25 TO LIFE! September

kerridwen

Got a great hike in this week and have another planned for this weekend! I'm pleased with that. Nightly walks are going well, Minnie loves all this exercise! I'm thinking of trying to lose more than a pound a week - maybe the change will jumpstart things?

sindyb9

Well this week has been rough on all of us. I hope to be back on my healthy foods by tonight little financial problem and it was cheaper to eat the bad foods. Only went over my calories twice this week but I wont weigh in until Tom goes away. :grumble: It is nice to know I can come on and feel better just checking in with everyone. It is so hard to stick to eating healthy sometimes. But I am very proud of myself at this point last time I tried to loose weight I ended up quiting and gained it all back. This time I dont feel that way and cant wait to get back to eating healthy. I have to thank MFP friends for that. Thanks :drinker: :drinker: Have a great day.:bigsmile:

kerridwen

You're so right sindy!!!! Stumbling across this group (and other like-minded people) has been such a Godsend!!

:flowerforyou:

Thanks guys!!

(only 24 calories over today, after going down to losing 1 1/2 lbs per week! <- I'm going to keep reporting to try to keep myself on track, I need the jump start!)

sindyb9

Happy Friday everyone. Hope today starts off great. I am staying on track today back to the healthy foods I come to love. Going out to eat tonight for a early birthday dinner with the girls and I am saving calories for that. Its a fish place so it wont be too bad. I dont want to be 42 but I dont have an age I would like to do over again :laugh: :laugh: Well have a great day :drinker:

kerridwen

Wow Sindy I would not have guessed 42!!!

Happy almost birthday!

:flowerforyou:

cp005e

HI everybody. Happy birthday, Sindy! According to Douglass Adams (author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series), "42" is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything - so it's a birthday I'd look forward to! :laugh: Hope you had a great time.

I also love MFP and all the support here. You guys are fun, inspiring, and help make me feel accountable for sticking with it!

sindyb9

Thank you Kerri and Cp. 42 is not too bad,I think I had a worse time on my 40th but had a great time with the girls Friday night. Was bad and went over calories by 200 (did not plan for the drinks) Have not lost any weight this week but just getting over tom. Back on track today. Have a great day :drinker:

iluvsparkles

hey yall! well its monday again,
i am back from charleston, where my best friend had her wedding. it went great!
i will link you guys to my facebook album for it...let me know if you can view it..i am not sure if you hve to be a member of facebook to view albums or not...
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2065162&id=44101966
i was up all night sick to my stomach, and so i will be sad if i still feel aweful this afternoon, because i do NOT want to miss zumba! I missed it on friday because of the drive down to charleston. we will see...

kerridwen

Whew, another nice weight check for me! Almost back down to the 180. I have no idea how I put on that much weight in a week, but it's taken forever to undo it!

The added cal reduction has been awesome.

Enjoy your vacation Jen and sounds like you had a good time Sparkles!

Hope everyone's doing great!

sindyb9

I will weigh in on Monday, but I know what you are saying Kerri. I have put on and lost the same 3 pounds for the last coupleof weeks. Hope it is just water it would be nice to show a little loss this week. But back on track. Have a good day :bigsmile:

cp005e

Hi everyone. Sorry I haven't posted this week - I've been super frustrated. It is 5 weeks now that I have been stuck at the same weight. I am trying to stick VERY strictly to my calories for this week, and if I still don't make any progress by next Tuesday, I think I will go back down to 1200. Sigh.

In other news, I've been working on the push-up challenge. Today I did 108 regular push-ups! (split into 5 sets, the longest with 25 in a row) It feels amazing to know I can do that - when I started I was on my knees because I couldn't even do ONE regular push-up.

Glad you had fun on your trip, Emily! Hope everyone is having a good week.

sindyb9

I hear you Cp :flowerforyou: I was stuck for almost 2 months at 195 and for the last 2 weeks gained 3 pounds lost 3 pounds, checked the scale today and back down the same 3 pounds hope by monday I will loose at least another pound. I am so close to my half way it is killing me. Did you read Banks thread on plateau's I broke mine by trying some of his suggestions. I talked to my mom the other day and I told her how frustrating it is and she reminded me you are doing this for your health and she asked how I feel that did it. She is right the heck with the evil scale. I feel good, I still would like to see a loss once and a while :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: So now that I wrote a story. It will come off keep up your great work, you should be proud of yourself I cant do 1 push up. Have a great day. :drinker: :bigsmile:

jenbar

Hi everyone!
Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. Kinda needed a break from here. I've been busy with work too. Thought I gained a pound or two over the tag sale weekend, but leveled off again. Went to the dr. yesterday (sick) and the scale said 153 (that's what the "bad" scale says at home) the good scales says 149! woo hoo. So, not discouraged. Hopefully while at Disney (leaving tomorrow) I can maintain or lose with all the walking, and making good choices. My reunion is less than a month away, and with the way things are going, I'll probably lose another 3 by then which would get me to high school weight! yipee!
Hope all is well.
btw. this Disney trip seems like Murphys Law.
My husband and I are sick. The weather here might delay our flight tomorrow, the weather on Mon. & Tues. aren't looking so hot (scattered/isolated thunderstorms), I got my period today. Jeez!!!
Pray that we have a good time, cause with the way things are going it's looking kinda bleak!

cp005e

Sindy, you're right. I am trying to focus on all the positive things about improving my health in general, getting stronger, etc. - no matter what that stupid scale says. I think I have done several things from the Banks plateau posting, but it's been a while since I read it so I will take another look.

Congrats on 149, Jen! :drinker: Sorry you guys aren't feeling well, but I hope that everything comes together and you have a fantastic time at Disney. Have fun and enjoy!

kerridwen

Hey girls! First off - quick question where do I find this plateau busting post? It sounds worth reading!!

Second, Good luck on the trip Jenbar!!

Things are really moving, at last, here! I was getting pretty frustrated. Suddenly last week or so I started to feel really good. My body's *finally* adjusted to this level of calories and I even sometimes have to remind myself to eat some more!!!! What a nice change! Minnie's loving the extra walking, and a friend and I joined a local hiking group so hopefully that push me even further forwards!

Good luck plateau busting everyone!

sindyb9

Kerri I just bumped the post for you, it helped me a lot. :bigsmile:

kerridwen

Ahhh! Was so bad these past two days!! I hope I haven't undone everything! Scheduled a long (all dayish) hike every week for 3 weeks starting this week, so hopefully that will help!

kerridwen

Ooh and Sindy, thanks, I tried to find it the other day but couldn't! What topic is it under on the msg boards, or what's the title? Maybe that'll help?

Thanks!!

sindyb9

Hi Kerri, I figured out how to get the link, here it is.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/20343-how-i-have-avoided-plateauing-length-warning

No weight loss except the same 3 pounds bac to 188. Maybe this week :laugh: :laugh: Hope everyone is doing well. Have a great day. :bigsmile:

iluvsparkles

hi all!
i am still such a slacker.
luckily, TOM is finally past, so i may just weigh today..but after this binge week since the wedding, I am dreading it!!

i need to really get back on track with logging my stuff..i feel so burnt out. Someone at my job got fired and I am picking up her slack..so i know alot of it is stress..so i need to actively combat that.

how are you guys...this board has been slow lately, and i know alot of it is cuz of all of the plateaus! I am down to the last tenish which has really proven to want to stick around.

Ive been saying this for weeks..and i still sign on here daily, i just have GOT to get myself back into accountability mode!!!

kerridwen

Thanks Sindy!

I am seeing *some* progress, but it's hard to monitor without a scale atm! A lot of fluctuating. So far, I seem to have adjusted to the 1 1/2 lbs per week, and my diet's gotten a lot healthier (aside from every couple of fridays when family has wing night! mmmmm.)

Haven't gotten as much cardio or long term workouts these past few weeks, might be what's holding me back!

Despite the slow weight change, I've been feeling *great*. Overall, still getting healthier, with more energy!

Too true Sparkles! I check in every day too, very good for helping to keep myself honest about what I'm doing!

Hope everyone's plateaus end soon!!!!!!!!

sindyb9

I hear you, the past couple of week ends have been crazy, I started tax school all day saturday and I do really good sticking to my calories but with out the exercise I am going over by dinner. This week end I will try to do the work out in the morning. Well see how that works. Once the winter starts everyone will be back. Just busy for the summer. Have a good afternoon.

cp005e

Hello all. I am trying to decide what I should do to break this darn plateau - increase my calories again, or decrease them? I am currently on the 1lb/week plan. I could go back to "2lb/week" for a little while, but really it's more like 1.4 since that puts me at 1200 calories. Or, I could throw caution to the wind and go to 0.5lb/week. What do you all think???

I don't have a lot of options for changing my exercise - my schedule doesn't allow me to take any different classes at the gym. I always go right after work and either do an aerobics class, elliptical, or treadmill. About the only other thing I think I could do differently would be to get up and exercise before work as well - I hate to get up early but I may have to try.

I feel like I am so close, and yet... stuck! Otherwise, I am feeling pretty good. Hope you all are having a happy Monday! :flowerforyou:

sindyb9

CP I just went to 1.5 a week. the in between choice :laugh: cant break mine either, so now I am changing my food a bit so not to eat the same things and try to zigzag my calories as well. Trying to find the article I read on that. If I find it I will come back and give the link, it seams worth trying. Feeling good is the best. Even though I am not loosing right now I do feel so much better than 6 months ago.
well back to work. Have a great day. Fight those plataeu's :drinker: :drinker:

cp005e

Well, after all my complaining... I suddenly seem to have lost weight! :noway: I am a bit suspicious, but I went ahead and recorded it. We'll see if it stays gone! So I guess I will wait another week before messing with my calories.

And... they just decided to move the Zumba class at the Y from Saturdays to Thursday evenings - so now I can go! :bigsmile: I'm looking forward to that.

kerridwen

CP - have you considered doing weights at the gym once a week instead of cardio? Muscle burns more energy, even at rest.

I also went for 1.5! It worked! Lost 5 lbs in 2 weeks, though I stuck again this week. I'm still 5 lb above where I was, but at least no gains!

cp005e

Good point, Kerri - I do get some strength training in as part of my workouts. I have been working on the HundredPushups challenge 3 days/week, doing the Shred DVD workout (it's like circuit training) 1-2 times/week, and also there are usually some sort of conditioning workouts at the end of my aerobics class (either abs, lower body, or upper body). Once I finish the pushup challenge (probably another 4 weeks), I will probably start doing a strength circuit again at the gym. But I know I'm getting stronger - I've gone from barely being able to do 1 pushup to doing 33 in a row! :bigsmile:

kerridwen

Wow CP that's awesome progress!!! :flowerforyou:

sindyb9

Good afternoon everyone, WTG on the loss CP and Kerri, hopefully I will be joining that when I weigh in on Monday. I am back on track and no gain so far. I think I may try some weights I am going to start to do my beginers work out on the week end. I have been slacking every weekend. That will be my goal for the next 2 months. I dont think just walking M-F is enough. Wish me luck. :drinker: :drinker: :bigsmile:

kerridwen

Thanks sindy!

Haven't seen much movement on the scale this week, let's hope for Monday! Been good on calories and exercise this week so there's hope?

Hope the weather isn't discouraging anyone! I love this time of year!!!

:bigsmile: