Snowflakes to Sunshine* Discussion Week 4 (CLOSED GROUP)

whittrusty

If this week i dont see a loss then i really dont know what to do to see a loss....maybe my body is just thinking "Amanda, I like being fat, it keeps me warm!" :laugh: UGH I will be praying for a loss this week!!! maybe i should cut back on working out? What do you guys think???

LOL. Hilarious!!

I'd say increase your calories a little like you're doing and try and switch up your workouts, don't cut back!! You're doing great. Do you do strength training? The more muscle you have, the more calories you burn just to get through the day.

You'll get there. I think you're body is just fighting you a little. Once it realizes that you aren't starving, I'll bet the pounds will start coming off. Plateaus stink.

Way to stay positive!!

Krys_T

Happy Saturday Snowflakes!! Today has been a pretty good day. I got up this morning and worked out a lot!!! I burned 800 calories!! which I feel is amazing but now i am second guessing my accomplishments. I am trying to get to 1200 net calories everyday this week to see if it makes a difference on the scale because what i am doing now definately isnt working. I guess my body just isnt getting enough calories for everything that I am burning so maybe that is why my body is hanging on to this weight. I am however re-thinking the sodium goals....I have no idea how i am going to do it!! I feel like i have already given up so much to lose this weight and now i have to give up everything i like to eat...I still have over 1000 calories to eat today to get to my 1200 net cals and I am already close to being over on sodium!! If this week i dont see a loss then i really dont know what to do to see a loss....maybe my body is just thinking "Amanda, I like being fat, it keeps me warm!" :laugh: UGH I will be praying for a loss this week!!! maybe i should cut back on working out? What do you guys think???

I wouldn't say cut back on exercise...but I will say if your body is sore...let it rest. Prime example, I was sore for about 3 Days...I didn't work out as intensely on Friday (15 minutes on the elliptical and that was it), Cleaned my house for 3 hours last night...and hopped on the scale this morning and I was down 2lbs from Friday. Now will I gain this and lose it throughout the week..who the heck knows lol But I think my body needed that rest. So what I decided was to keep Zumba and 30 Day Shred in the workout regimen early in the week (Friday-Tuesday) and then Wednesday and Thursday before weigh-in soften it out with traditional cardio (I.e. Bike, elliptical, treadmill).

Like I said before, I think we are very similar in our work out regimen and we are not allowing our muscles rest at all...thus leading to it holding on to all the water we drink. The only strength training I do is through 30 Day Shred and the toning sticks in Zumba..so I am going to keep that the same through the next month...and then incorporate more strength training in the weeks after that.

But you can do it girl! Don't give up...and as much as you possibly can limit the sodium. U will be fine.

CuteMommy88

Thank you for the kind words Krys and Whitt!!!! I think i will take your advice!! I have been taking this whole "last chance workout, weigh in friday" thing to heart....i always work out more than usual on thursday as my LCW before the weigh in. I have read that a lot of people who have a big workout the day before they weigh usually see a gain so maybe that is it!!! I also dont give myself any rest days....I am thinking I might start giving myself "rest" days where I just play some Just Dance 2 and some pilates!!

I actually just started trying to do some strength training this past week, I usually just do Zumba and Just Dance which is just all cardio. The Biggest Loser cardio max dvd actually combines some strength training with cardio so maybe i am starting to build some muscle i mean God knows my legs were hurting all week from that damn dvd!!! (so i am assuming it was building some muscle even if it is just a little) I also got Jillian Michaels No more Trouble Zones and I did core and abs (only 12 minutes total on friday and my abs are still hurting!!! I think I am just going to try and switch it up, I dont really think i can cut back on cardio---i was talking to my BF last night about it(which he is soooo sick of hearing about diets and losing weight and MFP LOL) and I told him i like working out now....which i honestly never thought it was something that would come out of my mouth :laugh: But i am proud of that...whether I am losing weight or not...I am changing my lifestyle, I am getting healthy, even if im not losing weight at the moment, I am just going to have to aim for that 1200 net cals daily that is the biggest problem---i have no problem getting there if i dont burn many calories but when i am having 800 cals burned everyday it is actually hard for me to eat that many calories unless i eat out...and if i eat out i am WAAAAY over on sodium, sugar, and everything else!!

Ok so I need to learn some balance!!! I think that might be your problem too krys---we burn so many cals that we dont get our net to 1200!!! so I am thinking: I am going to have rest days on Sunday and Thursday---just to break my week up a little---and mostly because it is TOM and i feel awful and I dont really feel like doing a heavy workout right now---that might change later but right now ---it aint happenin:laugh:

I am sorry snowflakes that I am ranting but you guys are my little snowflake family You guys are the only ones i have who can actually relate to what I am going through and actually support me and I really really appreciate it:bigsmile: I really have grown to love you all for all that you do for me:blushing:
So thank you all so much and I will be very sad for June 1st to come and us to go our seperate ways----I definately would love to do another challenge with you all because I know I am not going to reach my goal by then!!!

so I You Snowflakes!!!! Lets kill it this week ladies!!! We rock even if we arent losing weight!! We are changing our lives and that is all that matters :happy:

whittrusty

Thank you for the kind words Krys and Whitt!!!! I think i will take your advice!! I have been taking this whole "last chance workout, weigh in friday" thing to heart....i always work out more than usual on thursday as my LCW before the weigh in. I have read that a lot of people who have a big workout the day before they weigh usually see a gain so maybe that is it!!! I also dont give myself any rest days....I am thinking I might start giving myself "rest" days where I just play some Just Dance 2 and some pilates!!

I actually just started trying to do some strength training this past week, I usually just do Zumba and Just Dance which is just all cardio. The Biggest Loser cardio max dvd actually combines some strength training with cardio so maybe i am starting to build some muscle i mean God knows my legs were hurting all week from that damn dvd!!! (so i am assuming it was building some muscle even if it is just a little) I also got Jillian Michaels No more Trouble Zones and I did core and abs (only 12 minutes total on friday and my abs are still hurting!!! I think I am just going to try and switch it up, I dont really think i can cut back on cardio---i was talking to my BF last night about it(which he is soooo sick of hearing about diets and losing weight and MFP LOL) and I told him i like working out now....which i honestly never thought it was something that would come out of my mouth :laugh: But i am proud of that...whether I am losing weight or not...I am changing my lifestyle, I am getting healthy, even if im not losing weight at the moment, I am just going to have to aim for that 1200 net cals daily that is the biggest problem---i have no problem getting there if i dont burn many calories but when i am having 800 cals burned everyday it is actually hard for me to eat that many calories unless i eat out...and if i eat out i am WAAAAY over on sodium, sugar, and everything else!!

Ok so I need to learn some balance!!! I think that might be your problem too krys---we burn so many cals that we dont get our net to 1200!!! so I am thinking: I am going to have rest days on Sunday and Thursday---just to break my week up a little---and mostly because it is TOM and i feel awful and I dont really feel like doing a heavy workout right now---that might change later but right now ---it aint happenin:laugh:

I am sorry snowflakes that I am ranting but you guys are my little snowflake family You guys are the only ones i have who can actually relate to what I am going through and actually support me and I really really appreciate it:bigsmile: I really have grown to love you all for all that you do for me:blushing:
So thank you all so much and I will be very sad for June 1st to come and us to go our seperate ways----I definately would love to do another challenge with you all because I know I am not going to reach my goal by then!!!

so I You Snowflakes!!!! Lets kill it this week ladies!!! We rock even if we arent losing weight!! We are changing our lives and that is all that matters :happy:

I agree with all of the above. You're doing great. Keep up the hard work!

FluffyMamaNeeds2Lose

This week my goals are to watch my sodium levels and try to keep it under.. up my water and my veggies. I've been doing really well at getting in fruit but not so good on veggies. I need to up my exercise this week because I had a bad couple of days with eating so I need to work it out.

yellowfairy

Happy Saturday Snowflakes!! Today has been a pretty good day. I got up this morning and worked out a lot!!! I burned 800 calories!! which I feel is amazing but now i am second guessing my accomplishments. I am trying to get to 1200 net calories everyday this week to see if it makes a difference on the scale because what i am doing now definately isnt working. I guess my body just isnt getting enough calories for everything that I am burning so maybe that is why my body is hanging on to this weight. I am however re-thinking the sodium goals....I have no idea how i am going to do it!! I feel like i have already given up so much to lose this weight and now i have to give up everything i like to eat...I still have over 1000 calories to eat today to get to my 1200 net cals and I am already close to being over on sodium!! If this week i dont see a loss then i really dont know what to do to see a loss....maybe my body is just thinking "Amanda, I like being fat, it keeps me warm!" :laugh: UGH I will be praying for a loss this week!!! maybe i should cut back on working out? What do you guys think???

I say take it one step at a time. I know that sodium is important, but really-this is a slow progress. I track mine, and attempt to stay reasonable, but I don't get upset about it if I go over. Some days I am really over! I figure that this is something that is going to evolve for me. I am focusing on the major things right now-more exercise and more water, rather than throwing so much more into the mix. Hope that helps.

yellowfairy

I am still planning on working on getting more exercise and water in this week. I did see a wee bit of a loss, but would like to see more. The only way i am going to get there is more exercise and more water! The problem with working out is that if I don't get up in time to work out, then I am not going to work out. I hate working out after work, because I just want to de-stress from the day. Water-well, that one is so hard for me-and I am still trying to figure that one out!

glittersoul

I am taking a break yesterday and today from anything way intense because I pulled some muscle in my neck/shoulder and it was hurting like hell to even roll over in bed. I did hatha yoga for it yesterday and it was truly helpful. So for anyone that is doing a lot of intense exercises and even if they aren't that intense I totally recommended doing some sort of yoga to help keep your muscles flexible and reduce the tension in them.

ltlhmom

I am taking a break yesterday and today from anything way intense because I pulled some muscle in my neck/shoulder and it was hurting like hell to even roll over in bed. I did hatha yoga for it yesterday and it was truly helpful. So for anyone that is doing a lot of intense exercises and even if they aren't that intense I totally recommended doing some sort of yoga to help keep your muscles flexible and reduce the tension in them.

That is a great idea!

dinareed

Hello Snowflakes! I actually had a pretty good week although I just lost the weight I had gained last week. I broke down and bought a HRM and I am finding that maybe I was working out too hard. I have switched up my exercise routines from just all out to a couple days staying within the fat burning zone and a couple of days working only in the fitness zone. We will see if it makes a difference. I'm wondering too if I'm just not eating enough? Nah, I couldn't be THAT lucky! I am going to go checkout the reports and check my sodium intake--I never thought to do that until someone else posted on here about that. Thank you for that! So... although I'm not losing the weight as quickly as I want, I am feeling better and stronger and hope to see some serious changes in my figure before too long!

I do have to say--we should all be proud of ourselves for sticking with it. This is not an easy journey but the fact that we are still in there means we are and will be winners!

michelle_mareshfuehrer

Well i had a gain this week :grumble: .5 up...I have no idea what i did wrong this week....I am being true and honest with every calorie i have eaten, i have been drinking tons and tons and tons of water...seriously like more than 15 cups a day....I worked out for over an hour everyday....like at the least an hour and 15 minutes...so i dont get it.

Seeing a gain this week broke my heart. seriously i cried. I have never tried so hard to lose weight and to gain is just a slap in the face. I feel like giving up because all of my hard work isnt paying off....I literally havent lost anything. I am back at my starting weight. I dont understand what is going on with my body. I'm burning calories and staying under calories and drinking water and i am gaining weight. :sick: I seriously am beginning to hate myself even more than i did before starting to diet....Atleast then i knew why i was gaining weight....now its just not fair......i dont know if i can keep pushing myself when i am not seeing any changes in my body....I have lost 17 pounds since October and I am still in the same size pants....when will I see a difference? when is all of the sweat and tears going to pay off? when is it going to be worth all the hard work? Been the same weight for a month now....not losing inches....clothes arent fitting any better and yet i am not eating what i want and i am killing myself working out!!! :explode:

Have you tried changing up your exercise regimen? Sometimes when our body does the same thing over and over again it gets used to it and no matter how many calories you burn, you don't see a change. You could also be gaining muscle, which will reflect as a gain on the scale.

onlyhalfcrazy

Amanda ~ Just remember to listen to your body, it will tell you in little ways if your not getting enough food or working out to hard. Last summer I was so set on lossing weight that I was pushing myself to loose but not eating enough. In the end I lost nothing but time and my enthusiasm. Remember that you are not only doing this to loose but to feel better and to have it as a way of life for you. So take it easy, slow down on yourself and let it happen nice and easy. It will come off, it is just a balancing act between the right foods and enough exercise to push your body but not over the edge. Good luck!!

Well I think one area I need to change is my time of eating. Often by the end of the day I am just sitting down to supper at 8 or 8:30. I am really going to work to eat my food before 7 and be done for the night!! I know its not good to eat so late and then go straight to bed. I am at 167 now, a gain of .8 of a pound. Thats still 8 pounds since I joined. I need to do some adjusting to make my calories more weight appropriate.

Hope everyone is having a great day and making great decissions

yellowfairy

Hope everyone is doing great this weekend! I know this is when it can get tough for me. I know that i for sure go even further down on my drinking of water! Grr. I have to get that fixed.

Seems that we had a lot of losses this week-that is great! Don't worry if the scale didn't say what you wanted to say-we have started a new week-and this weigh in will be better!

I will be still focusing on more exercise and more water. Until I get those two things down, those will stay my goals!

Krys_T

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Val_Gets_Fit

On Friday, I said that I had two major goals: be more consistent with my water intake and stay off the scale. Three days later I can say that I've been bad with getting my 64+ ounces of H2O, but I've managed not to step on that scale (a miracle, I tell you!). So, 50-50 isn't so bad, right? I still have four more days to get a 100.

We can do this! I read through these posts and while I may not get to comment on them all, I am so proud of all of us. Whether we've been losing weight, maintaining, or seeing a little gain, we're sticking to it and making positive changes. Our perseverance has to pay off! :happy:

emma44ny

Someone may have already mentioned this but in regards to sodium: The less processed the food is the less sodium in it. I know these are BIG changes but when you go grocery shopping a good rule of thumb is to shop mostly around the perimeter of the market.. everything in the center isles are usually the boxed, canned, packaged stuff. Stay away from as much of this as you can.. work more with fresh food. You adding table salt to your food is almost always going to be WAY less that what's added to processed foods.

On my end of things...
Things are going pretty well... I wish I could ge to the gym more regularly. I have a small baby and my free time is very limited and I really wish I could find another 3 hours in the day. We started a Biggest Loser thing at my workplace and it is NOT off to a great start for me. I am hoping to have a much more successful week this week- I was rather unpopular with my team last week when I actually gained a pound! I hadn't actually gained anything when I weighed myself at my house for our S2S weigh in on Friday (of course that's 1st thing in the morning with NOTHING on and this is 3 hours later, fully clothed...) but when I got to work... YIKES!

My goal for the week is to drink lots of water and flush out the salt and garbage I ate over the weekend.. Eat lots of fresh fruit and veggies and try to keep my diet as "clean" as possible. Wish me luck!! And good luck to all of you!!

forgiven4life

The last couple of days I have been making sure I watch my sodium intake and have been coming in under goal. It's showing on the scale already!! I took a peek this morning and am already done almost 1.5 from Fridays weigh in. I'm so excited!!!

IsMollyReallyHungry

Good job everyone with goals and for us who are getting back on track from a gain, Us Snowflakes are melting away! keep up the good work!

So far this month I have lost 10 pounds total. I gained 2 pounds this last week which I have gotten back off over the weekend so I am back to 354 and keeping my 10 pounds loss for January. I am really pushing for 349 by February 1st.

So the plan this week is to hit the gym at least 3 to 4 days and get in 50 to 60 min of cardio everyday. Here on out exercise everyday.

Last week I went to the gym once and did Leslie Sansone DVD's 5 days. I racked up 323 min and burned 4,135 calories.

Have a good week everyone and keep moving those bodies and keep melting away those pounds! The sunshine will be here before we can shake a leg!

CuteMommy88

Good job everyone with goals and for us who are getting back on track from a gain, Us Snowflakes are melting away! keep up the good work!

So far this month I have lost 10 pounds total. I gained 2 pounds this last week which I have gotten back off over the weekend so I am back to 354 and keeping my 10 pounds loss for January. I am really pushing for 349 by February 1st.

So the plan this week is to hit the gym at least 3 to 4 days and get in 50 to 60 min of cardio everyday. Here on out exercise everyday.

Last week I went to the gym once and did Leslie Sansone DVD's 5 days. I racked up 323 min and burned 4,135 calories.

Have a good week everyone and keep moving those bodies and keep melting away those pounds! The sunshine will be here before we can shake a leg!

Thats great!!! 10lbs in a month is amazing!! keep up the hard work!!

CuteMommy88

Happy Monday Snowflakes!! I am being a bad girl today I overslept but i chose to stay home and workout instead of going to class!!:noway: I mean I know its good that I am so motivated to workout but this is not good that it is becoming a priority over school to me :embarassed: Anatomy and Physiology kicks my *kitten* already with all the material that is covered everyday and I have a test on friday and i chose to work out instead of going to class!!---this is NOT good for my future snowflakes LOL!!! My goals for today are to read read read and read more anatomy and try to get prepared for this exam on friday!! I also have an algebra quiz so this week is going to be a lot of studying for me!! I really need to get myself back on that awesome schedule I was on the first couple of weeks of the challenge!! I felt great! i was waking up early getting my cardio on:laugh: and going to class and doing all my homework before I came home!! now I am just getting lazy and not wanting to get outta bed:yawn: !!!

On another note I peeked at the scale this morning and I am back to 162.5 so I guess the weight increase on friday was water weight fromTOM....hopefully my new plan of getting 1200 net cals everyday will help me to start losing again!!!

helengator1

I didn't lose AGAIN! :grumble: But, fortunately I fit into some jeans that I hadn't been able to before. :blushing: (A side note:they may have been too tight for church, but I HAD to wear them to celebrate the victory, lol). I know it's just that my body is gaining muscle, etc as I adjust to doing the CrossFit traning. It's so intense. KrysT, I love how you said stick with it bc we are all together and no one ever exercised and ate right and didn't lose weight, lol. You guys keep me so motivated! THANKS TO ALL!! Let's keep up the GREAT work and make it happen!! LOVE my S2S-sers!!

miss_amy

hey everyone! sorry i've been nonexistant lately! i swear i haven't given up (although i was losing motivation being gone from the boards here!). so my weight the past few weeks i was fluctuating the same 2-3lbs on the scale and i was getting so frustrated. i'm pretty sure i was on a mini-plateau. i decided to take it easy last week and did a few good workouts and ate a little more than normal and sure enough, i lost 2.8lbs this past week! i guess my body just needed a change to wake it up! i'm so happy. i've lost 4.8lbs so far in this challenge and i'm hoping to catch up to get me back on track to lose 40 by june 1st. i honestly will be happy to lose 30-35 in this time, but i'm going to fight and try to get to that 40! keep up the great work everyone! we are kickin some butt!!

SparkleShine

Good morning snowflakes!

Just putting a couple of goals I have for myself out there!
I plan to workout everyday this week and do something new. What I have planned is a class tonight and a personal training session for Wednesday. Wish me luck!

IsMollyReallyHungry

Good job everyone with goals and for us who are getting back on track from a gain, Us Snowflakes are melting away! keep up the good work!

So far this month I have lost 10 pounds total. I gained 2 pounds this last week which I have gotten back off over the weekend so I am back to 354 and keeping my 10 pounds loss for January. I am really pushing for 349 by February 1st.

So the plan this week is to hit the gym at least 3 to 4 days and get in 50 to 60 min of cardio everyday. Here on out exercise everyday.

Last week I went to the gym once and did Leslie Sansone DVD's 5 days. I racked up 323 min and burned 4,135 calories.

Have a good week everyone and keep moving those bodies and keep melting away those pounds! The sunshine will be here before we can shake a leg!

Thats great!!! 10lbs in a month is amazing!! keep up the hard work!!

Thanks Amanda!

IsMollyReallyHungry

hey everyone! sorry i've been nonexistant lately! i swear i haven't given up (although i was losing motivation being gone from the boards here!). so my weight the past few weeks i was fluctuating the same 2-3lbs on the scale and i was getting so frustrated. i'm pretty sure i was on a mini-plateau. i decided to take it easy last week and did a few good workouts and ate a little more than normal and sure enough, i lost 2.8lbs this past week! i guess my body just needed a change to wake it up! i'm so happy. i've lost 4.8lbs so far in this challenge and i'm hoping to catch up to get me back on track to lose 40 by june 1st. i honestly will be happy to lose 30-35 in this time, but i'm going to fight and try to get to that 40! keep up the great work everyone! we are kickin some butt!!

4.8 pounds is awesome! Keep up the good work!

yellowfairy

The last couple of days I have been making sure I watch my sodium intake and have been coming in under goal. It's showing on the scale already!! I took a peek this morning and am already done almost 1.5 from Fridays weigh in. I'm so excited!!!

That is so awesome! Good for you!!!! :flowerforyou:

yellowfairy

Good morning snowflakes!

Just putting a couple of goals I have for myself out there!
I plan to workout everyday this week and do something new. What I have planned is a class tonight and a personal training session for Wednesday. Wish me luck!

That sounds like a great goal! Good luck working out every day and have fun with the personal training session!

yellowfairy

I didn't lose AGAIN! :grumble: But, fortunately I fit into some jeans that I hadn't been able to before. :blushing: (A side note:they may have been too tight for church, but I HAD to wear them to celebrate the victory, lol). I know it's just that my body is gaining muscle, etc as I adjust to doing the CrossFit traning. It's so intense. KrysT, I love how you said stick with it bc we are all together and no one ever exercised and ate right and didn't lose weight, lol. You guys keep me so motivated! THANKS TO ALL!! Let's keep up the GREAT work and make it happen!! LOVE my S2S-sers!!

I would have worn them also:) Good for you!:happy:

glittersoul

Good job everyone with goals and for us who are getting back on track from a gain, Us Snowflakes are melting away! keep up the good work!

So far this month I have lost 10 pounds total. I gained 2 pounds this last week which I have gotten back off over the weekend so I am back to 354 and keeping my 10 pounds loss for January. I am really pushing for 349 by February 1st.

So the plan this week is to hit the gym at least 3 to 4 days and get in 50 to 60 min of cardio everyday. Here on out exercise everyday.

Last week I went to the gym once and did Leslie Sansone DVD's 5 days. I racked up 323 min and burned 4,135 calories.

Have a good week everyone and keep moving those bodies and keep melting away those pounds! The sunshine will be here before we can shake a leg!

Thats great!!! 10lbs in a month is amazing!! keep up the hard work!!

Thanks Amanda!

I agree, Great job on the 10 lbs!!! You are doing great!

glittersoul

Good morning snowflakes!

Just putting a couple of goals I have for myself out there!
I plan to workout everyday this week and do something new. What I have planned is a class tonight and a personal training session for Wednesday. Wish me luck!

Something new will be really helpful to make it more fun, Good luck with your personal trainer!