20 lbs in a year - Gonna pick it up now to the finish - Anyo

Steph_135

"20 LBS IN A YEAR - GONNA PICK IT UP NOW TO THE FINISH - ANYONE ELSE IN?"

Hey! I just wanted to get my thoughts out there, in case anyone else is feeling the same way.

I've been on MFP for over a year, and I've only lost 20 lbs. Sure, slow is good, and all, but THIS is almost going backward! (Not really, but it feels like it.)

So I want to commit to losing the rest of my weight (41 lbs) in 4 months. This is really dramatic for me, since I've only, at most, lost about 5 lbs in one month before, but I am planning on making dramatic changes to my workout schedule and eating to get there!!

I'm gonna sweat sweat SWEAT, and love it! I want to up my workout time (about 30 mins/day right now) to 60 or 90 mins/day (with one rest day). I have committed to cutting out all unnecessary sugars from my diet as of 2 hours ago and I'm gonna stick to it! I am going to reach my goal weight of 135 lbs by mid- to late August, and get my tiny butt into a bikini before the summer is over!! (<-- my determined face)

If anyone else has or would like to commit to making this-once-and-for-all commitment with me, to go Gung-ho to the end with passion and gusto, let me know and we'll start a group! Or if there are just a few of us, we can friend each other and really push each other to cross that finish line (whatever that may be for you). :drinker:

Now... LET'S GET FIT!!!

IsMollyReallyHungry

I am in Step. My only goal this year is to get to under 300 pounds. I am going to pick it up to get to 299 pounds by mid August or end of August.

I also have lost 40 pounds in a little over a year. I know I can do better, so I am committing to stepping it up. As you know food is my issue right now but I am getting it the groove and to stay in it I would love to join you! If I can get those weekends together I can lose 50 more pounds by the end of August for sure!

We can do it!:flowerforyou:

barefootbeauty

Lets do this, Steph!

I have lost 16 pounds since December - roughly a pound or less a week. My eating and exercise is definitely not perfect, but now I have some extra time on my hands so I can dedicate myself to being more active. And being unemployed means I really do have to be careful with food choices (no eating out, etc). My goal is 75 pounds total and I have 59lbs left to go before I hit it.

WOO! I'm ready!!

IsMollyReallyHungry

Well I added 2 more miles to my workout tonight for a total of 5 miles. I am not sure what my plan will be but I want it to be realistic and after reading this post. I realized I do need to up my cardio per day to 60 to 90 mins. So today I did 80 min in 2 workouts to give within my 60 min per day cardio.

Have a good week!! Let's really push ourselves. Whooohooo!

Steph_135

Thanks girls! We've got this! :bigsmile:

I know we can do this now that we're really put our minds to it!

I got 95 minutes of working out today. 60 was Zumba.

Mollie... I know a guy that lost over 50 lbs just by watching his eating, and walking 5 miles a day! Great workout! Stay in the food groove!

BFBeauty... I have a lot of time on my hands too, until I go back to school in September, so I know this is the time to work on me and get those lbs flying off! We've got no excuse! Sometimes you gotta turn the eating out offer down. I'm gonna be missing Easter dinner (buffet style) because I have an interview for a job. Work saved the day this time!

IsMollyReallyHungry

Yo are right on the eating out invites Steph!! I will be going to a family reunion in July and I have a convention August. So I have to be on point as much as possible unitl July 3rd. If I eat right and continue to exercise I know I can get to 398 by end of August or before then.

Keep fast foods out!! I am going to sleep on ways to get this done! Thanks Steph!

barefootbeauty

Definitely no eating out for this gal! And yesterday after I saw how much sodium was in my canned food I nearly died! Thankfully, the Farmers Market is ramping up with good produce for the spring so I'm going to see if I can learn how to can and just make everything from scratch since I have the time.

I need to start running! I have no excuses for not getting outside other than fear... and SNOW. It is supposed to finally be nice by Friday, so I am going to start just as soon as the sidewalks clear - NO EXCUSES!

Steph_135

As I was falling asleep, I was thinking of all the things I've been putting off doing, that I really need to suck it up, and just DO! One is working out before I log into MFP. I didn't achieve this today... I'm gonna write down all the little things like this, and try to do at least one of them every day. And then add to them, once they start to stick. Another one for me is to go to bed by 11pm.

What kind of things have you both been putting off that need to get done?

Yo are right on the eating out invites Steph!! I will be going to a family reunion in July and I have a convention August. So I have to be on point as much as possible unitl July 3rd. If I eat right and continue to exercise I know I can get to 398 by end of August or before then.

Keep fast foods out!! I am going to sleep on ways to get this done! Thanks Steph!

Mollie... Right! You're gonna be way ahead of the game by your events in July and August, that you will be able to choose wisely, or at least, know that you have made so much progress, that a couple days won't make or break you! (I'm working on that attitude now.)

Definitely no eating out for this gal! And yesterday after I saw how much sodium was in my canned food I nearly died! Thankfully, the Farmers Market is ramping up with good produce for the spring so I'm going to see if I can learn how to can and just make everything from scratch since I have the time.

I need to start running! I have no excuses for not getting outside other than fear... and SNOW. It is supposed to finally be nice by Friday, so I am going to start just as soon as the sidewalks clear - NO EXCUSES!

BFBeauty... Yeah... that soup. I always rinse my canned beans, so the sodium won't get me as hard. Sugar is more of an issue for me that sodium, so I'm working on cutting out the bad sugars. Canning your own foods is the best thing! My grandma used to do that, and she ALWAYS had tomatoes! Just grab a book on canning, or find some food websites. :bigsmile: As for running, I started the C25K, and was terrified to run outdoors, but there's nothing to worry about once you get past that first run or 2. I love running past other runners. They're really inspiring, and so friendly! I'm thinking to do for a run tomorrow or Wed, because the weather's gonna be nice here too! Get that run in!

IsMollyReallyHungry

As I was falling asleep, I was thinking of all the things I've been putting off doing, that I really need to suck it up, and just DO! One is working out before I log into MFP. I didn't achieve this today... I'm gonna write down all the little things like this, and try to do at least one of them every day. And then add to them, once they start to stick. Another one for me is to go to bed by 11pm.

What kind of things have you both been putting off that need to get done?

1. Do no less than 60 min cardio M-F and 45 min on Sat or Sun. I want to average 400 min of cardio per week.
2. Eliminate all fried foods for now, not forever but for now and then eat very sparingly.
3. Eliminate all fast foods for now also.
4. Go to bed by 11 pm or earlier.
5. M-F make my net calories 1200 to 1500 calories and Sat/Sun net calories 2000 or even less if no social outings.
6. Like BFB said no more EXCUSES for me. I have been doing good but I know I can do better and need to JUST do it!

Have a good day ladies! We can and will do this!! Whooohooo!!!

Steph_135

Excellent commitment Mollie! Great list! :drinker:

IsMollyReallyHungry

Thanks Steph!! I flipped this list in word so I can post it at home on refrig with my picture when I weighed 600 pounds and I am going to post it here at work and in my bedroom.

Steph_135

Thanks Steph!! I flipped this list in word so I can post it at home on refrig with my picture when I weighed 600 pounds and I am going to post it here at work and in my bedroom.

Awesome! That reminds me... I wanted to put pictures of people in bikinis in the cupboards to remind me of what I'm working toward, and a label that reads "TOXIC" in snack cupboard. :bigsmile:

Steph_135

After 2 strong days, my motivation was lacking a little today, but then my protein powder arrived in the mail as I was preparing to do Ripped in 30, and I totally did my workout, and the protein shake was great! :bigsmile:

paronomasha

Sounds great! I'll finally have lots of time to spend on myself (just finished my undergrad science degree!) this summer, and I plan on making it count. It's been way too easy to put it off on account of school, studying, exams, etc. (or ruin any progress I'd made during exam period), but I'm excited to get this ball rolling.

IsMollyReallyHungry

After 2 strong days, my motivation was lacking a little today, but then my protein powder arrived in the mail as I was preparing to do Ripped in 30, and I totally did my workout, and the protein shake was great! :bigsmile:

Good for you Steph!!

IsMollyReallyHungry

Sounds great! I'll finally have lots of time to spend on myself (just finished my undergrad science degree!) this summer, and I plan on making it count. It's been way too easy to put it off on account of school, studying, exams, etc. (or ruin any progress I'd made during exam period), but I'm excited to get this ball rolling.

Welcome! What is your name? Congrats on your degree! :flowerforyou:

IsMollyReallyHungry

1. Do no less than 60 min cardio M-F and 45 min on Sat or Sun. I want to average 400 min of cardio per week.
2. Eliminate all fried foods for now, not forever but for now and then eat very sparingly.
3. Eliminate all fast foods for now also.
4. Go to bed by 11 pm or earlier.
5. M-F make my net calories 1200 to 1500 calories and Sat/Sun net calories 2000 or even less if no social outings.
6. Like BFB said no more EXCUSES for me. I have been doing good but I know I can do better and need to JUST do it!

I have been doing great on 1, 3 and 5 so far. And the scale is moving in the right direction. I did 80,70, 60 and 60 on Cardio so far this week and have 90 more min to go to get my 360 min in this week. I meant to say I want to avg 360 min or more of cardio. 60 times 5 is 300, plus 45 would be 345 but since I said 400 I can do 400 as long as I take a rest day doing that much cardio. I don't want to bust my knees.

I know tomorrow I am going to have a fried food but I am going to work it in my calories for the day and I am going to go to gym and walk at lunch time to compensate for big dinner planned.

4 is definitely a challenge for me.

How have you all been doing? Holler!

paronomasha

Sounds great! I'll finally have lots of time to spend on myself (just finished my undergrad science degree!) this summer, and I plan on making it count. It's been way too easy to put it off on account of school, studying, exams, etc. (or ruin any progress I'd made during exam period), but I'm excited to get this ball rolling.

Welcome! What is your name? Congrats on your degree! :flowerforyou:

Thanks, Mollie! It's definitely a relief to be finished. My name is Asha. Well done on the exercise this week! Kudos on the time management. It's hard to get to bed on time, I find. Sometimes, the harder I try to get to bed by a certain time, the more things it seems I have to do and the later I end up going to sleep! Hopefully it'll get better!

Steph_135

I have been doing great on 1, 3 and 5 so far. And the scale is moving in the right direction. I did 80,70, 60 and 60 on Cardio so far this week and have 90 more min to go to get my 360 min in this week. I meant to say I want to avg 360 min or more of cardio. 60 times 5 is 300, plus 45 would be 345 but since I said 400 I can do 400 as long as I take a rest day doing that much cardio. I don't want to bust my knees.

I know tomorrow I am going to have a fried food but I am going to work it in my calories for the day and I am going to go to gym and walk at lunch time to compensate for big dinner planned.

Mollie... You're doing fantastic sticking to 3 of those goals! (Please don't bust those knees!! :noway: ) Going to bed by 11 has been getting me too, cause I seem to be in my room at that time, but not going to bed. What's keeping you awake? You work those calories into your day! I've seen a lot of people doing it lately, and I know you will too! Plan that! The exercise will totally help as well!

paronomasha... What are some of the things that you plan to stick with to help you achieve your goals?

Where's BFBeauty?
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I've been so good I'm shocked with myself really... I've been super limiting my sugar, and my only slip up was today with some ice cream, which was 1/2 the portion size (so I had a 1/4 cup - only 7g evil sugars).

I've also been working pretty hard, and aiming for 2 workouts a day, which I have managed to get on 2 of the past 3 days. I'm at 335 / 300 minutes (I'm going to up that weekly minutes goal), and 2430 / 2500 calories so far. I would love to be able to burn 3500 calories in a week. I think I've done that ONCE.

Thanks for checking in! :happy:

IsMollyReallyHungry

I've been so good I'm shocked with myself really... I've been super limiting my sugar, and my only slip up was today with some ice cream, which was 1/2 the portion size (so I had a 1/4 cup - only 7g evil sugars).

I've also been working pretty hard, and aiming for 2 workouts a day, which I have managed to get on 2 of the past 3 days. I'm at 335 / 300 minutes (I'm going to up that weekly minutes goal), and 2430 / 2500 calories so far. I would love to be able to burn 3500 calories in a week. I think I've done that ONCE.

Thanks for checking in! :happy:

Wonderful on the sugar Steph!! and workouts!! I know you will get to 3500 calories if you are working out twice a day dearie. Keep up the good work! We are going to do this you all!! Whooohooo! I actually can't wait for my weigh ins on Saturday.

paronomasha

Excellent work with the exercise, Steph! 3500 cal/week would be phenomenal! What kinds of exercise do you like to pair together when you do two workouts/day? And congratulations on the half portion of ice cream! I have trouble with limiting myself to just one serving of sweets, so I'm avoiding them altogether for now. I'm hoping I'll be able to reintroduce them once I start feeling healthier and more confident in my willpower, etc. and then be able to have just one (or even half) a portion.

I'm just starting out, so I've only set a few goals for right now. I'll add once I get these down:

1. 8 glasses of water/day
2. At least 30 min exercise, 4 days a week (I haven't specified what kind or intensity; for now, I'm just focusing on getting myself moving)
3. When going over to friends' houses (especially since it's the playoffs and that usually involves chips, etc. while watching the games), bringing a travel mug of tea I can sip on slowly throughout the evening instead of snacking on unhealthy things
4. Eating breakfast, preferably within 1 hr of waking
5. Reflecting on my day in the evening and encouraging pride in the healthy choices I made

So far I've been successful with 2, 3, and 4. 1 is close. I'm usually getting at least 6 glasses, which is still better than before I started. 5 is the most difficult for me. Because I'm only in the beginning stages, I haven't seen any tangible progress and it's hard for me to feel proud about, say, the grapes I ate instead of a cookie or the book I read instead of succumbing to cravings, when it feels like there are loads more things I could improve! But I'm hoping practice makes perfect and that making myself aware of the good choices I've made will encourage me to keep it up and continue introducing new healthy choices.

Steph_135

Thanks Mollie and Asha!! :flowerforyou:

Asha... I've only managed to do the 2 workouts a couple times so far, but I did Ripped in 30 and Tahitian dance (it's like this, but the DVD is a little slower, with more variety: http://tinyurl.com/3dk59m2) in the morning (70 mins). Then I did stationary bike and belly dance in the afternoon (60 mins). The other day I did Ripped in the morning (35 mins) and went for a walk in the evening (30 mins). So I change it up a little bit.

Avoiding sweets is probably better (safer!) than having a smaller portion. If I make it look pretty, and make an event out of the meal (like sit down to eat it at the table, and use special utensils), it makes me feel better about the treat.

I really like all your other goals as well! Those are excellent places to start!! I kept putting off breakfast today, cause I got up at 6, and didn't want to eat that early. I had my ACV, and then came on MFP... All the while I was thinking about how I should be eating within that first hour! 6 cups of water is the minimum recommended for those who don't exercise, so even that is a good number to aim for. I use mega big cups and water bottles to trick myself into drinking more. Keep making those healthy substitutions, and praise yourself for them often! :drinker:

RainbowNtheWaterfall

I'm in...what do I have to do?:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

IsMollyReallyHungry

Welcome Rainbow!! Jump right in with what your goals are and how you plan to make it happen!

@Ahsa,
Good goals and plans!! Keep up the good work and you can do it!

@Steph,
Good plan for this weekend......:-) You can do it!

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I lost 4 pounds today!! I weigh daily but I check in on Saturdays and Wednesdays!

Have a wonderful weekend!

RainbowNtheWaterfall

My goals for this week:


Log my food daily
Drink more water, no tea this week, no soda
eXERCISE AT LEAST 4 MORE DAYS THIS WEEK.

IsMollyReallyHungry

Hello everyone!

How did you fair this weekend? I splurged calorie wise and paid for it on the scale this morning but I did not do too bad compare to previous weekends and this morning I went to they gym and had an awesome workout and to get in my 60 min of cardio I am going to walk at lunch time 25 more min.

I did not exercise this weekend but I did reach my 360 min of cardio goal last week with 5 min over and I did weights 2 days.

I am really proud of myself for resisting fast foods and it is not even hard since I have a handle on it now. Not missed much and making good substitutions.

This week my goal is:
1.) To get to gym 4 days at least & 360 to 400 min of exercise this week.
2.) Keep my net calories under 1500 calories.

Have a good week everyone!! And check in often. We can do this!! Whooohooo!! Yes we can!:flowerforyou:

IsMollyReallyHungry

My goals for this week:


Log my food daily
Drink more water, no tea this week, no soda
eXERCISE AT LEAST 4 MORE DAYS THIS WEEK.

You can do it Rainbow!!

Steph_135

My goals for this week:

Log my food daily
Drink more water, no tea this week, no soda
eXERCISE AT LEAST 4 MORE DAYS THIS WEEK.

Hi Rainbow!! Welcome! Those are great goals! WORK IT!! :drinker:

Mollie... Nice making up for the weekend. Congrats on reaching your minute goal! :drinker: I love lifting weights. I love that you've upped the minutes for this week!! Way to work it! Way to reach for healthy food as well! I'm so proud of, and inspired by, you!
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One of my MFP friends is challenging people to walk/run more steps, so I am challenging myself to walk 10 000 steps/day this week. I did a number on my back from working too hard with a DVD :blushing: so the steps will be a good challenge, and I won't be hurting myself.

I slipped a little these past 2 days, but I'm watching it again today. This weekend made me realize that sometimes health is FAR more important than a day filled with sweets, cause I felt AWFUL!!

Your words "Consistency not perfection!" really helped me through, thank you Mollie. :flowerforyou:

paronomasha

Well done on getting back on track, Mollie. While it's not ideal, holidays come up and over-eating happens. As Steph quoted, it's consistency not perfection! Congratulations on the minutes of cardio as well! Sometimes it's so hard to squeeze in those workouts. Also, would you mind if I friended you?

I'm sorry to hear you hurt your back, Steph. But I'm glad it's not derailing you and you've just modified your exercise goal. Way to go! How was your interview?

My weekend was alright. I stayed under my calorie goal (I tried to watch my mom cook and estimate ingredient amounts in my head, so I'm uncertain I was able to log the calories accurately--the scale went up a pound and half this morning) and exercised every day. One day I had so much sodium I felt like drinking a swimming pool, so maybe water weight is an additional reason for the gain. I know I shouldn't stress over this, but I did keep portions small and I did not overindulge (second helpings, binges, etc.) so I'm a little disappointed with the scale. I'm going to try to exercise every day this week; hopefully that, along with healthy eating, will compensate somewhat and I'll still see overall weight loss when I weigh in again on Saturday.

RainbowNtheWaterfall

doing good with my goals so far!

RainbowNtheWaterfall

good job ladies!....Keep it up...proud of you for getting your workouts in=o)