Last 10 pounds Club

bstamps12

Hoosiermamma-- good job setting specific goals with what you are struggling with this week. Great example for the rest of us. Let us know if you make those goals!

I'll follow in her footsteps and set a few of my own:
-Be within 150 calories every day (over or under)
-Exercise every day Mon-Thurs (out of town Fri & Sat)
-No dessert while out of town (going w/ a group from school and we always indulge in desserts....must resist!)
-10 glasses of water per day

kylakesgal

Sorry I have been away a few days camping with the family and today we got an early surprise. Our grandson that was due on Sept. 23 decided to come this morning instead. He weighed 8 lbs 2 ozs and he's a cutie pie. It's good to be back though.

To bfisher....you should be tooting your own horn girl!! You did an amazing job and I'm so proud of you!!

I haven't had the chance to weigh today but will weigh in morning and post if I've had any change but with camping out and eating more than usual I doubt it lol.

Here are a few of my goals this week:
1. Drink at least 10 glasses of water a day
2. Exercise 6 days and take 1 day of rest
3.Continue rotating cardio day & strength training allowing my muscle groups to rest.
4.Eat as many fresh fruits and veggies as possible
I've been working at changing up my exercises as much as possible. Love doing HIIT exercises and discovered today on youtube that I can do pilates on my total gym so trying that this week.
Good luck this week ladies:):)

littlemili

I am now 108 but I revised my goal (again) to 100. My jeans size is now US 0 or UK 4 My plateau happily went away with a loss of 4 lbs in 4 days which was quite nice! My goals at the moment are to eat 1000 calories per day and do new kinds of exercise. I am also back at college and aiming to take packed lunch every day.

bstamps12

Missing one of my goals today...I've got 229 cals left for the day and I just can't eat any more! Even junk food, I can't eat anymore. I wanted to be within 150 cals. I'm looking forward to weigh in on Friday even though I think it will still be TOM which might throw it off.

How is everyone else doing this week??

kylakesgal

I'm doing great with my goals but TOM is messing things up for me too bstamps!! Argh!! I always try to net at least 1200 and sometimes I'll eat more and sometimes I won't......just depends on my workout and hunger level. I seem to be more satisifed lately with less which is an unusual pattern for me but I have cut back on exercise and concentrating more on my diet (which you suggested bstamps) Something about diet being aboutt 80% of weight loss and I've been more focused on what I'm eating with a smaller defecit to fill which has stopped me from stressing so much. I'm more relaxed with my diet and exercise now but no way lazy about it. Just more aware I guess. I'm still rotating cardio and strength training days and started pilates this week which I'm enjoying. I feel like I'm going at a decent pace and closing in on my goal (only about 3 pounds away) but may reset it once I get there. I've still got more toning to do!! I love this small group of ours, it's so much more personal than a larger group. Have a great week:):)

The baby in my profile pic is my new grand baby, Cole David. He was born on Monday and weighed 8 lbs & 2 oz and he was two weeks early!! This is my step daughter that had the baby.....my own children haven't had kids yet. Thank goodness lol. I have 2 sons, Ryan age 17 and Logan age 22 and neither one is ready to be a parent yet nor am I ready for that to happen either. I become a granny at the ripe old age of 37 and now have 5!!

autumn_leaf

I'm so happy to see this club...i can use some motivation from folks in the same boat as I am! It's way past my bedtime, so I will post some introductory info tomorrow.

Good night!

Hoosiermomma

:drinker: 2 HUGE DAYS in a row!! My husband went walking with me for 2 days in a row!!! I have to make a BIG deal of it here because I have to act very casual about it with him! Yahoo!! Who knows, could become a habit!!? I know that it is the up-coming pheasant season that is motivating him, but he is also drinking less beer. Funny how all the changes that are good for him are good for us! :drinker:

:flowerforyou: kylakesgal-- Beautiful baby - Glowing Grandma -- Looking SOOO good!

:flowerforyou: Welcome autumnleaf! We really do support each other. Those last 10 are stubborn! But we are hanging in there. If you go back in this thread you will see some great ideas, blogs and threads we have shared!

autumn_leaf

Thanks, Hoosiermomma, for the welcome! I will be sure to read through all of the posts. In scanning them, this looks like a wonderful group, with some great advice!

So, about me and my weight history:

I started off at 160 in May, reached 153 on my own, started to creep up again, and then found MFP in early August. So I've been bouncing around between 154 and 151 for the past several months.

By way of history, I'm 5"9", and my top weight ever was 190, which I attained at age 13. As an adult, my weight has ranged between 142 and 185; over the past ten years or so, that range has tightened to 147-160. My goal now is to tighten that range to 142-145. So, I've been in the "approximately 10 pounds to lose club" for a while now. I know I need to maintain discipline---I readily admit that and, although I'm great at maintaining discipline and self-drive in other aspects of my life, especially professionally, I fall apart when it comes to these 10 lbs. I'm sure I'm not alone in that regard, as I scan through posts on MFP.

I eat healthy foods, so that's not the issue...I just tend to eat a bit too much of it. I exercise, and am healthy, but I do not maintain consistency with my exercise program. I joined the 1000 minutes in September group, which is helping me in that regard, and I hadn't joined any other groups because I didn't see one that really seemed to fit. Until now, that is.

I welcome friends, and offer my active support.

kylakesgal

Welcome to our lil club autumn_leaf. Glad you found us. It's great to be able to discuss our struggles and victories with someone that can relate:) Make it your goal to be more consistent with exercise and you will get there. Exercise is such a habit for me now and if I'm thinking about slacking, my guilty conscience won't let me lol. I have to make myself take a day off!! I know that doing it as a group with supporters works so much better than trying to do it alone:)

I'm sure I would have had a loss this past week but darn TOM!! We usually weigh in on Sunday or Monday autumn_leaf. Glad you are here:)

Oh, thanks hoosiermama for the compliment. I feel sooo much more energetic than I did when I started here with the extra 28 lbs I was carrying around!!

autumn_leaf

Thanks, kylakesgal! I'm glad to be here!

bstamps12

Welcome to autumnleaf!!

Kylakesgal, I know what you mean about energy! I remember being so tired and fatigued all the time when I was overweight. The crap I ate and the fact that I never got that natural buzz from exercise (bc I never exercised) just didn't give me energy to do anything.

Bad Friday & Saturday this weekend. I was out of town with a school organization and I ate a lot! I did way better than I would have in the past though. Just NO access to snacks or anything so by the time we had a meal (which was at a restaurant of course) I was so hungry! Weighed in at 136.5 last Friday before I left though, which was an exciting breakthrough from 137 that I had been stuck at. I'll be way under on my calories today but given Friday & Saturday, I think it'll be okay.

Let's do a challenge this week!
Add an extra fruit or vegetable serving to what you would normally have every day. It's getting to be apple season, so I stocked up on lots of delicious apples for this week!

sexyharleymama

Welcome autumnleaf!!! :flowerforyou:

OMG!!!! That is all I can say about my last two weeks. I am so sorry I really haven't been around to be very supportive :blushing:

The last two weeks have been a roller coaster of stress and emotions. I am not sure how I am going to survive between now and 12/16.

Both my husband and I work full time and are going to school. We have a 3 yr old son and a 19 month old son and no family support :sad:

It has been a challange the last couple of weeks trying to figure out how to balance home, work, kids, and sanity. Sanity was not balanced :laugh:

I was not even able to think about logging last week and a few after dinner walks is all I could squeez in for exercise. Have been stuck at 138 for three weeks now. Stress and not always having time to make my breakfast and lunch in the mornings couldn't possibly have anything to do with that My goal this week is to get up and make my breakfast and lunches again, log my food, and squeez in a few minutes a day for some squats, lunges, pushups, chair dips, jumping jacks. Just don't have the time for full blown work outs right now. If I can keep work under control and not fall behind, I can make a bigger effort to start going to the gym again during lunch. We have a gym at work, used to go everyday, but haven't gone in about two months. Will just really have to focus on my diet.

Congratulations kylakesgal on the new addition to your family!!!

Great job bstamps for eating less than you normally would have and really not seeing that big of a move in the scale for it :flowerforyou:

Love your challenge for this week bstamps, but I don't know how I could possibly fit in one more fruit or vegetable serving. LOL :laugh: I think I might turn into one if I do :bigsmile: But that is an awesome challenge and great idea!!!

I hope everyone has a super fantastice week and Happy Monday!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hoosiermomma

Monday weigh-in... Anybody out htere still doing the weekly weigh-in?

Just for fun (or not :grumble: ) I decided for a week to weigh every day. Wow was that scale (or was it me?) all over the place! I got to see just how up and down my weight does go! I have been close to 138 this week and have been over 142! Makes me a little less upset about only being down just .4 of a pound from last week. So that where I am today 140.8 More and more I am convinced that pounds are NOT the best indicator of success.

Last week I did walk everyday except Sunday and I did get in 1 1/2 days of my weight work-out. Company arrived 2 hours early ... thus the 1/2. TODAY: No excuses! putting in a load of laundry and heading down to the dungeon of torture... (at least you would think by the many diversions I find before making my way down those stairs!)

Have a great week all. More fruits and veggies bstamps? :flowerforyou: Not too hard for me. I can do that! Less fat would be the biggee here! In trying to up protein, fat always seem to be along for the ride! :laugh:

bfischer :flowerforyou: Sound like life is chaotic!! You seem to have the right idea, take small steps in all the ways possible and keep yourself on-track! You really could use positive steps to help you feel like you are in control!! Way to think it out!

Have a good weekl! I'm going to be in this club for a while so it's fun getting to know you all!

kylakesgal

Good morning!
Yes hoosiermomma I still weigh in. Checking in today....141.2 down from 141.8. I won't record it until tomorrow because the offical weigh in is for tomorrow for another challenge I do. Hoping it will be better in the morning. Ok don't laugh but I keep a weight log notebook by the scales. I weight morning and night and record it. I know I shouldn't but it helps keep me accountable and it doesn't stress me out anymore! I only started this with these last 10 lbs lol.

I ate a Cashew chicken salad at Culvers Restaurant last night and figured that would be the healthiest choice but when I came home to log it, it had more fat in it than a cheeseburger!!! Crazy! This was a green salad with snowpeas, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, cashews and grilled chicken. I'm sure it was healthier than the cheeseburger, I guess? lol Most days I'm under on fat and carbs but most always over on protein and fiber. I love veggies and eat oatmeal for breakfast. I bought some of the steel cut oats to try this week. I'm used to instant so I'm probably going to have to add some fruit to it.

Ha ha hoosiermomma, dungeon of torture? I hate doing laundry too but at least I don't have to climb steps to get there. Think of it as an extra burn!! Have a great week ladies:):)

kylakesgal

Oh and I totally agree with you hoosiermama on the scale isn't always the best indicator of success! I went shopping on Saturday and really had a good time because I liked the way I looked in clothing and I feel so much better about myself. My self esteem has increased big time! I think the best exercise we can do at our stage is strength training. I read on the mayo clinic website the other day that for a woman, 10 mins of strength training is all it takes. Now we can all do that!!

bz120

Hi! How are you doing on your progress? I'm in the exact same boat you were. I'm 135 and want to be 125. I was 125 back in June and it felt soooooo good! I have gained 10 since then. I need help. Support? Advice?

bz120

I definitely want to be a part of this awesome group. Just reading your posts has helped me gain some motivation. My problem is that I do really well for a few days and then I sabotage myself with night eating which can also lead into bad eating the following day. I think checking in with you guys would really help me. Can I join? I'm going to weigh in on Friday. If sooner, I will report it. Thanks...I've enjoyed reading your posts!!

Hoosiermomma

kylakesgal! :flowerforyou: "The dungeon of torture" is where my weight equipment is. Funny you mention the laundry, it would probably be good for me if it was in the basement. I WOULD be getting a lot of stair climbing in! :laugh: I have such a hard time getting my self to the weight equipment. My routine takes over and hour and 30 minutes. I keep putting it off. But with doing it only 2 days a week it actually is a better fit than the 1 hour I was doing 3 times a week. I do plan to move to a shorter routine once I reach my goal! I am noticing muscle gain. Looking forward to measuring at the end of this week.

Welcome bz120! :flowerforyou: This is a nice manageable group, you will love the encouragement and info here!

kylakesgal

Oh ok hoosiermama lol didn't realize you were talking about working out. I was doing a challenge at the end of July and August and pumped up my exercise to about 600-1000 calorie a day burn and guess what? I had NO weight loss at all!! I was shocked but now that I've cut back to just 30-45 mins, I'm seeing great results! Wondering if maybe I was creating to large of a calorie defecit? I found that I was eating all the time doing that! Just have to find what works for you I guess plus I think the strength training is increasing my metabolism too since I'm building muscle. You are kicking butt on workouts hoosiermama!!

Welcome to the last 10 pounds Club bz120!! I think you will enjoy it here:)

autumn_leaf

Hi, everyone, and welcome bz120!

Well, the past week had many high points, including consistency in exercise, which is what I've been trying to attain. So, yea me on that front:happy: ! On the down side, I was a bit bumpy on the food intake--on half the days I did fine--the other half, I didn't do so well. I have to say that I had what ended up being a trying experience yesterday afternoon, to which I reacted by coming home and overeating. It wasn't binging, but was definitely a "knee jerk" eating reaction, unlike anything I have experienced in a long time. This emotional overeating reaction really surprised me, I must say. Today I'm back to normal, but I have been reflecting on that experience and wondering how it knocked me so totally off track. So, my first weigh-in with this wonderful group is 155.5, which puts me up 2 lbs from my previous weight, and 11 lbs away from my goal of <145, ---I hope you don't kick me out! I'd better get myself back in line so as to maintain eligibility!

This is going to be a busy week for me, but I'm committed to staying on track! Today I did well on intake and exercise, so I'm off to a good start. Thank you for being here!:flowerforyou:

HealthyWayorNoWay

Can I Join This Club

littlemili

Just a tip for those on a plateau:
Last week I took 1 week off exercise and ate 1200+ every day. Then on Monday I cut back down to my normal intake of about 1000 and exercised yesterday. Th result is that today I am down 2 lbs to 106. I think my metabolism is happy because mathematically, I shouldn't have lost that weight yet.

Hoosiermomma

Welcome healthyway! :flowerforyou: Of course you can join. Always nice to have another friend as we work towards our goals!

Interesting that you should mention that upping your cardio did not benefit you in weight loss kylakes! :flowerforyou: I was just in the process of pasting this atricle that shows a study that backs your experience up!

http://graemethomasonline.com/ladies-cardio-sucks-for-weight-loss/

Same for your experience littlemilli. :flowerforyou: The indication is that we need to give our bodies enough nutrition to allow them to let go of fat. Dipping below the 1000 mark unless you stay in bed all day will probably cause you to stand stlll again. Your body stresses when it lacks nutrition. Not that I'm so smart, just have been looking into some of these studies lately!

Now to apply them to myself! I'm not such a great study participant. I have a hard time remaining consistent. (i love the variables - like weddings, family dinners, dinner out!) The real life challenge is to figure how to make the science work for me outside of the lab!

My latest plan is to walk and or get onto the elliptical on my non weight work-out days. (weights are HIIT for more than an hour) I am wondering if the intensity of the program is going to be counter productive? I'm entertaining myself by being the lab-rat.:laugh:

kylakesgal

You absolutely may join us healthyway! Feel free to share with us ANYTHING that is working for you:):)

Hoosiermama, thank you for that awesome article. I'm glad I'm not the only one experiencing this. I just couldn't believe that I didn't lose a single pound burning in excess of 3500 calories a week. I think that for us strength training is where it's at ladies. Cardio is great to get that heart pumping and keeping us healthy but unless we are also doing strength training, it is going to take a lot longer. Since our bodies aren't burning like they were in the beginning.....we have to build muscle to get our metabolism burning more calories. I love my cardio though lol. I don't mind being a lab rat either hoosiermama:):) I know since I added strength training, I am losing again!! I've been doing sit ups too which definately isn't my favorite exercise but I know it's good for me. What types of strength training do you enjoy doing?

Cookie22684

Hello everyone, so i have been on a somewhat low carb experiment for a week , will weigh in on monday, but i feel less bloated have more energy and all around feel much healthier, i eat more fruits and vegetables, i still eat my bread and a treat of cookies , so i never feel deprived , i think i can stick with this for the long run, and i have been upping my protein , hopefully i wont get tired of eating a lot of meat , i also love almonds and peanuts , hope this will break my plateau , hope u ladies are having a great wednesday :flowerforyou:

HealthyWayorNoWay

Today I feel good because i didn't go over my crabs (i been going over lately). I always wondered why losing the last few pounds are harder?

bstamps12

Wow, I've gotten behind on this thread!

Welcome to bz120 & HealthyWayorNoWay!

I have been eating extra fruits most days, I did eat extra green beans as my extra veggie one night. Trying to enjoy the last days of decent bananas & strawberries.

Cookie, I'll be interested to see how the lower carb & high protein works for you!
HealthyWayorNoWay, I almost always go over on carbs. Growing up as an endurance athlete, I constantly ate them and of course now they are some of my favorite foods, so it happens! The last few pounds are the hardest because it's usually when your metabolism and muscles have adjusted to the level of exercise and calorie intake you have been doing, and your body becomes more efficient at saving the calories. Many of us have had luck breaking plateaus by taking a slow, restful week of exercise or boosting our calorie intake for a few days to mess with the metabolism.

Kylakesgal, You know I always agree with you about strength training! I did P90X legs the other day and I am still so sore because I haven't done leg strength training in a while (all my strength training has been upper body). Even with my running, biking, and swimming, strength training is still important for us all!!

Hoosiermamma, I think you are right about littlemill. Littlemill, your body may have been going into starvation mode where it hoards anything you eat and stores it as fat. I would try to keep it above 1200 (as recommended by doctors & nutritionists) to keep your metabolism going. Good luck!!

I finished the One Hour Runner Program today! It hurt. Wow did it hurt. I tried to give myself every excuse in the book for not running today but in the end, I did it. I was gritting my teeth after about 45 minutes to finish it, but the "hurt" was the good hurt, not like something was wrong, but like my body wanted to be lazy & didn't like me pushing it to its potential. Now I'll rest my legs for a few days, at least in terms of running & strength training. Maybe I'll even get to do Zumba this week--havent't done that in forever!!

JustJudy

I'd like to join the last 10 pounds club!! Hoosiermama mentioned it might help motivate me and also get some good information. I have lost 18 pounds since I started this journey and have got as close as 3 pounds away from my GW and then life just happens! I'm back at work (work in the schools) and it seems like every year, my weight plateus and I actually gain weight. During the summer I eat every 3 hours and I just can't do that at work b/c honestly I forget and I hate to eat in front of the students if they can't partake!!:blushing: I;ve gained 4 pounds then lost two and regained two...so yes I am frustrated :mad: and need your support please!! How do I keep this thread up on my profile. I'll weigh in on Tuesday!!

JustJudy

Question to all you last tenners: If you use a HRM, do you eat back all your calories? I use the NEW BALANCE one and somedays it says I burned 800 during my hour circuit training class. I typically only acount for 70% of whatever that says and try NOT to eat all those back. This past summer I was eating all my calories back and maintaining. Now I am NOT eating all my calories and the weight has started to creep back up.

I'd love to hear what your experience has been. If this keeps up I'll have to join a last 15 club :laugh: ~cheers Judy

Hoosiermomma

Hello JJudy! :flowerforyou:

I am in the same boat. I was down to 134 and allowed myself to creep up into the 139-140 range. It's been really tough to work my way down! I actually feel in better shape now but would love to lose my "jelly-roll belly-roll" If you have time scroll through this thread and you will see links to some really awesome sights that are talking about tactics to achieve that last bit of weight loss AND maybe more importantly assessing what is a realistic goal. You will also notice that we have a few very faithful participants, (where are you ladies? :smooched: ) who are super supportive!

I am so about learning to live this healthy life with out being obsessive. I want to ENJOY my healthier state not drive myself crazy! :drinker:

As far as the HRM question and eating back calories, you will see different approaches. I would like to get an HRM, mostly because new gadgets are fun and motivating, but I just haven't done it yet! I am right now trying to eat close to about the same every day which includes my daily walk calories but I do not try to eat all 1400 cals from weight circuit days. About 800 of those go into my weekend bank account to allow me a dinner out or a drink. I feel like a bit of a lab rat. I am my own experiment.! :laugh: In the meantime I am benefiting by getting more fit and hope to become more lean!

Hope this thread is helpful to you! Oh, and if you look at "my topics" under the community tab this thread should show up for you! Have a good Weekend!