*Snowflakes to Sunshine Challenge* Week #7 Discussion (Close

Krys_T

Wow what a week! So how is everyone feeling? Do you think what you did this week worked? Did you make any changes to your previous routine or do you feel you need to make changes for the upcoming weeks? How are you feeling overall mentally about the journey thus far?

punkrawkcutie

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Dhathri

I changed my routine. I started Insanity. If anyone are doing it, please let me know. I am looking for support. I am in C25K week4. Have been doing elliptical. These are not reflecting on my scale. I guess some days I went overboard with my food. Hmmmmmmmmm I need to have a strategy for that. Any help is appreciated.

whittrusty

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glittersoul

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Sheila_KI

Truly love all the support we give one another. The support and accountability of this group helps me immensely. Watched my sodium this week - with the exception of last night - forgot that shrimp was so high in sodium. Ate lots more fruit and fresh veggies this week. Switched to Trader Joe's sprouted bread. It is really good with a nutty flavor. Loving the changes I am making. I don't lose weight fast which is why I usually quit. Having this change through the beginning of June is Awesome for me.

helengator1

okay S2S buddies! We are doing this!! Down only another .5 lb but at least I broke the plataeu. Eating more and exercising a bit less got me over the hump. Now I'm kicking the exercise back into gear and keeping the calories higher. Thanks to all of you for your advice and support!! Seeing you succeed really motivates me! Love this group. Thanks!! Let's have another great week!! Maybe next week I'll pull a big number and be into the 180's???? :happy:

healthydoseofglitter

Was down 1.2. WooHoo! Started back doing the 30 Days Shred. I have TOM this week so I am really happy I still lost. It was a little better Monday so I am hoping for a nice loss next week. My goal for next week is to continue with the 30 Day Shred. I would also like to start March off by being 225 so 3.8 for rest of the month is very do-able. I seem to be losing slowly and thats ok as long as the scale is going down in the right direction.

yellowfairy

Feeling like crap. Had a gain, again. I have lost and gained the same 1/1.5 pounds for over a month. Sick of this, and really ticked off. I am trying, and thought i was getting the hang of things. GRRRRR

bhonniered

Feeling like crap. Had a gain, again. I have lost and gained the same 1/1.5 pounds for over a month. Sick of this, and really ticked off. I am trying, and thought i was getting the hang of things. GRRRRR

That sucks! I am having the same challenge and am going to spend some time looking through my food diary - the answer has to be there!

mommy2two07

I gained for the second week in a row. Really need to push myself to try to get in exercise more often. But I also need to try to get myself to snack on some healthier choices like fruit, etc. I really want to show a loss next week and hopefully a big one to help against these 2 gains.

netter43

I had a loss of 2 pounds this week after a gain of 1 pound last week - My goal this weekend is to get a new scale that measures by the tenth, because waiting to see each pound loss is killing me - I am down 2 sizes in jeans which is awesome!!! - this is my 16th week on MFP and have lost 19 pounds (currently 251)...it is slow going, but this is the first "program" that has truly been successful with me and actually feels like it is doable!! - Trust me, I have tried every pill, powder, shake, infomercial, etc....if I had all the money I spent on weightloss I would be a wealthy woman :laugh:

I also want to get some type of weights to add to my workout - thinking about a kettle bell routine to start working on the muscles...Love my Leslie Sansone DVD's but need to add in something more - my calories have been refigured so maybe I will have better luck getting to my calories and adding in the exercise.

Third goal is increasing my water - actually figured it out and I'm barely hitting my 8 cups a day so I want to bump that up!!! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Hang in their ladies!!! - We are almost to the half way point - for any of you that are struggling it really makes a difference for me if my calories (AFTER EXERCISE) are at least 1200....and if I can keep my sodium under control - WE CAN DO THIS!!!

Positively_Me

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FluffyMamaNeeds2Lose

I didn't exercise as much this week but i really watched what I was eating... I have always stayed under calories but it depends on what calories you're taking in.. this week was all fruit, veggies, beans, dairy and whole grains.. and I finally broke the plateau that I was stuck on and am happy to say I'm down 3.8 lbs this week!

I'm hoping to be able to get more workouts in this coming up week.. keep up with the water intake and fruits and veg. I got the jillian michaels 30 day shred video from the library and I'm going to attempt to do some of it (we'll see how well I'm able to adapt the exercises to my bad back)

good luck to everyone on this weigh in day and congrats on all the success

SparkleShine

Well, I made it to the gym the last 3 days, going again today. Last week I only went 2 days, had a stressful week and to make things worse I ate like crap all weekend long plus Monday!!!!:sad: I was actaully relieved to see I lost .2 pounds this week.

My water intake is great. One thing that I continually have trouble with is SODIUM!!! I need to eat more clean!

Thank you girls for being inspirational to me. Seriously I may have thrown in teh towel after this weekend and given up but you all motivated me to push on! We can do this!

barefootbeauty

Hi all you lovely ladies! I'm down 2 pounds (for a total of 11lbs since starting!) which is great because last week was TOM so I'm feeling good about that.

The biggest thing that I need to do is to start working out. Right now, my only workouts are walking up and down two flights of stairs to my apartment and hauling stuff around at work. I want to sign up for a 5K in the Spring, but I'm nervous about finding the time to train. We have 4ft of snow here and I can't really afford a gym membership (especially if I decide to go back to school), so I need to come up with clever ways to work out. Suggestions appreciated! And no, I'm not DVD type gal. I just need to get off my butt and get started!!

Now that the weather is somewhat decent, I might try walking for 30 minutes after I drop my son off at school in the morning. It's something, right?

Krys_T

So I maintained this week. I'm cool with that. I have prepped myself for it all week. I think it is funny how you know your body well enough to know that you aren't going to see a huge loss. I know my body has been out of whack and VERY tired this whole week. However, I did get some good rest last night. And man did it feel good.

This week my goals are to:

Stick with lots of water
Keep eating the way I have been
Keep going with Zumba...
Also, I want to jog a few times this week in the morning (now this is going to be the hardest thing because I HATE running and/or jogging. I hated it even when I was an athlete lol. But I know it is a great overall workout and I really want to start working off some inches in my lower body as well.
I'm thinking Zumba three-four days this week and weight training and jogging the other 2 days. Once I think of my schedule, I will let you guys know, so that you all can keep me on track lol.

But I'm very proud of everyone! Keep up the hard work!

Dhathri

I am so bummed. My weight is still 191.6. I know I have been working out. alot, it is not reflecting the scale.........................

barefootbeauty

Dhathri - Maybe its muscle gain from working out? Are you measuring yourself too?

IsMollyReallyHungry

Happy Friday Snowflakes!:flowerforyou:

I am feeling so good! I am feeling good because I am so here in the head now. And it is finally paying off for me on the scale. Since December I have been getting consistent with my eating habits, which I have known is a key part to a success at a healthy lifestyle change and routine. Am I perfect? No I am not put I don’t have to be perfect to succeed. I am good with the exercise but my eating habits have been my biggest struggle for a life time and will be something I will have to contend with in my life forever. Changing our actions and mentality is the hardest part of losing weight to me.

If mentally you are not there then eating and exercising is for nothing because we all can follow rules for whatever purposes or a challenge. But when the challenge is over and if you are not mentally with it then the weight will eventually come back. So since March of last year when I joined MFP I have been trying to get where I need to be mentally and I am finally getting there slowly but surely.

So remember if we can get there mentally we can do this! Don't be afraid to seek help if you are not getting there mentally. Don't think that you need to be perfect and if not perfect you are a failure because you are not. A failure is when you give up or stop trying because your perceive it to be too hard or think it is too hard. I am never going to be perfect and I am at peace with that now. I know I am going to slip and have lapses and that is OK. But it is also important that I also know I can and will succeed. I know I will keep getting up as many times as I need to get up to succeed on my journey to have a healthier life.

Losers, maintainers, and gainers all have something they can be proud of!! Negative thoughts and beating yourself up about a gain is only hurtful to you.:grumble: If you gained take a peek back to reflect on what you could have done differently or what you can do this week differently to make this coming up week a more productive one. Once you have reflected, let it go that you gain and focus on making the next week a better one. :bigsmile:

helengator1

help! will someone please send me the wiegh in spreadsheet link and a new brain so i can just do it each week without asking for help. thank you!! embarrassed :blushing:

Positively_Me

Hey again Snowflakers to sunshiners!

I feel great this week, even though TOM is here. I exercised every single day and stay within my calorie intake of between 1200 – 1400, depending how much exercise I did.

The only thing I did different, this week, is focus on what I put in my mouth. I looked for foods that will help me through my exercise…more fruits, veggies, and lean protein. I still eat a pure protein for after my workout, but before I was eating a protein bar before my workout. So doing that little change has helped me physically because I have more energy. In addition, this week, I was eating every 3 hours so I am not overly hungry (which use to lead me to binge or overeat).

I mentally feel that from this point on I am much more focus on my overall goal (to be 60lbs lighter) . this morning I have calculated how much weight I need/have to lose in 140 days ( which is roughly 5 months – give or take). I am tired of neglecting my weight, by eating too much and telling myself “tomorrow is another day” or “I’ll start tomorrow” that kind of mindset will not usually makes me slack off and fall of the wagon. I am tired of making excuses. THIS is so hard for me to confess…that I eat excessively much and make every possible excuse for my eating habit.

This past week I have really focused on why I am eating, to fuel myself or is it because I am bored, most of the times I was eating because I was bored. Moreover, when I realized I was bored I found myself looking for other thing to do instead of Eat. I went for a walk, got on exercise tv, or got on MFP and read some blogs or success stories. This has really helped me stay focused. I

SO this week, I have NO EXCUSES and do what I have set out. Which is write everything down (eating and exercise wise) and do an exercise every day. For me, what works is sticking to a schedule. That is what I did…

Execise:
Doing some form of exercise: Last Chance workout, Zumba, treadmill, or find something off demandtv.

Eating:
Staying within my calorie allowance 1200.Iif I exercised and burned 300 calories..Eat 100 for every 300 calories burned.

drinking my water (100oz a day) and keep my sodium to 1700mg..

Those are my goals this week..

leandread

So today, I happily posted my .4 loss. Considering that the first few weeks of this challenge I gained and lost the same two pounds, I am glad for a .4 loss as long as the scale is heading in the right direction.

This week will be week 3 of working out 5 days a week. I have never been this consistent with exercising this often. So I don't have any "new" goals except to keep doing what I've been doing.

Sat--Zumba (45 minutes) and Hatha Yoga (30 minutes)
Sun Vinyasa Yoga (50 minutes)
Mon Zumba 45-60 minutes
Wed Zumba 45-60 minutes
Fri Zumba 45-60 minutes

This last week, I went over my calories twice (-115 and -250!). My sodium was also barely under most days. So this upcoming week, many more vegetables, less sodium.

Val_Gets_Fit

I had a really good week in terms of eating right and exercise. I finished the 30 Day Shred yesterday!!!! I'm sooo excited about that! I lost this week, but it was 0.6 pounds. I was hoping for the full pound, but I'm happy. It's TOM so I know that that has a lot to do with it. I'm hoping that will mean that maybe I can pull a 2 pound loss next Friday! Well, a girl can dream.

I want to start JM one month slim down and alternate 3 of her dvd's. I don't want to lose the strength that I gained doing 30DS, but I don't want to do the whole 30DS over right now b/c I don't want to get bored with it. I'll mix 30DS, Banish Fat/Boost Metab., and No More Trouble Zones for a month and see how that goes. I mainly exercised at home this week with JM, Zumba, and Just Dance. I need to get back in the gym to do some elliptical and treadmill this week.

I started out fantastic with my water intake, but fell off on Wed and Thurs. :frown: I HAVE to get back on that!

If anyone else wants to do the JM Slim Down with those 3 DVDs, let me know! We can cheer one another on! I found a schedule you're supposed to use. It was on a JM website.

Have a great week, everyone!!! Congrats to everyone for sticking with it, whether the scale was up or down. We're dedicating ourselves to this and learning to make the positive changes. That deserves a big congrats! :flowerforyou:

Positively_Me

help! will someone please send me the wiegh in spreadsheet link and a new brain so i can just do it each week without asking for help. thank you!! embarrassed :blushing:

Don't feel embarred because I don't save it either...I found the link on the "weigh in thread"

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?authkey=CKDt1aAO&hl=en&formkey=dG51bjFDSE1xNEoyRVFoMTc4Vkh0a1E6MQ#gid=0

Good luck!

miss_amy

i'm weighing in tomorrow but i feel good about this week's weigh in. i've been eating really well despite being sick and making sure i am getting at least 1200 NET cals when i work out. i'm hoping it will pay off. we'll see!

gwen933

I am changing my workout this week and doing Ultimate Tae Bo on Sat, Mon, Wed, and then my Walk Away the Pounds on Sun, Tues, and Thurs. Friday will be my rest day this week. I am going to stay within my calories NO MATTER WHAT and when I step on the scale and see the difference will feel the motivation again. I am not sure what is going on with me but I know I want this so this week I will work toward that. I will also be drinking my water everyday. I am also going to try and limit my diet coke addiction.

xxx_Pink_Princess_xxx

What is this challenge and where can I find it? x

TeresaSavage

Hello Snowflakes :flowerforyou:

LOST 2.6 pounds this week!!!! YEAH!!!

I've been sticking to 1200 calories or slightly higher And My exercise is walking 6 days a week.
My goal is to walk at least 1 hour 3 days a week and 2 hours the other 3 days. Always One day to rest. I've been doing this almost from the beginning and the weight keeps coming off. I Thank God I have not had a Plateau YET!!!!!!
As LONG as MFP doesn't show Im in starvation mode , IM GOOD!!!! Plus I'm eating healthy, NO JUNK FOOD!

GOOD LUCK! I WISH EVERYONE THE BEST!!!!!! HAVE A GREAT SUCCESSFUL WEEK :flowerforyou:

Steph_135

Day 6 of the Shred!! I can't believe I've come this far! No loss on the scale, but I feel SO much stronger. I'm noticing progress each time I do the Shred! It's CRAZY!! :noway:

I'm starting to think I really WILL be able to start the C25K program in March!!

I'm staying under calorie almost every day, and I know I'm working harder than I have in a long time during my workouts. Besides adding more veggies into my day, I can't imagine much else that I could do to get better then I am at this point right now. So, I just need to take my own advice, and stick with this until I see a loss again.

Steph_135

I gained for the second week in a row. Really need to push myself to try to get in exercise more often. But I also need to try to get myself to snack on some healthier choices like fruit, etc. I really want to show a loss next week and hopefully a big one to help against these 2 gains.

Try preparing fruits and veggies for snacks ahead of time (like, the night before, or right after you buy them), and then keep them in places that you can see them, like the top of the fridge, or on the counter.

I'm hoping to be able to get more workouts in this coming up week.. keep up with the water intake and fruits and veg. I got the jillian michaels 30 day shred video from the library and I'm going to attempt to do some of it (we'll see how well I'm able to adapt the exercises to my bad back)

OverW8nomore... Great loss! So many people are going the Shred! I don't know how bad your back is, but I have this back pain that never really goes away. If you can do push-ups, do them on your knees for sure, to protect your back more. Be careful with the ab moves as well. Practice slowly, and get used to the proper form, rather than pushing it to keep up with the models. I really love the Shred!! I hope you will too!

barefootbeauty... You might find that your school will offer a very nice membership weight at their gym. Keep moving! :happy:

Krys... What you've outlined sounds like a fantastic week! Work hard; play harder!

Mollie... THANKS FOR THAT POST! I think I'm getting there mentally after a year on MFP too! It's like something clicked this last month for me.

I'll be back to check on you all more later!