me and I lost .6 lbs by the time I got home.
But as the tech mentioned, when you lose a lot of weight - meaning fat - other things tend to stand out. Like the tide going out and finding shells on the beach. So, I just wanted to mention that in case anyone else finds themselves in a similar situation.0 -
I'm here...really, but not caught up and still crazy. I haven't wrapped anything and it is now Christmas eve. I have been working extra hours and fighting off everything. Pink eye, Norwalk virus, and a cold. Honestly, grandkids are like little petri dishes that you can't get away from. With all that, I haven't had time to stay home from work and recuperate.
I haven't read back too far, so I apologize if I have missed anything important. I have moves everyday next week, including my day off, but things should slow down then a little.
Pam, I am so glad to hear that your scare was for nothing. Doesn't make it less frightening though. Not only losing weight makes a difference, but so do all the CATScans and MRI's etc. Most people do have things growing in them that until recent technology, no one ever saw. Most of it is benign, but scares you at first.
I got my National Registry stuff. Have not sent it back yet though. I need a little time. I haven't replaced Bubblegum. (That certainly was an anti-climatic ending, wasn't it?) Oh, My Venus is getting closer to the end. I'm going to miss that so much! Oh, love So Ji-Sub. I went back and found a movie called "Always" that he was in and watched it. Good movie. I had watched that short series One Sunny Day, but he played such a shy, nerdy part, didn't even seem like the same guy.
I know you said you have watched for two years. I'm almost at three years. Never counted how many though.
If any of you ever have the desire to watch a Korean show, I would recommend Oh, My Venus. It is about a trainer who helps a young woman lose weight. It is about weight loss. Self-esteem. Self-visualization, etc.
Well, 2016 is almost here. I feel like 2015 was not as successful for me as I would have hoped. I am right now 7 pounds over my low (that is because I haven't been logging) and I have not been working out much either. Can only blame myself. 2016 here I come!
In the meantime:
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Merry Christmas All!0
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Hi Pam, your story (glad it had a happy ending) reminded me of one I heard where a woman noticed hard growth on either side of her stomach when she lost a bunch of weight. They turned out to be her hip bones!0
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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
November 6 - 175.0
November 13 - 176.4
November 20 - 175.8
November 28 - 178.0
December 4 - 177.7
December 12 - 177.0
December 18 - 178.2
December 25 - 178.8 Celebrating toooo much!
I'm up again this week, no excuse, I have been celebrating too much. One more week on this challenge, and I am looking forward to that.... Celebration's will be over and I will no longer be celebrating...LOL0 -
11/07/15:171.1
11/13/15:170.2
11/21/15:171.1
11/28/15:174.8
12/04/15:172.8
12/13/15:173.4
12/19/15:175
12/25/15:176.7
Like Beth I've been yielding to the allure of holiday goodies and other usually "forbidden" nosh items. Will have reasonable Christmas meals today (except for the Cinnabon breakfast) but afraid I have another challenge ahead as my mom and sister are coming in on the 31st and staying until the 5th. My 89 year old mom loves one thing best: FOOD! After they leave then back to the straight and narrow. And will watch my p's and q's until they arrive as well. Hey, someone more awake than I am figure out what "p's and q's" stand for for dieters. All I can think of is potpies and qdoba.0 -
Gayle, I have come to the conclusion that until all our celebrations are over we are not always going to loose. I plan on being good all week, but I know as of New Years Eve (Mike has already plans to go to Red Lobster) I will eat everything in site, probably won't even dare log that day...LOL.. Have a great time with you mom and sister, and I sure that we will both be good during the next challenge. 0
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Quick report
On friday i weighed 184
One lb up from my low.
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Hi all,
I am here too. And up to 168 this morning. I am just home from an emergency run on the 21st to my niece whose husband went into hospital again. He is out now and continuing with his ECT treatment. My niece feels she can manage now until her parents arrive home on the 31st. Whew! A lot of cooking (which as you know is not my favourite) while my husband drove back and forth (about 3 hours) as needed. Good thing we had good weather until yesterday. And I am gradually recovering from the tension.
We are away for a New Year party but then home and knuckling down to logging, eating well and exercising. I am not going to set big goals for the next challenge. My goal is to get back on track, logging, and eating properly and getting the weight to move the right direction.
Glad everyone is well heading into the New Year. Pam, health scares are so hard to deal with even when it turns out to be OK.
Happy New Years everyone!0 -
I see on my calendar on Nov.6 I was 130.6, today 131.8 - there were a couple forays up to 132.4. So overall I have maintained in my range. Tomorrow there is 3 hours of folkdancing+dinner+3 hours of contradancing - a great start to the new year.
Yes, I agree that Oh My Venus would be a great intro to kdramas. I like the fact that the trainer stresses that healthy is the goal, that is what he finds beautiful. So Ji Sub and Shin Min Na are adorable. After episode 14 it felt like it was over.. almost. We'll wait till Tuesday to watch the final 2 episodes back-to-back.
Splash, Splash Love is only two episodes - find it on Viki. I watched it on the treadmill yesterday and finished today. Wonderful! Don't miss the outtakes at the end. It must be educational - it was sponsored by some math and tech depts.
The hardest question on the National Weight Control Survey is... how many flight of stairs (defined as 10 steps) do you go UP per week. My stairs are 14 steps and I really had a hard time coming up with a number. Someone thinks it is important to know - do people in ranch houses differ that much from two-story w/basements?? Does anyone here live in a ranch? My sister in Florida has ranch/no basement and says that my stairs kick her *kitten* the first couple days when she visits.
Happy New Year to All!0 -
So funny... didn't know I'd get bleeped!
Anyway, in a note to a friend abroad I put my weight in kg. It really does sound nice to say 59-60 kg. And it feels more like winter at 10 degrees C.0 -
HAPPY NEW YEARS LADIES!
End of this challenge!
November 6 - 175.0
November 13 - 176.4
November 20 - 175.8
November 28 - 178.0
December 4 - 177.7
December 12 - 177.0
December 18 - 178.2
December 25 - 178.8
January 1 - 178.0
Beginning of a new!
January 1 - 178.0
Hope that you all had a great New Years. I ended up going to bed early, I tried staying up, but it just didn't happen....LOL
HAPPY 2016 TO YOU ALL! 0 -
Happy New Year!
11/07/15:171.1
11/13/15:170.2
11/21/15:171.1
11/28/15:174.8
12/04/15:172.8
12/13/15:173.4
12/19/15:175
12/25/15:176.7
1/01/16: 180.4
Less than worthy endings (but I'm not beating myself up too much, this is just the way it is) but a happy beginning. My sister and mom will be here until the 5th, then I will really buckle down. In the meantime will do what I can (exercise, recording) to get back to my 50 lost (I'm now at 38).
My main problem (and everyone's who struggles with weight) has been starting each day strong (weighing in, checking in, recording food) then falling apart with my recording by noon. Evening has gotten bad again, what got me in this mess in the first place. I intend to be the come-back kid in 2016 though. My sister brought laryngitis with her from Illinois and have a sore throat today.
Will line out my more specific resolutions and goals in the next 7 days. I wish everyone great success in this first challenge of 2016.0
