Last 10 pounds Club
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"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it."
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Thanks a bunch Marjie for your tips and love the quote too!! How true it is. I think our bodies seem to just get satisfied sometimes at a certain weight or stuck lol. I'm still doing lots of strength training which think helps tremendously. My arms are nice and have some great muscle tone to them and wow my legs are really shaping up too. I don't think I've ever had muscle tone in my legs before so thanks again for helping me focus on the positive:) Sometimes we just have our own little pity parties but have to stop and realize how far we have came so far.
Definitely so much to be proud of!! You will keep seeing those results and more I'm sure!0 -
Thought I shook my funk. One week out and feeling me slipping back in. My life is to upside down I just have a hard time staying up. :sad:0
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Yes I can totally relate with "the funk" bfischer!! I finally got out of mine today lol. Hoping things go better for you real soon girl:) Happy hump day all.0
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Thought I shook my funk. One week out and feeling me slipping back in. My life is to upside down I just have a hard time staying up. :sad:
Hey there fischer
Sometimes we just need to separate the things we can control from those we can't and focus on a few items we have the ability to affect. All is not lost! Hold the ground you have already claimed and enjoy the positives that came with it. It's your life, a better day for gaining more personal territory will come! This is for me as well as you!! :flowerforyou: 0 -
The loss I had yesterday got me out of my funk. Was only .4 of a pound but every bit at this stage helps. We are like the tortoise and the hare....we are going at it slowly which is the correct way and we will eventually win!!! Persistance always pays off:)0
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You are right, Kylakesgal, it will be slow during the last 10 lbs but we WILL get there!
Don't forget to change your clocks today
I did my 10K today and it was great! My goal time was 1:08. They had the 1st mile mismarked, when I passed the mile 1 sign, I was at 10:43 which was way too slow for the first mile if I was going to make the 1:08, but I felt really good and didn't feel like I was that far off from my hopeful pace of 10:00/mile. At mile 2, I was at 18:53...NO WAY did I run an 8:00 mile, so I know the first one must have been marked a few tenths of a mile late, lol. One big steep hill but otherwise nice and flat. It was pretty cold for me, 46 degrees at start time, which feels pretty cold given that it was 75 degree here on Wednesday and I absolutely cannot stand to be cold at all. I won my age group (there were only 4 of us in the age group) so that was a great NSV...plus, my time was 1:01:48!!! :noway: :bigsmile: I couldn't believe it when every mile I was just under a 10:00/mile pace.
Then I got new running shoes. Mine have been hurting for about 2 weeks but I think I would have been worse off with new, non-broken-in shoes than with my old ones, so I held off and went to buy them right after the race. I felt so blessed to find my running shoes at Academy Sports for $69 instead of the $99 I was about to pay for them at ****'s Sporting Goods. :bigsmile:
So the exercise and shopping was great today but my stomach is churning from all the CRAP I ate today. It tastes good but my stomach just does NOT like grease and butter and fried foods anymore. I seriously pay for it later, lol.
What are you all up to this weekend? What about setting a mini-goal by Christmas for all of us? I am setting mine at 133.5. I didn't make the 135.0 by the time my husband got home, but I did go from 136.5 to 135.5 so still an improvement. My MFP goal was 135.0 but I would still like to get a little closer to 130 if I can!
I'm making the decision to make crafts this year for Christmas-y type things instead of baking things or buying food. :flowerforyou: That should help a lot around the holidays because I can usually decently control myself in public but not at home on the couch at night....0 -
Hope everyone has enjoyed a nice weekend:) Not liking the new time change lol. It's just after 5 pm here and completely dark. I was in the bed last night by 10 pm and ready to rise by 6 am.
Congrats on your 10K bstamps!!! That is way cool and brrr on 46 degree weather! Very nice NSV for you:):) You rock! I know I need to invest in a good pair of running shoes. What brand do you prefer bstamps? Shin splints got me awhile back and I blame it on my shoes. They were new but I know I should have spent more money and got a better pair.
My goal by Christmas is to weigh 135 lbs. Right now I'm at 139.2 (officially holding in the 130's now), and I think it is a do-able goal but if I don't hit it, I'll just reset it:) My weekend was way too short. I was only off today and so much to do. I've mostly been cleaning, doing laundry, etc. I'll be putting in mega hours this week (55+ hours) so my workouts will not be as good as usual but I'm doing like you said bstamps on focusing on my nutrition as much as I can.
This year, the holiday cooking will be much different since I will be choosing more healthy options. I love to cook when I have time so if any of you have healthier versions of some of the most popular holiday foods,, please share. I will not gain weight this holiday season lol.0 -
Happy Monday ladies!!!!!! I hope everyone has a super fantastic day and a grand week!!!! :drinker:
Super Fantastic job bstamps!!!! That is a great time, good for you :flowerforyou:
Attempting to pull myself out of this funk. I have been so up and down lately. So hard to stay consitantly supportive, i apologize.
I tried to start Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred back in August, but then school for me and my husband started and everything went out the window. I decided I was going to start 10/1, things went cockoo and that didn't happen. So then I said I would start it 11/1, then things went bonkers and I got sick :grumble:
But instead of saying, I will start 12/1, I got my butt up at 3:45 am this morning and gotterdone :noway: Then I kicked my husband out of bed so he could do his workout :bigsmile:
I plan to be at 132 by new years :bigsmile:
CW 137.8
LW 137.8 holding steady
GW 135 (but then will probably shot for 132 to 135)0 -
Happy Monday ladies!!!!!! I hope everyone has a super fantastic day and a grand week!!!! :drinker:
Super Fantastic job bstamps!!!! That is a great time, good for you :flowerforyou:
Attempting to pull myself out of this funk. I have been so up and down lately. So hard to stay consitantly supportive, i apologize.
I tried to start Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred back in August, but then school for me and my husband started and everything went out the window. I decided I was going to start 10/1, things went cockoo and that didn't happen. So then I said I would start it 11/1, then things went bonkers and I got sick :grumble:
But instead of saying, I will start 12/1, I got my butt up at 3:45 am this morning and gotterdone :noway: Then I kicked my husband out of bed so he could do his workout :bigsmile:
I plan to be at 132 by new years :bigsmile:
CW 137.8
LW 137.8 holding steady
GW 135 (but then will probably shot for 132 to 135)
Impressive! way to take control! :flowerforyou:0 -
I have 11 lbs. to go. :frown:0
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I would love to join- I have lost about 20 lbs over quite some time but would like to loose about 10 more...but the plateau has been discouraging
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Welcome to missencore & ashlee!!
fischer--like I already said on your news feed, proud of you for starting JM 30DS! It doesn't matter that it's not the 1st of the month, you will just look GREAT in time for Christmas parties if you keep it up now!!
Are any of you on Pinterest? It's an online site where you "pin" things to your online bulletin boards...lots of crafty things, recipes, pictures, etc. I have found a few healthy Christmas recipes on there that I have "pinned" and I will try to copy some of them onto this thread in coming days & weeks to give you all some ideas!0 -
Welcome to the new ladies, (missencore & ashlee) :flowerforyou: Lot's of great support and good information here!
BIG day for me!! :flowerforyou: Monday weigh in down another .9 pounds! Wish I could say exactly what is working but I think I'll just take what I can while it's working! (Pretty sure my decline is coinciding with joining this group (thanks all! :blushing: )
I am going to try upping my calories again since the weight is coming off pretty fast right now and I am close to my goal. I want to slide into maintenance gracefully. :happy:
Do we have a new challenge for the week?0 -
I would love to join! I have 5-10lbs to drop. My husband will be home from Afghanistan for 2 weeks in Dec. so I would LOVE to at least drop 5lbs by then!0
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Welcome to the new members!!! :flowerforyou: If you read back through the pages there are lots of useful information to help get those last few pesky pounds off. On page 8 I posted a list of things that could help break a plateau. This group is awesome, so supportive and full of knowlege. I love these ladies :bigsmile:
Happy Tuesday!!
"Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight." – Helen Keller
Today is a big day. Back in 2006 during my yearly physical, my Dr decided to check my cholestorol levels. My bad chol wasn't high, but my good chol was very low. At this time I was 60 lbs heavier. Jan 2007 was when I started my weight loss journey, then got detoured with a couple kids in there :laugh: In April my Dr wanted to check my levels again. Again, my bad was not high, but my good was still very low. So he wanted me to have them rechecked in six months. Well, it has been six months and I am about 30 lbs lighter, been eating almonds and lots of fresh foods, and have increased my strength training. Everything he told me too, now it is time to see if any of it did anything. I go in this afternoon to have my levels checked again. In a few days I should receive my results in the mail
JM 30DS L1D2 done
Feeling good. Feeling a little bit sore today, sure I will feel some more tomorrow. I think I may only do 5 days at level one since I started this back in August. I only did a couple days a level two. Her workouts are always a challange no matter what, but just feel I don't need to spend so much time on level 1 this time. Thinking I will move onto level 2 this Saturday.0 -
Woohoo Hoosiermamma! You are losing weight rather quickly, good work! How are you upping your calories? Like 100 extra for a few days or all at once?
Welcome to sbgraves! You can definitely lose 5 lbs this month & wow your husband!
fischer--thanks for all the quotes, you're awesome. Hope your Dr. appt went well. Great job sticking to JM 30DS. I would do the same thing with skipping a few days of Level 1. I have never done the entire 30 days so I can't say too much, but to me Level 2 is harder than Level 3 (I just use it on bad weather days and days I can't run/bike/swim.)
How about a challenge for the week: Exercise: Focus on intensity of your workouts & make at least 10% of your workout super intense. At least for me, I may even do P90X, but some days I am just not giving it my all...I'm just going through the motions. So this would mean that for a 30 minute run, make 3 minutes really fast and strong.
For nutrition: Let's all find one healthy holiday-ish recipe and post on here. It can be really time consuming to search through the recipe forums, but if we each post a recipe right here, we'll have 10 or so new recipes in one place.
I reached my goal weight today :bigsmile: It nearly brought tears to my eyes to see 135.0 on the scale. That's 20 lbs down since January, 25 lbs down since joining MFP, and 29 lbs down from my overall non-pregnancy highest weight. That's more than my 4 year old weighs!!! I'm not completely happy with my "weight" though, but now I will be focusing on BF% instead of just the scale. I'll be taking measurements and things more often than weighing in.
Just fyi- I was 145 in late May...so it has taken 6 months to lose the last 10 lbs. They are stubborn and clingy and I hated them. It did NOT happen overnight. It did NOT happen just by running a 5K here and there, or even with a triathlon. It did NOT happen just by eating clean a few days a week. I say this to encourage you guys that the pounds WILL come off with PERSISTENCE, time, consistency, and dedication!!!0 -
I have 9 pounds to go to reach my goal weight of 125 pounds and my current weight-134.4 pounds. 0
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Hello everyone, so my weight is slowing going down , i don't know if it's because i upped my protein or it's because i am slowly increasing my cals, last week i exercised for 7 days straight i usually exercise for 5 days but i was bored and there was nothing to do so i did workout, Question for u guys what are ur plans for thanksgiving and what will ur eating be like ?0
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Congratulations bstamps. That is awesome, so proud and happy for you!
The real reason I am here. I finally reached my breaking point tonight. The stress from the past three months hit its climax. I had a nervous break down and it wasn't pretty and pretty ashamed. But I don't think I can be supportive anymore at this time. I am taking a step back and wont be on here much anymore.
You are an awesome group of women doing incredible things. I just can't be superwomen anymore.
Somthing has to give and I have to figure out how to be able to survive from day to day without my chesting feeling like an elephant is sitting on it. The stress between home and work is just more than I can handle anymore. The smallest thing right now and I explode :explode: I don't know who to turn to I feel alone and lost and just want to crawl into bed and never come out.
I will miss you all very much. Best of luck to you all :flowerforyou:0 -
I'd like to join. My goal at the beginning was to get to 140 and I am a little under 8 lbs away. I now think I want to lose a little more than that but we'll see how it goes. 140 would make a total loss of a little over 50 lbs, so I'm almost there.0
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You are right, Kylakesgal, it will be slow during the last 10 lbs but we WILL get there!
Don't forget to change your clocks today
I did my 10K today and it was great! My goal time was 1:08. They had the 1st mile mismarked, when I passed the mile 1 sign, I was at 10:43 which was way too slow for the first mile if I was going to make the 1:08, but I felt really good and didn't feel like I was that far off from my hopeful pace of 10:00/mile. At mile 2, I was at 18:53...NO WAY did I run an 8:00 mile, so I know the first one must have been marked a few tenths of a mile late, lol. One big steep hill but otherwise nice and flat. It was pretty cold for me, 46 degrees at start time, which feels pretty cold given that it was 75 degree here on Wednesday and I absolutely cannot stand to be cold at all. I won my age group (there were only 4 of us in the age group) so that was a great NSV...plus, my time was 1:01:48!!! :noway: :bigsmile: I couldn't believe it when every mile I was just under a 10:00/mile pace.
Then I got new running shoes. Mine have been hurting for about 2 weeks but I think I would have been worse off with new, non-broken-in shoes than with my old ones, so I held off and went to buy them right after the race. I felt so blessed to find my running shoes at Academy Sports for $69 instead of the $99 I was about to pay for them at ****'s Sporting Goods. :bigsmile:
So the exercise and shopping was great today but my stomach is churning from all the CRAP I ate today. It tastes good but my stomach just does NOT like grease and butter and fried foods anymore. I seriously pay for it later, lol.
What are you all up to this weekend? What about setting a mini-goal by Christmas for all of us? I am setting mine at 133.5. I didn't make the 135.0 by the time my husband got home, but I did go from 136.5 to 135.5 so still an improvement. My MFP goal was 135.0 but I would still like to get a little closer to 130 if I can!
I'm making the decision to make crafts this year for Christmas-y type things instead of baking things or buying food. :flowerforyou: That should help a lot around the holidays because I can usually decently control myself in public but not at home on the couch at night....
Great job on beating you goal time!0 -
bstamps AWESOME job! you have motivated me for sure! I have gained 2 lbs from this devil Halloween candy so I must 1)ship all this extra candy to my husband and 2) bust my butt this week!0
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:flowerforyou: Have a great weekend all!!
I am heading into a relaxed weekend... no extra company and no parties. I better watch out that I don't sit home and eat to entertain myself! I'm going to make a list of thing s I can accomplish and keep myself occupied!0 -
sbgraves--I heard about dentist associations who "buy" leftover halloween candy from kids (or adults, too, haha) and ship it overseas to the troops. I think that is FANTASTIC! Unfortunately, I live in too small of a town and we don't have that program here.
As you may have seen on my profile, my grandpa had a massive heart attack early yesterday morning. Reports looked terrible at first but looking slightly better now. Still no idea of whether or not he will recover. We have come to be with him and we're staying at the hospital, so I'm eating lots of fast food and not getting much exercise. Yesterday was extremely sad and I couldn't really think about my eating habits, but today is better. I'm getting out of the ICU waiting room and just walking the halls every so often. Thank you so much to those who have posted on my wall. It means a lot to have all the support we can get now. I'm 21 so this is really the first time I've endured something like this.0 -
oh bstamps! i am so sorry. I am sad to say I have lost too many loved ones and it is really hard. You can only do what you can. your emotional health directly effects your physical health. Embrace your family while you can. There is nothing more important!
P.S our dentist buys back candy...$1 per pound. I just can't can't convince my girls to do that lol.0 -
Eek! I had a very bad day yesterday and responded responsibly with drinking:) I had 4 dark beers over the evening! That is more than one meals worth of calories!!!0
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Weigh-in day for me!! I am down again - So jazzed! New weight - unseen since my 20's. 133.2!! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: (of course it's water!!)
Holidays ahead! :noway: What are your strategies?? I have a fun Cranberry Pear Crisp recipe if anyone is interested. It's awesome for a snack re-heated in the microwave!0 -
obfischer--We will miss you and I'll be praying for you.
Hoosiermomma--CONGRATS! & Share your recipe with us!!
ashlee--it's a new day! Don't let that get you down!
Cookie:
An organization I'm in had our "Thanksgiving Dinner" tonight and it was really pretty healthy! We had turkey & ham, but I sprayed the turkey with "I can't believe it's not butter" and that kept it moist but lower in calories. We had corn on the cob, salad with light dressing, rolls, mashed potatoes & gravy, and green bean casserole. The green bean casserole was the highest calorie thing I ate, and even it was only 161 calories for 3/4 cup. Of course, there was dessert, but I stayed away from that by filling up on an extra serving of salad (I also skipped the mashed potatoes but I don't like those in the first place).
On Thanksgiving, I'm doing a Turkey Day Trot 10K. Hopefully it's warmer than last year when it started freezing rain at almost the halfway point of a straight out and back course, so even stopping to walk to turning around wouldn't have helped at all, haha. Then it's off to my grandparents (assuming my grandpa is home from the hospital by then--and it looks like he will be, thank God!) for Thanksgiving Dinner. Which honestly I couldn't care less to eat, I just don't like Thanksgiving traditional food! I go just to visit the family these days, haha.0 -
Cranberry Pear Crisp
3 cups cooked brown rice
2 cups diced pealed pears
1 cup chopped fresh cranberries (frozen are ok)
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
5 Tbsp flour
vegetable cooking spray
1/4 cup rolled oats
3 tbsp. butter
1/4 C chopped pecans
1/4 C flaked coconut (I skipped)
Combine rice, pears, cranberries and 1/3 cup sugar and flour. Place rice mixture in a 9 X 13 baking dish coated with cooking spray.
Combine 3 Tbsp. flour, remaining brown sugar and oats in a bowl and cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add pecans and coconut and mix well. Sprinkle over the rice mixture.
Bake at 375 for 25 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Serve warm. Individual portions can be reheated in the microwave
Makes 12 servings 157 Cal 28 carbs 2g protein 5g fat 24mg sodium 3g fiber
I am liking this a lot and it is satisfying!0
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