Who want to LOSE 40-50 lbs in 4 months?!?!?

chubbymumsy

I would love to join

SW 203
GW 153

I think 50lbs may be a bit much for me, but i would be so happy to break into the 160s by then. Would l

chubbymumsy

I would love to join

SW 203
GW 153

I think 50lbs may be a bit much for me, but i would be so happy to break into the 160s by then. Would lOve some new friends if anyone wants to friend me

ravenclawseekergirl

Hey guy's it's Monday!!! Since people thought that my idea was good :blushing: I thought that i'd be the first to do a monday thing.
What i found easy!:laugh:
Well, i resisted eating a whole bag of maynards sports mix (gummy fruit sweets) that my mother offered me on friday. So far i've had two. So i'm feeling pretty good about myself right now. He he he.
What i found hard!:frown:
I've hated exercise since secondary school so i avoid it pretty much were i can. Fail i know, but the fact that sports lessons were where i was bullied a lot in school and the fact that i have joint pain really dont make us best friends. This week i've been feeling really tired because i'm not getting enough sleep, because of myjoint pain. Damn spine, knees, ankles, wrists,fingers etc Yep i feel like an old lady. But this week i have forced myself to do some low impact exercise and in the end i know that i'll be better off for it.

Hope you had a good Monday! and that someone posts besides me ohand hello to all you new comers

femme62209

Okay, so week one!!! YAY US! I'm so excited about this!

What I found easy this week: I went out with my friends this weekend for a birthday celebration (not my own). I do allow myself desserts on weekends as long as I don't overindulge. So after dinner, everyone wanted to go to a great bakery that specializes in enormous chocolate-y cookies that can pack up to 600 calories each!!! I suggested a milder option: Red Mango! It is a frozen yogurt bar where you can get lots of different flavors of yogurt and tons of toppings. My compilation? Dark chocolate frozen yogurt with strawberries mixed in. Oh. My. Goodness. It was delicious!!!! As for the caloric information: 170 calories in the whole dang thing! Talk about a win!

What I found hard this week: Pushing myself to the max in my workouts. I'm in this state of mind right now where I think, "Oh my gosh Molly, you just lost 20 lbs!!! That is so awesome girl! You definitely deserve a break, you don't need to work that hard today...or tomorrow...or the next day." It is incredibly frustrating! I feel like I need to slap myself across the face and say, "Hey there you! You're not even halfway to your final goal yet! Congrats on making it this far and I'm super proud of you, but you can't stop just yet."

I hope everyone in our group is doing awesome this week!!! I can't wait to hear about how you all are doing!

Rickyleetapp

Im in
SW 350
GW 220
i can do it but im only having 400 calories per day and walking 5 hours total per day.

IamOnMywayNow

I am in!!!

Cw-151
GW-115

imrddy

I guess I'll chime in. What I found easy was closing the freezer door on the Thin Mints that I still have. I didn't even give them a second glance. Yay me!!!

What I found hard was working out. I haven't had any energy and very little sleep. I will definitely be changing this starting tomorrow. I will come in from work, workout, and get some much needed sleep.

I hope you all are doing well.

321poppi

I know, its Tuesday, so, I'm a little late but....here it goes

what I found easy: keeping track of my caloric intake - I kind of love it - I guess that's the OCD in me... I discovered how far off on portion control I've been (probably forever), after I broke out the scale and started measuring things.

what I found hard this week.....there were a few days where I totally ate way too much....or actually, I ate the wrong things - too many calories - and therefore went over my daily goal... but I did start exercising more often and saw how much that can offset a bad day.

ravenclawseekergirl

femme62209: Wow girl great job on choosing the healthier option. That yoghurt thing sounds super tasty. I feel like that sometimes, about the exercise, but on most days i make myself do it. You just have to tell youself that all of this is worth it, you deserve to be healthy

imrddy: Well done on resisting the call of the freezer You might find after the workouts that you'll sleep better, i know that i ususally do. Can't stay up past half ten at night now, :yawn: but i'm up before the sun is

321poppi: Great job on learning what makes a portion. I had some serious problems with this to. Exercise really does make a difference doesnt it. :happy:

Love you all

marsts

what i found easy last week= portioning foods and not taking heaping mountains, and then seconds!
what i found hard = finding the time to go to the gym ---since it was spring break and id be busy, or wake up too tired the whole day!!

femme62209

ravenclawseekergirl: I always sleep so much better after a workout too! It is definitely one of the things that keeps me going and forces me to get up and start moving!

I'm so glad we have this group!

imrddy

I'm starting to think that maybe I should take a nap as soon as I come in from work in order to have the energy to workout. At least I have my meals planned for tomorrow.

By the way, what is everyone doing for your workouts?

gog427

Ok you got me!
SW:234LBS
GW:180LBS
Let the games begin!

borichfan

Count me in.
I weigh 218
I want to weigh 178 by Aug.

jackiecox34

I would love to lose 50 pounds by the end of august. I currently weigh 198 and my ideal goal is 140! Count me in!

LovingCruz

Count me in too I would love to lose 50, but my goal is to lose 40. So If I can lose 40 by August that will bring me down to 160. Then I will continue to push to lose those extra 10 pounds.

lois2324

im in,
cw 231
gw 190 by begining of august

femme62209

In response to inquiries about workout routines, here is what I'm doing. Keep in mind that I hate, hate, hate going to the gym and running in general...hopefully with weight loss, these things will change.

I am a huge fan of Jillian Michaels, and so most of my workouts use here dvds. I own, 30DS, No More Trouble Zones, and Yoga Meltdown. I switch up the dvds almost every day so I'm never doing the same thing back to back. I also go to Zumba and Kickboxing classes for some extra cardio since Jillian tends to be more about strength training. I also love to go on long walks!

What is everyone else doing for exercise? Is there anyone here who loves to swim? I have heard that it's great cardio and really easy on your joints (I have a bad lower back). Does anyone have any experience with swimming as exercise that would love to share with me? I'm interested in what exactly you do (laps, certain strokes, etc.) and also what kind of results you saw. Thanks!

sleight119

I am i want to drop 50

tracylesq

I'd like to join this group. I will be turning 30 in August and getting married in October. I so badly want to lose this weight before these monumental life events, and be the girl I was when I met my future husband. Looking forward to having some support and motivation along the way. I've been struggling with emotional eating and laziness.

carolhoping

Hi, please count me in, c w 166 lbs 6/4/2011
gw 133lbs

not_your_average_fairy

@ bachooka
That is a great idea!

SW: 178
GW: 133
by august 22

I will post what kind of exercises i do so people can check and share!

hi i am trying to reach my goals with some support from girls from here. Would u become my friend?

(check my blog at : http://marisoldesideriocsulb.blogspot.com/ )

I'm in. I want to lose 60 pounds for my total goal weight, so this will be a kick in the butt for me.

SW: 166
GW: 104min - 120max

And if anyone could tell me that they really do see my post, I'd be really happy.

321poppi

In response to inquiries about workout routines, here is what I'm doing. Keep in mind that I hate, hate, hate going to the gym and running in general...hopefully with weight loss, these things will change.

I am a huge fan of Jillian Michaels, and so most of my workouts use here dvds. I own, 30DS, No More Trouble Zones, and Yoga Meltdown. I switch up the dvds almost every day so I'm never doing the same thing back to back. I also go to Zumba and Kickboxing classes for some extra cardio since Jillian tends to be more about strength training. I also love to go on long walks!

What is everyone else doing for exercise? Is there anyone here who loves to swim? I have heard that it's great cardio and really easy on your joints (I have a bad lower back). Does anyone have any experience with swimming as exercise that would love to share with me? I'm interested in what exactly you do (laps, certain strokes, etc.) and also what kind of results you saw. Thanks!

I go to the gym and get on a kind of elliptical and try to up the level and stay on it 3 additional minutes each time. I wish I worked out everyday. I do keep a set of hand weights around and pick them up a few times a day and do a couple of sets. it takes less than 5 minutes, and I think even that little bit has positive effects.

I too hate to run - but really want to. I want to do a triathlon, hopefully in the fall. Now that my endurance is up a little, I think I'll get on the treadmill and see what happens tonight.

Kayve

Count me in too! I'd love to loose that and more!

SW 225-
CW 222-
GW 145-

marsts

In response to inquiries about workout routines, here is what I'm doing. Keep in mind that I hate, hate, hate going to the gym and running in general...hopefully with weight loss, these things will change.

I am a huge fan of Jillian Michaels, and so most of my workouts use here dvds. I own, 30DS, No More Trouble Zones, and Yoga Meltdown. I switch up the dvds almost every day so I'm never doing the same thing back to back. I also go to Zumba and Kickboxing classes for some extra cardio since Jillian tends to be more about strength training. I also love to go on long walks!

What is everyone else doing for exercise? Is there anyone here who loves to swim? I have heard that it's great cardio and really easy on your joints (I have a bad lower back). Does anyone have any experience with swimming as exercise that would love to share with me? I'm interested in what exactly you do (laps, certain strokes, etc.) and also what kind of results you saw. Thanks!

I find going to the gym actually gives me motivation to workout , and try my best, from seeing everyone else working out... I tend to have challenges with the people beside me...but they dont know it hahah =P
The past 2 weeks, I usually do 30 minutes on the stationary bike, and 30 minutes on the elliptical (sometimes a bit more), and usually every second day I add around 15-30 mins of weight training... And somedays I do an hour of weight training and only 30 mins of cardio...(but rarely haha) .
I LOVE zumba, i did that for a month when i was living with my brother and sister in law for summer holidays (me and my sisterinlaw would go do zumba together) but now im back at home with no one to go with...so i might get the zumba for the wii and incorporate that into my workouts.
Personally, since I only restarted 2 weeks ago, right now I'm more cardio to burn calories and such to get slimmer, once I lose 10-15 pounds, I'll probably focus more on adding more weight training to my workout routines.

femme62209

How is everyone doing so far?! When is everyone's weigh in day? I don't think that we should only post on Mondays...just whenever you have something to share with the group. My weigh is day is on Thursday...and I am happy to announce that I lost 3.6 pounds last week! That brings me to a total of -23.6 lbs. YAY! I would love to hear from everyone else! We can do this everyone...let's not let this thread die out.

femme62209

In response to inquiries about workout routines, here is what I'm doing. Keep in mind that I hate, hate, hate going to the gym and running in general...hopefully with weight loss, these things will change.

I am a huge fan of Jillian Michaels, and so most of my workouts use here dvds. I own, 30DS, No More Trouble Zones, and Yoga Meltdown. I switch up the dvds almost every day so I'm never doing the same thing back to back. I also go to Zumba and Kickboxing classes for some extra cardio since Jillian tends to be more about strength training. I also love to go on long walks!

What is everyone else doing for exercise? Is there anyone here who loves to swim? I have heard that it's great cardio and really easy on your joints (I have a bad lower back). Does anyone have any experience with swimming as exercise that would love to share with me? I'm interested in what exactly you do (laps, certain strokes, etc.) and also what kind of results you saw. Thanks!

I go to the gym and get on a kind of elliptical and try to up the level and stay on it 3 additional minutes each time. I wish I worked out everyday. I do keep a set of hand weights around and pick them up a few times a day and do a couple of sets. it takes less than 5 minutes, and I think even that little bit has positive effects.

I too hate to run - but really want to. I want to do a triathlon, hopefully in the fall. Now that my endurance is up a little, I think I'll get on the treadmill and see what happens tonight.

How did your experience with the treadmill go?! I hope it was a success!
I agree that working out everyday is really hard, I try to only take off one day a week, but sometimes it just needs to be two. Haha. The elliptical is about the one machine I can tolerate at the gym, so I think I should be trying that more. One of my major trouble zones are my thighs...so I'm thinking of also trying out the stair climber, although in the past, it and I have not gotten along very well. Haha. Good luck this week!

femme62209

In response to inquiries about workout routines, here is what I'm doing. Keep in mind that I hate, hate, hate going to the gym and running in general...hopefully with weight loss, these things will change.

I am a huge fan of Jillian Michaels, and so most of my workouts use here dvds. I own, 30DS, No More Trouble Zones, and Yoga Meltdown. I switch up the dvds almost every day so I'm never doing the same thing back to back. I also go to Zumba and Kickboxing classes for some extra cardio since Jillian tends to be more about strength training. I also love to go on long walks!

What is everyone else doing for exercise? Is there anyone here who loves to swim? I have heard that it's great cardio and really easy on your joints (I have a bad lower back). Does anyone have any experience with swimming as exercise that would love to share with me? I'm interested in what exactly you do (laps, certain strokes, etc.) and also what kind of results you saw. Thanks!

I find going to the gym actually gives me motivation to workout , and try my best, from seeing everyone else working out... I tend to have challenges with the people beside me...but they dont know it hahah =P
The past 2 weeks, I usually do 30 minutes on the stationary bike, and 30 minutes on the elliptical (sometimes a bit more), and usually every second day I add around 15-30 mins of weight training... And somedays I do an hour of weight training and only 30 mins of cardio...(but rarely haha) .
I LOVE zumba, i did that for a month when i was living with my brother and sister in law for summer holidays (me and my sisterinlaw would go do zumba together) but now im back at home with no one to go with...so i might get the zumba for the wii and incorporate that into my workouts.
Personally, since I only restarted 2 weeks ago, right now I'm more cardio to burn calories and such to get slimmer, once I lose 10-15 pounds, I'll probably focus more on adding more weight training to my workout routines.

I think that Zumba for the Wii would be a great investment since you don't have anyone to go with. I can totally understand that feeling; I love having a workout buddy (mine is my roommate). You gym regime sounds great, I might try to go a little more now that it is warmer outside (and I have to walk to get to the gym). I think I could handle the bike and the elliptical...especially if I have my iPod with me! Good luck this week, and great job so far!

ravenclawseekergirl

Hi guys it's been a while since i last dropped in. I agree with us not just sharing things on mondays, it was just something to get us started.
Since i have a massive joint infection i find it reallly hard to do any kind of exercise. :grumble: I used to swim a lot when i was younger byt our local pool is being refurbished and i'm pretty skint. (trying to save money for uni). I try to do some low impact areobics, walking, or jogging on the spot for as long as i can stand it. However short, its better than nothing!
Warning TMI. :blushing: Yeah erm... not weighing in this week TOM and all that. KInd of took me by surprise reallly. We've not seen each other since August. Coursework stress and my weight not helping this. I'd forgotton what it was like...needless to say i've been suffering with the munchies and i dont think the scale will be going down.
I'm glad to see all the new faces round here. Goodluck, until next time.

duckiejen3

Im in! What great motivation:happy: