200+ Slimmin' Down in Spring!

pinbotchick

Amy - congrats on getting a Bugg!!! You have a nice husband!!! The Bugg uses something like 5 dif things sweat, temp, an accelerometer, etc to calc your activity level. It's supposed to be 95% accurate. HRM only look at 1 area. Does your HRM have a programable VO2 max and have you been resetting it as you physical fitness improves? Is take what the Bugg says as more accurate... The first week that I wore the Bugg, I was obsessed with looking at the updating display. It's been a month now and I only look twice a day plus connect just before exercise, once info updated, I hit trip rest. After exercise I sync it again to see what I burned. I've gotten used to resyncing it. I only have to reset the password when I turn Bluetooth off to save the battery. It did take me awhile to realize you only need a quick button press to reconnect the units, it generally sends the info over within 30 sec.

HRM are great for instant feedback in keeping the intensity of you workout up. Cheap HRM are not very accurate. How off was the HRM to Bugg? Did you test it with the Back/legs and ab ripper video you did today? If I remember correctly, the are weights and lots of short stops. Cal burned with weight lifting is lower than pure cardio. The other day, I did the new BL workout with weights and my burn was 177 vs my normal 220 with Leslie Sansone walking video for 30 min.

I'm only logging food on MFP. Im used to the way MFP works. Good luck and enjoy.

akasullengal

Hello ladies! TOM has arrived and my uterus is trying to kill me.

Nice way to start the post, right? haha.

So my calf muscles were uber tight and sore this morning when my alarm went off. The group run was just not going to happen. My first time with them on a Saturday I didn't want to be hobbling. So instead of getting up before 6 in time to walk Emma and get to the running site, I slept in until 9:30. Haha. BUT did an extra long walk with the dog this morning, which helped loosen up my muscles a bit, and I did INSANITY, which was the cardio recovery workout, which is a lot of stretching, so it probably was a good fit for today. It'll continue to be the recovery dvds on my days of my long runs. Now, tomorrow, I'll run the 4 miles instead, and do another INSANITY video before my rest day on Monday.

So now that TOM has really really arrived, I know my scale numbers will be warped for the next several days, so I can keep that in the back of my mind. No comfort eating though! If I eat what I've logged out for the day, I'll be under calories.

Victoria- good job with the eating! the point is that you're logging, girl! Way to get back on the wagon! It's less than you were eating before when you weren't logging, so just stick with it! You're still under calories for the day.

Kendal- proud of you for doing the workout this morning to make up for yesterday! I'll have to check out the sundresses at Old Navy. It's been a bit since I've tried anything like that on. All that yard work is great for a burn though!

Amy- yay for another Bugg user. You'll have to tell us all how you like it. Will be interesting to hear how your experience compares with Victoria's. I might need to get one at some poing. Mmm for blood oranges, and yay for being under calories!

angie_04

whassup!! i'm a newbie (1 week exactly)...not sure of what 2 do...I'm 30 sahm of 2 beautiful kids...i need seriously 2 shred 90lbs...my current is 245...bummed cuz my first week weigh in did not change...at least it didn't go up.right....i need to b inspired...HELP!!!!!!!!

Laceylala

Im sitting in the chair at the salon I've got two sections of foils and my hair is sticking up in all different directions. Lol.


I bought the fitbit today. I'm going to try to start using it tomorrow for 29 days and see how i like it. I'm also going to start eating either 1900 cals a day or half of my exercise cals. I want to break thru to onderland and there is really no reasOn to wait until I get back from Vegas to do it. If I don't like the fitbitni might get the bugg or mediator. Bestbuy has he media fit in stock for $180.

After this I'm going to the gym. Yeah!

Purplebunnysarah

Hey everyone! Just a quick post to check in - I've been spending most of my free time since Thursday playing Dragon Age 2 :P. Anyway, I had a fantastic week in the weight loss department as I'm now down to 231.6 lbs. That's a -4 lb difference from last week. Not sure what caused me to drop so suddenly but hey, I'll take it! TOM is due next week so I'm expecting to stay the same and not lose.

For those who asked, my grandfather is still hanging in there. So that's good, I guess, as long as he is comfortable.

Laceylala

Well I'm sitting here on my six plus year old Macbook and I can't get the fitbit to sync. I left my laptop at my office so I am going to have to wait to start using the thing which is a total bummer. I think that the syncing issue has to do with the fact that this is old computer...hopefully. Dernit I REALLY wanted to use it tomorrow at the gym and start it tonight when I went to sleep.

I hope everyone had a good day! I will try to hop back on tomorrow and reply to everyone.

suzieqdiva

Hi All,

Last two weeks my main focus has been to work out regularly. I have been on my treadmill slowly sustaining a steady pace between 3.0-3.5 speed from 45 mins.. am up to being able to do 65-70 mins a session. I also tried a Jazzercize class & a yoga this morning.. then crashed... did not realize that today I did not have protein shake caz I was trying to make sure I got my complex carbs in.. and felt downright exhausted.. then someone pointed out I might need to up my intake... so had a shake & that helped a LOT!

I am a bit frustrated that my weight does not seem to be moving at all in the last two weeks!!!! Agreed I had my TOM, but now that has passed & I am perplexed! That's is why I am trying the other classes, caz I know I need to bring in strength training..
but want to slowly work my way to it. I am planning to start the 30 day shred next week... but am wondering if I am eating right! or enough or not enough or too much!!! Uugh! Still playing around with carbs%/fat%protein% bit as well.

Any ideas, suggestions or feedback are greatly welcome:-) I have made my diary public.. so take a look..

Hope I can get beyond this.. as Blessedmommy2x just pointed out to me.. "that even losing just an ounce puts me closer to my goal. We just have to do our best! And in time WE will get the results we want :-) "

I definitely would not have lost the 5 lbs I already have if it were not for MFP.. & surely not without all of you:-) So I will just keep plugging away.. continue learning from you and what my body is telling me.. and keep my fingers crossed.

Thanks all.. much

Suzie

suzieqdiva

few additional things:

1) I have changed the labels on my meals recently, so if you go back.. it might seem puzzling.. though you can still see what I ate for the day.

2) I am currently set to 30% carbs; 40% protein & 30% fat

3) No inches lost either:-(

I am netting about 850-1100 cals a day (that is including exercise). Only Saturday did I go to 1149 cals.

Any feedback is welcome:-)

pinbotchick

Saturday check-in... Burned 2749/consumed 3038/over by 289... Exercise burn 351 with an hour of snowshoeing. Sat night drink combined with spagetti fund raiser dinner put me over. I plan to make it up today with my 8 mile run. Most of my food yesterday a guess on cal. I made baked falafel and a taboulli mix that I got from the bulk food section of the health food store. I just made my best guess on the numbers. My homemade tazeki was good. I need to get back to sleep.

WIChelle

215 weigh in. i'll be back to post after taking ds to a class

anvy0530

Hiya ladies! I just wanted to pop in and say hi! I'll catch up on the posts I missed in a bit. I just made these fabulous vegan ginger chocolate chunk scones and I had to share. Here's where I got the base recipe: http://www.theppk.com/2007/07/bikram-baking-ginger-chocolate-chunk-scones/ the changes I made was using 2 cups white flour and 1 cup whole wheat and I used 1/4 cup crystallized ginger instead of ground ginger and they were awesome. The recipe made 15 BIG scones and one is 188 calories and has 2g fiber. Also, the ginger and the chocolate together have a fantastically unique flavor that I loved. Have a great one!

anvy0530

Victoria: I absolutely LOVE falafel. I have a great recipe that even Gabriel loves. We're gonna have it for dinner Monday. I put falafel over a big Greek salad and it is awesome! And I think I am just getting used to the armband's way of working. I think it figures out the calorie burn for the day pretty accurately. (I burned something like 2654 calories total yesterday according to it) So, while it is different from what I've been doing, I think it will still work for me.

Suzie: The only suggestion I have is that maybe you should try eating all of your exercise calories. I know that my body has tweaked out and stopped losing when I eat too little (even though I feel like I'm being "good").

Lacey: Bummer that you're having technical difficulties with your fitbit. Me and my BodyMedia Fit (I didn't end up with the Bugg, but rather it's cousin) have been having issues too so I feel your pain.

Sarah: Woo hoo!!! 4 pound loss!!! Awesome.

Angie: Hi there! Welcome to the group! I think this is a great group if your looking for inspiration. I'm sorry you didn't have the best week for weight loss. Were you too low on your calories? Didi you drink enough water? Have you been exercising? Maybe if you give us more info, we could help you out.

Kristina: I bet your calves are hurting (you've been running your @ss off and doing Insanity!!!). I hope they are doing better today. You're doing awesome, girl!!

Well, we went grocery shopping for the week and cleaned the house and now I gotta do YogaX. <sigh> My biceps are SOO effin' sore from yesterday's workout that I don't really even want to think about doing Yoga - but I WILL! Have a good one ladies!!!!

akasullengal

Just checking in briefly before I eat some breakfast and run out to the grocery store.

Just got back from a 4 mile run that I was supposed to do yesterday. Felt pretty sluggish until 3 miles in when I started to pick up the pace again, but definitely slower than I would have liked. Another INSANITY workout this afternoon/evening is planned. Thought about doing it when I came home from my run, but I was just kidding myself.

Oh, and calorie check in from yesterday (glad you ladies are doing it as well!)
1620 eaten/656 burned/236 left over.

Suzie- how much of your exercise calories are you eating? How many pounds does did you set it to lose/week? If you have it set to lose 2/wk and you're not eating back most of your exercise calories, you might not be eating enough. I think one should eat back at least half of the exercise calories they burn.

ETA: I did knock out INSANITY pretty soon after my run, so I didn't have to think about it later today. Pure Cardio? INSANE! I wasn't able to do everything, of course like they were, but I'm dead now.

pinbotchick

My 8 mile run is done!!! The weather here turned nasty - icy roads and 3" snow so I ran on Mr. Tready. It's supposed to warm up this week and with it staying lighter longer, I hope to run outside. I'm off to shower then paperwork/taxes. Sometimes I hate having my own business. Enjoy your Sunday!!!

akasullengal

Victoria- I don't know how you do 8 miles on a treadmill. I'm in awe. I don't like doing more than like 2 on a treadmill, so way to go! Sorry the weather is crappy. It was in the mid-30s and cloudy here, but just fine for an outdoor run.

suzieqdiva

akasullengal - I am eating maybe 1/4 of my exercise cal back. I am set to lose 1.5lb/wk. I am netting about 850-1100 cals a day (that is including exercise). Only Saturday did I go to 1149 cals.

Laceylala

Suzie I'm betting everyone is going to tell you that you aren't eating nearly enough cals for the Amount of exercise you are doing! Youre pushing your body so you've got to fuel it!!!


Soooooooo.....got on Costco.com this morning for something unrelated and saw that the bodymedia fit was $149.99 with a 12 month sub included. Bought that thing quicker than spit. So tomorrow I will return the fitbit and hopefully the bmf will be here before i go to Vegas so I can wear it down there at least part of the time..
I can't remember the differences between the BB and the bmf.

I saw a dude on BL wearing his bodybugg on his calf a season or two ago and thats why I wonder if you can do the same. That's where I want to wear mine. SoI'm going to do some more Internet research and see what others think about it. I wear capris or pants so it should be ok.

YEAY!

I saw two chicks at the salon yesterday wearing riding boots over their jeans with cute tops and that's like my perfect outfit and I WILL be able to wear those kinds of boots by fall if it kills me!!

KendalBeee

I cradled a 20lb bag of fertilizer seeds yesterday while hand tossing the seeds out in the yard. I mainly held it in my left arm because I didn't have good control over spreading the seeds if I held the bag in my right. So today, my left bicep is causing some serious pain.

The double workout didn't happen yesterday- I was way too tired from all the yard work. I will catch up today.

akasullengal

Amy- I just made your chocolate ginger scones (used your ww flour substitution, but still used ground ginger, and chocolate chips vs. chunks). DELICIOUS!! I used light vanilla soy milk. Mine came out to 198 cal/scone when I did a recipe calculator. Plugged it into the MFP database. Am bringing in a bunch of them to work, because I can't keep them around!

Lacey- what I wouldn't give to wear the elusive boots over jeans! Perhaps next winter for me...

anvy0530

Kristina: I am sooo glad you tried the scones and liked them! I used unflavored soy milk in mine and it looks like the calorie counts we got were pretty similar. I am sending a bunch of them to work with Travis tomorrow. I can't look at a pile of deliciousness like that and NOT eat them. They beg to be eaten.

Kendal: I'm sorry your bicep hurts (but that means your getting stronger, right?). I think your yard work counts as a workout all on it's own! Good job!

Lacey: Yay for the bodymedia fit! That's the one I got. I think the differences between the one we have and the BB is negligible. I do like that it monitors the quality of my sleep (kinda weird and creepy but informationally so). I don;t know if you got the one with the display or the one that works with your iPhone. Mine supposedly works with my iPhone but it's REALLY spotty. I looked it up and saw that Apple intentionally screwed with the bluetooth functionality of their iPhones just to piss me off. So it isn't something wrong with the Bodymedia, it's the iPhone. However, if u have a Droid, you'll have no problems. (I think I remember you having an iPhone though - which is why I mentioned it).

It's the end of the day here and here's my numbers:
1587 (calories consumed)/ 2422 (cals burned all day - per Bodymedia Fit)/ 835 (calorie deficit)
What I am learning is that I am not nearly as active on the weekends and I am during the week. I like having the armband to tell me to move around a bit more. I think I like this better than a HRM.

KaeChelle

Hi Ladies. I am happy to say I've made it to the gym the last 3 days in a row! I am not at the fitness level many of you are. I applaud those of you who are able to run 2, 4, and even 8 miles... wow! I am lucky if I can walk 2 miles, but hopefully that will change as I keep going. I've used the treadmill (walking) and the elliptical. I want to start doing strength training too, but I sure don't want to pay a trainer to show me what weight machines I should be doing when.

Suzie- Congratulations on your first 5 pounds. I know it can be discouraging not to see the scale move since then, but keep at it, and take the suggestions of these ladies and see if that helps!

Amy- The scones sound yummy! And great job staying under your calories!

I have no idea what to eat for supper, but I am starving! I still have about 1100 calories left though, so that's good. Usually around this time I have like 300 left!

suzieqdiva

Hi Gals,

Thanks for the feedback all. I am sorry for sounding negative.. but it has been soo frustrating... being exhausted all the time & not being able to do your life stuff is no fun! Glad it happened on the weekend.

I guess like many a wise women:flowerforyou: has said.. some things you are too stubborn to learn from others.. you have got to learn yourself... I am one of those stubborn ones.:drinker: How many times have I read in the posts.. especially the "LINKS in MFP you want to read again (and again)" :sad:

I have changed my goals to carbs 20%/ Protein 50%/ Fat 30%. Then I took today off & am probably going to rest Monday as well.. and up & eat my exercise calories after that. If there is anything else I need to be thinking on.. please any feedback is helpful.. and my dairy is public.

Have a GREAT week chicas!!!

Suzie

suzieqdiva

Hi Gals,

Thanks for the feedback all. I am sorry for sounding negative.. but it has been soo frustrating... being exhausted all the time & not being able to do your life stuff is no fun! Glad it happened on the weekend.

I guess like many a wise women:flowerforyou: has said.. some things you are too stubborn to learn from others.. you have got to learn yourself... I am one of those stubborn ones.:drinker: How many times have I read in the posts.. especially the "LINKS in MFP you want to read again (and again)" :sad:

I have changed my goals to carbs 20%/ Protein 50%/ Fat 30%. Then I took today off & am probably going to rest Monday as well.. and up & eat my exercise calories after that. If there is anything else I need to be thinking on.. please any feedback is helpful.. and my dairy is public.

Have a GREAT week chicas!!!

Suzie

akasullengal

Karen- YAY for getting to the gym for three days! Way to hope back on that wagon girl! And don't compare fitness levels. We're all at different points. Remember, some of us have been part of this group for close to a year and a half now (WOW!), so we've had time to improve our athletic level. Keep and it, and you'll be amazed at what your body can do!!

My calorie check in for the day. It was a good one as I ran and did INSANITY...
1763 eaten/ 1075 burned/ 512 remaining

Also.. a shoutout to the ladies who haven't checked in for their weekly weigh in. I know there's still time. Please get them in by mid-day tomorrow, so I can post them in the evening:

Lacey (I know you're a Monday weigh-er)
Kim (where you at girl? We miss you!!)
blessedmommy2
jamielr84
ct1986
Suzie (I know you said you're weighing in Monday)
Amber
Noelle (where you been this week?)
Bethany

Laceylala

We went and saw Rango today. It's cute. Then on the way home we had wind gusts so hard tha it blew my 4runner around like it was wadded up toilet paper. Crazy. Luckily we aren't out of power like some in the area are.

I made the bestest chicken tortilla soup. That and spaghetti areone of those thing si forget I just love until I make it and then im like why don't I make this more? Jeff had three bowls full! And there is enough left over for both of us Lunch tomorrow.

I'm super tired frm the time change and I'm just not sleeping well again. Ga! It's constant and drives me nuts.

noelle55165

HI there All

Weighed in Sat at 204. Still going in the right direction

have a great week

KendalBeee

I didn't lose an hour of sleep Saturday night cause I slept in yesterday. That combined with eating a big bowl of Lucky Charms just before bed made it impossible for me to fall asleep! (plus I had a really great conversation with a boy online :blushing: so I couldn't shut my brain off) It didn't help that with the time change, its dark when I get up. I STRUGGLED to get out of bed today.

I did not work out yesterday like I said I would. However I did spend 4 hours out in the yard again spreading fertilizer/seeds and pulling weeds. My patio looks so good now! Who knew I could pull weeds and make it look like new again?

I'm not too worried about missing the workout (it was Kenpo....a bunch of karate kicks and punches) and will keep trucking along with Core tonight. And why didn't anyone tell me that if I let the dvd keep playing, Ab Ripper immediately follows the previous workout and I don't have to change dvds??? lol I so totally didn't know that.

anvy0530

Kendal: Bummer for the Spring-forward hang over. Europe doesn't spring forward for another 2 weeks but I'll be right there with you soon enough. Yay for boys! Yay for a nice patio! And I didn't realize you were changing DVDs to do Ab Ripper!! I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't do it if it wasn't on the same DVD (as I pretty much hate it - A LOT).

Noelle: Great that you're moving in the right direction!

Lacey: I love tortilla soup. I made a tomato basil veggie soup last night and it was pretty good. My recipe was: throw all the veggies I've got and a can of garbanzo beans in a pot with veggie broth and some roasted garlic tomato paste. It was good, I ate it for lunch today.

Kristina: You are so hardcore with your running AND Insanity. I wanna grow up to be just like you!!!!

Suzie: I think eating your exercise calories will help you out. It might take a weeks or so before your body understands what's going on and the scale starts moving in the right direction. Be patient.

I had a rough night. I kept waking up for no apparent reason. So I'm a bit tired today. But I did my dog walk and my P90X Legs & Back and Ab RipperX. I am so glad I'm almost done with this program. Ab RipperX is starting to make me evil (unfortunately, it TOTALLY works and my abs are noticeably stronger - I still hate it though). Only 3 weeks to go!!! Now I'm gonna go beat my kid on the Wii - he has it coming for talking so much smack!!! Have a great day ladies!

KaeChelle

I weighed in at 257.5, so that's a 1.5 pound loss for the week. I'm at work, so I can't write much right now. Have a great day!

kmturtle3

Hey everybody!

Well, weekend didn't go as awesome as I had hoped when it comes to calories, but what can you do. Goal for food on Friday was 1569, I ate like 2200. Saturday was AWFUL... no exercise and we went the greatest greasy spoon for breakfast, plus it was my husbands birthday party so there was lots of pizza and beer... goal for food was 1250, I ate about 2500. Ew. Ew, ew, ew. Sunday was better... I did work out, goal was 1500, I ate 1700. For me, it all comes down to alcohol on the weekends. I know that's what kills it every day. Its just so fun to go out and drink with friends! :drinker:

I'm happy to see that you guys all pretty much rocked out over the weekend, though. And I will say that knowing I was going to get on here and tell you guys what I ate was something I was dreading. Hopefully in the future I can use that to push myself to behave a little more.

We got our Escape on Friday, and I'm in love with it! Its so fun to drive and so much roomier than the Jetta was. Super fun.

I'm sooo happy that there are no 30 degree days in my 10 day forecast. Once its not freezing in the morning I am going to add running to the workout regiment. I used to love it and would really like to get back into it. I HATE treadmill running (I'm so clutzy it never goes well for me... I space out and practically fall off the cursed things. :blushing: ) so it will be nice to have it warm enough to try again. I think the last time I ran outside it was, oh, 2007. Boo.