Sexy In Six R2 RED TEAM THREAD

lwdllc

Hey Guys! Thought we should have our own place to check in! how is this week's challenge going for you guys? I have 8.5 miles down and am about to get out and run 2.5 - I had to get all 10 in before tomorrow as I won't be able to work out tomorrow!

So a quick reintroduction so that we can get to know each other a bit better !

I'm Laura - Emilytgs24 was my college roommate at lake erie college in painesville ohio. I live in Aiken, SC now and she lives in a Boise, ID we have managed to get together at least once a year since we moved away from Ohio and a few years ago in Vegas we decided we were fat and that we should do something about it. I won our first "competition" and dropped about 50 lbs, then she got engaged and super motivated and dropped down to WAY SKINNY pre wedding, in the past 18 months we've been in each others weddings, and our lives have really taken us on quite the rides. Anyway it was time for me to reach my weight loss goal and that's when I found the first round of sexy in six.

Alright enough about me! What about you guys!

Off to Run!!!
Laura

Jarvis95

Thanks for starting this thread Laura!!

I'm Natalie, i'm trying to finish up grad school, just gotta get my thesis written!!!

I had previously lost 17lbs out of 25lbs, but then i put back on about 7lbs!!! love mfp though and i'm loving my first challenge!

This week has been incredibly hard-we had Cnd thanksgiving all weekend, and then since wed I've had an old friend from uni visit me...so we are eating breakfast, lunch and dinner out!! pus going out for drinks, PLUS not exercising...YIKES!!! i'm totally going to have a gain this week, and it's stressing me out!!

I tried to make a healthy food choice last night by only eating half my meal, and i totally felt good about. Unfort no where we are going has anything remotely healthy so i'm just going to enjoy it and be hardcore the next couple of weeks

ranewell

HI! Thanks for the thread!

This week...touch and go. today my hips hurt sooo bad, only got 2.5 miles today. But, total for the week is 15.5, and hoping to do 5 more tomorrow

mbw2586

Great idea for the thread! I am at 5 miles, so I will have a lot of work to do tomorrow. Good thing I don't work on Fridays!

My name is Megan, from Ohio, mom to two girls, who are 3 and 1. They are my everything, including why I gained so much weight (75 pounds after it was all said and done.) Also, though, they are what drives me to be healthy. Sure, I'd love to wear those pre-pregnancy size 5's again. I'd love for the guy to always be taking a second look like he used to before the baby days. However, those things are just superficial and my ultimate goal is to be healthy for myself and to set a good example for my children.
I work 34 hours per week, and am an Avon representative....WHEW I'm tired. :yawn:

I am so excited about this group, it has really motivated me this week. I hope that after the challenge, it will leave a great support system for the future! Good luck ladies, we can do it!

lwdllc

Great work guys! I finally got over my plateau and broke under 155 this week - WOO HOO! I got my 10 miles in , so I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend!!!

For next week my goal is to actually RUN the 10 miles , and any walking miles are just bonus! I did about 3 of them walking this week.

Keep up the good work!!

Laura

Jarvis95

wow Laura congrats on breaking your plateau!!!

ranewell

Awesome Laura! Congrats!!!!!

ranewell

I got 20.5miles in this week! Doesn't show on the scale.....grrrrrrrr

lwdllc

How was everyone's weekend? I had a minor surgery on friday and didn't realize what that does to your waist line. VERY discouraged, I gained 8 lbs in 24 hours, I didn't eat FANTASTIC but also not horrific, so I've been bumming and today my waist line seems to continue to expand :-( I hadn't been over 160 in 3-4 weeks, and I hit it last night. I'm hoping it will go away as quickly as it came on. Not sure when i can start exercising again, hoping to start at least walking tomorrow - I'm going to need you guys to make up for me this week!!!! :-)

Laura

ranewell

Oh, I hope you have a speedy recovery!!! Just take care of yourself! I'll do what i can for the team, but haven't had much luck the last 2 weeks Get well soon!!!

Jarvis95

Feel better soon, surgery doesn't count!!! i'm sure that weight will go away your body was probably stressed!

SOOO obviously i sucked this week. i'm going to make a big effort! here are my goals...gonna check in here each day

-work out everyday this week
-stay under my calorie goal this week
-no eating out!!! this includes snacks!!!


what about you guys?

lwdllc

Jarvis - I am so going with your non grocery challenge, Eating out is so bad - but Its one of my favorite things My husband and I made a pact to ALWAYS split an entree at restaurants or have just 2 appetizers. I used to have the waitress split my order and pack 1/2 of my meals to go and not even put them in front of me but I've not been so good about that lately.

How's the challenge going for everyone this week?

I'm having a HARD time staying under my sugars - trying to sort it out :-)

Keep it up Ladies!!!

Jarvis95

Hello!!

Iwdllc-those are great tips!! i find if it's in front of me at a resto and delicious, it's very hard to not eat it all! it has to be a very conscious, pre-made decision for me. Do you find that restos are receptive to packing the food up before? haven't tried that one! If anyone likes seafood, i have found that an app of mussels is normally pretty generous and meal-sized
ALSO-how is not eating out going so far??

In terms of the challenge, trying to keep my fat and sodium in check. Yesterday I think i did pretty good!!
Man sugars, i don't even know, I really don't worry about that, because i figure that everything contributes to cals in the end, and its really hard with sugar because fruit has so much naturally occurring, but that's just my opinion sodium makes you retain water and the fat isn't great for your arteries, which is why i chose to focus on those.

In terms of my own challenge:

-work out everyday this week
-stay under my calorie goal this week
-no eating out!!! this includes snacks!!!

Monday-all i accomplished was not eating out, tuesday, not eating out and UNDER cals (which used to be the norm but i've been having such a tough time lately), and no exercise, but today i plan to do all THREE!!!

what about you lovely ladies?? let's support each other, RED TEAM!

jennajava

I just keep blowing it on the weekends! I don't know what to do!

Maggieq87

Hiya! I'm Maggie. I'm from Minnesota, just moved to London, England! I love it here! Every one is so fit and stylish, all I have are jeans that are now saggy in the butt. The way of life is just so different from back home, I lost 10 pounds without noticing, so I thought I'd better keep it up. I live with a 105 lb vegan... Knowing that I need to lose an entire her is motivation enough!


3 days in a row not going out is great!

I went on a super long walk today, no running, but its something. This is in addition to the 2 miles I have to walk every day! I hate sugar today!

Maggieq87

I just keep blowing it on the weekends! I don't know what to do!

What is it about the weekend that's different from other days? Maybe if you plan your meals ahead and if ice cream calls just do an extra workout? Or plan for some wiggle room?

ranewell

I actually do much much better on the weekends than I do through the week, but my hubby works on weekends. I really really struggle on long work days if I don't plan plan plan!!!!

lwdllc

I'm finding sugars impossible - I stick with sodium and fats - I had jelly this morning and it sent me over the top for sugars - and I like to have some fruit!!

Anyway the non grocery pulled through for me today I was JONESING for a snack at my office walmart run and I resisted bc i KNEW it'd feel better to have said no than to have eaten something terrible from the check out aisle!!! Good little victory for the day

Post surgery - the extra weight is GONE - PHEW~!!!! And I walked today and will start running tomorrow!!!

going home to make a BIG cobb salad for dinner :-)

Have a GREAT wednesday Ladies!!
L

Maggieq87

Sugars are impossible! I hear you. I had oatmeal and a banana for breakfast and it put me at -16 already! I don't even eat sweets!

You had surgery recently? I hope you recovered nicely!

lwdllc

Thanks Maggie! Everything's back to normal - get to run today!!! YAY! :-)

Just a random question How much water does everyone typically drink in a day?

I used to have a hard time getting in 8 glasses, not drinking much water at all unless it was summer - now since I've been running and noticing the weight coming off, its easier - I had to make rules for myself - no coffee before 1 big glass in the morning, and I pretty much weaned off all sodas, juices, and teas, and I don't even notice now !

Maggieq87

I lost my water bottle so my consumption is way down. When I was unemployed I would a gallon a day but now I'm always busy and running around I just forget! I usually have 1 diet soda a day, and a "smoothie" but I usually drink 5 big glasses a day.

We're so going to win this week! I'm down THREE POUNDS. How is every one else doing? I was tracking sugars, and going way over every day! So I switched to fibre, lol. *whistles innocently*

lwdllc

LOL I did the same to focus on fats, sugars I will never win with!!! LOL

AND I gained 8.5 lbs after my surgery friday I WAS freaking out - but its all gone and as of today I'm down 1.2 lbs from last week :-) YAY !!

GREAT WORK MAGGIE!!!

Maggieq87

I'm so impressed you lost weight even with surgery! *applause*

lwdllc

Alright ladies! How's the weekend going?

I went WAY off track frday night and saturday, but am on point today - EXCEPT that I'm having some complications from last weeks procedure and going to most likely have to can it on the exercise for a while. I'm totally bummed but I have to get better in order to keep working in general, so I'm hoping for a SPEEDY recovery - checkin in with the doc in the morning.

Wish me luck!!!

Jarvis95

You can do it!!! the best thing for you, as you said, is to recover, otherwise you'll hurt yourself further down the road!! honestly i was just reading a quote that it's 80% diet 20% exercise for weight loss, don't get me wrong i think exercise is fantastic for being healthy, but to lose weight...you can only burn so many calories through exercise (especially at lower weights) while it's super easy to ingest tons of calories! wow run-on sentence!!

I have actually had three great days in row, under or JUST over, by less than 60 very happy. I've done really well with my not eating out challenge-I said other than non-grocery items, i would only buy popcorn from the movies this week!!! haha i did also buy a very small amount of candy from the bulk barn yesterday but i figure this counted as grocery other than that i've made all meals and snacks at home I was proud yesterday because i pre-planned for everything! candy is insane...18 pieces of chocolate covered assortedness (bridge mix) has 200 cals!! and 5 pieces of big feet has 140! i didn't eat very healthy, but i was almost under my goal...stupid big feet, i thought were 7 for 140 also i had ONE fry from my friend haha sorry run on post!! it's just that i was having a very rough last couple weeks and i finally have three good days under my belt!! i also exercised yesterday and i'm going to today as well!

really looking forward to the next five days, a see a great weigh in for our team this week!!!!!!!!


HOW ARE YOU GUYS?!?!

Maggieq87

You've done so well not going out to eat!! I'm so proud!

I've had an okay weekend i went out to a friends concert Friday and drank NO alcohol. Which is huge for me, Fridays are my binge drinking day, lol. *hides*

I did nothing for excersise yesterday for the first time, since i started (other than my 2.5 mile walk to and from work) and I hated it!! I was so bored.

I just made cauliflour pizza and it was SO GOOOOD. I will make it again for sure!

I need to drink more water!!

ranewell

Niece's wedding this weekend....went just a little off track, but not really. I definitely didn't overeat. I ate the normal amount yesterday, but I had cake and a little bit of candy, like 3 pieces. I'm ok with that, lifestyle changes allow for special occassions

kaleighmorgan

Finally made it to the thread! Sorry it took me so long, ladies... My life has been HECTIC lately! Unfortunately I also had a rough weekend, but I'm looking forward to really coming in under my calories and increasing my exercise this week. I'm super proud of how well we're doing as a team (even though I'm not helping much), and I'm especially proud of you ladies for losing weight after surgery AND for sticking to your personal goals and not going out to eat!!

As far as my personal goals go:

My boyfriend and I are now training for a triathlon, so we went swimming yesterday. We worked out my totals and found that my RHR is about 1443 (if I just laid in bed all day), so we decided that to lose weight from this process as well as be decently competitive come race day, I have to:

1) Eat a caloric deficit of about 200-300 calories a day based on my RHR + any exercise
2) Cardio 4 days a week
3) CrossFit style strength training 4 days a week
---with one day a week being a double-day and one day a week (the next day) being a rest day.

Today is officially the "first day" even though we went swimming yesterday. So far I've lowered my calorie goal to 1300 (1.5 lbs a week) and tonight I'm doing a strength training regimine. Tomorrow I'm waking up early to go running. So far so good!

My issue is always with control when it comes to diet, especially because diet & exercise are always a spiral, either up or down! So I'm going to the grocery store today to ONLY get good food for my body that will make me more efficient and healthy. Also, I'm considering sticking to only "negative" calorie foods. Have you guys had any experience with a negative-calorie based diet and/or know if it works?

Best of luck, Red Team!! You guys are the best!

Jarvis95

Thanks so much guys!!!

Not overeating at a wedding and not drinking alcohol at a concert are major, major, MAJOR!!! congrats!! we are kicking *kitten*, let's do it!!

KM- your exercise and diet plan sounds really great!!! i could see you working in some negative calorie foods (i assume you mean celery cucumbers lettuce ect), but i really don't think making a whole diet out of it is smart. Especially with control issues, i find it helpful to work in a little junk food or something delish to keep me on track, but that's just me

lwdllc

WOW KM awesome plan - I agree with Jarvis about making a whole plan out of negative calorie foods though -

How's everyones week going? I made an AWESOME dinner tonight - this month's cooking light pork medallions and roasted root vegetables - HIGHLY recommend - SO delish!!!!

I'm staying close to 1200 for the week as I'm trying to take it easy post surgery - turns out running last week was a BAD idea and I set myself back, so calisthenics and watching calories closely - not too many extras earned though exercise this week :-( - I'll be back in the saddle (literally) tomorrow - and we'll see how we go - recheck with the Doc on Friday - fingers crossed!!!

Hope everyone is having a good week - I have dinner out tomorrow night - making a plan for it !!!

Laura

Jarvis95

Mmmm Laura the pork dinner sounded delish!!! def take it easy on the working out, you want to get back into full force when your ready and if you push to hard in the beginning, not good!!

how did everyone do this week?? from talking to a couple of you it sounds like we kicked *kitten*!!!

as we approach the dreaded weekend, how's everyone feeling about that? i'm more worried about monday for when i hand out candy!