LOVELY LADIES SUPPORT GROUP starts today!! 8/18/09

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  • Gogo
    Gogo Posts: 9,942 Member
    Hey girls! Happy Weigh in Weds.!!

    8/12/09 start date 163.8 lbs
    8/19/09 162.8.....lost one pound!
    8/26/09 162.2.....lost 1/2 pound & 1 inch in waist!
    9/2/09 162.0.....ugh! only lost .2lb..I am re-weighing tomorrow b'cuz I ate alot of salt yesterday and I think I am bloated.
    9/9/09 163.0 AAARRRGGGHHHHHH!
    9/16/09 163.4 WTF??!! but I lost 1/2 inch on one thigh.
    9/23/09 no weigh in - Mom in town=stress! will weigh 9/30
    9/30/09 161.6 :bigsmile:

    Stress from Mom being here helped me lose 2 pounds! Yay! AND......I ran a mile last night without stopping or walking in 13.4 minutes!!! I know that is slow, but hey...I did it running the WHOLE time!!!
  • genigen
    genigen Posts: 2
    Losing steam, losing motivation...I wish I had someone to work out with...I need to exercise more, but I need the motivation & support...I am gaining it all back and I am not eating like I should...grrrr...arrrrgh! Umph! :grumble: :cry:
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,551 Member
    Morning Lovely Ladies,

    I'm back down to 160.5! :drinker: I just want to get past that 160 point! :wink: Incorporating more cardio into my weight work seemed to do the trick, so I'm hoping that the weight loss will continue. :smile:

    Jstar: Glad you enjoyed your vacation, and your goal still seems doable.

    jtodacheeny: I think vacations are for enjoying. 2 lbs isn't horrible, and I'm sure that you will get that weight off soon. :wink:

    gogoleaner: Congrats on the weight loss, just to bad that it had to be stress related. :smile:

    genigen: Ok here is your cyber workout partner! :happy: Today I did 55 minutes of weight work, and I plan on a 25 min run and ab work when I get home. What are your plans for today? :wink: Just 10 min will do wonders. :smile:
  • jtodacheeny
    jtodacheeny Posts: 181 Member
    woohoo gogoleaner!!!!Glad you finally broke that plateau - they can be maddening, I know!

    Great work lvnascar!! next weigh in Wednesday you will be in those 150's, I know it!!!!!

    As for me, I about fell off the scale this morning!!!

    9/23/09 - no official weigh in, but a couple days later was at 227.
    9/30/09 - 227.2.

    So, instead of gaining 2 lbs it was 2/10 of a pound! Hmm, I don't really believe it and I halfway expect tomorrow to be up 2 lbs like I feel it was going to be - but that's what the scale said, so....woohoo!!
  • jtodacheeny
    jtodacheeny Posts: 181 Member
    Losing steam, losing motivation...I wish I had someone to work out with...I need to exercise more, but I need the motivation & support...I am gaining it all back and I am not eating like I should...grrrr...arrrrgh! Umph! :grumble: :cry:



    Oh Please don't quit!!!! If you need to, take a break for a few days where you don't think about weight and diet and exercise AT ALL and get back with the program on Monday,then go for it, but don't quit, you'll regret it!!!

    YOU are worth the effort!!
    YOU deserve the end result!!

    AND

    YOU ARE NOT A FAILURE FOR HAVING A ROUGH PATCH!!! We all go through them and when they are over, we can get back to business and realize that we were strong enough to kick butt!!!!
  • kath711
    kath711 Posts: 710 Member

    Stress from Mom being here helped me lose 2 pounds! Yay! AND......I ran a mile last night without stopping or walking in 13.4 minutes!!! I know that is slow, but hey...I did it running the WHOLE time!!!

    Good for you gogoleaner! 13.4 aint bad. I usually run between 11-12 and I know I used to be slower.

    Weigh in, down 1 pound, yeah!!
  • kath711
    kath711 Posts: 710 Member
    Losing steam, losing motivation...I wish I had someone to work out with...I need to exercise more, but I need the motivation & support...I am gaining it all back and I am not eating like I should...grrrr...arrrrgh! Umph! :grumble: :cry:

    Don't give up. I try to give myself little goals each week or month to keep it fresh. I like to run so I will say this week I will try to do another 1/2 mle or I will try to do 3 miles a little faster. I have to listen to music to keep up my motivation. It also helps to know that I get to eat more when I exercise. :tongue:
  • jtodacheeny
    jtodacheeny Posts: 181 Member
    ok, so here I am - I TOTALLY fell off the wagon these past couple of weeks. No body's fault but my own. :mad: I haven't gained back anything really, but knowing that I could be a couple of pounds lighter - :mad: Anyway, I am feeling pretty annoyed wih myself. I haven't been able to find the umph to get up out of bed in the morning and go to the gym. My food choices have totally stunk lately and I am going through a period of "don't know, don't care". How is that for pitiful??? And I can blame nobody but myself. Even my housework has fallen behind. What's up with that???? grr.
  • kath711
    kath711 Posts: 710 Member
    I get that not wanting to get in the morning. We got some cooler weather in MO this week and it makes you want to sleep in!:tongue:
  • gaylavest
    gaylavest Posts: 3
    CAN I JOIN OR AM I TO LATE..JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS SITE YESTERDAY FROM A TRAINER..I NEED TO LOSE 40 TO 60 POUNDS..HELP ME
  • kath711
    kath711 Posts: 710 Member
    Welcome gaylavest! We usually check/weigh in on Wednesday's and chat about whatever during the week. :smile:
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,551 Member
    Welcome gaylavest!

    jtodacheeny: I have been in the same boat as you. Have been to my goal weight, and then decided it was ok to have that bad choice or not workout. I gained almost 20 lbs by not being in the mood to watch what I was doing. So again I'm on that downward journey, and I just have to find that determination for not going back to where I know I'm not a happy person. WE CAN DO THIS! :drinker:

    I am actually looking forward to my weigh-in tomorrow. Tried on some pants on Sunday(have not worn these pants since last fall), and the waist band fell down to my hips. So I'm hoping that I have broken that 160# mark!
  • Gogo
    Gogo Posts: 9,942 Member
    Welcome to our group gaylavest :flowerforyou:

    I have worked out 6 of the last 9 days, but I haven't really been watching what I am eating. I hope that I still see some kind of change on the scale....

    I took a sneak peek on Sunday morning, but it was up 3 lbs!!! I did drink a lot of draft beer on Sat night though, so I chalked it up to beer bloat. I hope I was right! I think I will die if I really gained 3 lbs.

    Also, on a totally unrelated note......does anyone else get the PMS and bloating like 2 weeks before their TOM? It seems like that is when the cravings and the bloating start and they just gradually get worse over the 2 week period until I start and then the day after I start, everything vanishes! Weird. :noway:

    Good Luck to everyone at tomorrow's weigh in!

    Gogo :bigsmile:
  • 8turboturtle8
    8turboturtle8 Posts: 239 Member
    Hey ladies!!! Sorry I have been MIA...life just seems to get in the way sometimes and fell off course. If you don't mind, I would like to start from scratch tomorrow. I need to lose this weight...it has been effecting my mood and self esteem alot lately, more so than usual. :sad: But tomorrow is a new day!
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,551 Member
    I'm a happy lady today! :drinker: 159.5 lbs:drinker: Only problem is that this is now those last dreaded 10 lbs to go!!! :laugh:

    Gogo, I don't know that my cycle works the same, but I know two weeks ahead of time I will gain weight, and then the next week I will be really hungry. If I don't give into the hunger (by eating bad things) I will lose weight before and after TTOM, and keep it off. I think that is what helped me with this current weight loss, I didn't give into temptation. :happy:

    racefan, Start from scratch, we are going to make this journey to our goals together. :flowerforyou:
  • Gogo
    Gogo Posts: 9,942 Member
    I'm a happy lady today! :drinker: 159.5 lbs:drinker: Only problem is that this is now those last dreaded 10 lbs to go!!! :laugh:

    Gogo, I don't know that my cycle works the same, but I know two weeks ahead of time I will gain weight, and then the next week I will be really hungry. If I don't give into the hunger (by eating bad things) I will lose weight before and after TTOM, and keep it off. I think that is what helped me with this current weight loss, I didn't give into temptation. :happy:

    racefan, Start from scratch, we are going to make this journey to our goals together. :flowerforyou:

    Yay!!! Congrats lvnascar! You can do it!

    I am throwing my scale away! I am back up to 163.4, but I have been working out like a mad fiend! I don't understand. For the past ten days I have worked out hard core 8 of the 10 and I felt so sure that I was going to see major results on the scale........well I did, major results the wrong way!:explode: The sad thing is that I felt so good for the past ten days.....until this morning after I weighed in. Then this heavy sick feeling settled over me :sick: My measurements are the same. I am so close to giving up. I am going to try not weighing in and just going by my measurements for the next month or so, but if I don't see something in the right direction I just don't know if I can do it anymore.
  • kath711
    kath711 Posts: 710 Member
    I am throwing my scale away! I am back up to 163.4, but I have been working out like a mad fiend! I don't understand. For the past ten days I have worked out hard core 8 of the 10 and I felt so sure that I was going to see major results on the scale........well I did, major results the wrong way!:explode: The sad thing is that I felt so good for the past ten days.....until this morning after I weighed in. Then this heavy sick feeling settled over me :sick: My measurements are the same. I am so close to giving up. I am going to try not weighing in and just going by my measurements for the next month or so, but if I don't see something in the right direction I just don't know if I can do it anymore.

    I think sometimes our bodies go through a few weeks where we just kind of hang around the same weight going up and down a pound or two, and then finally it starts to move the right way again. That happened to me back in early August. It was frustrating but now I am losing again so don't give up!!

    checking in: down 1.5 pounds, yeah!
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,551 Member
    gogo, You are in the same spot I am in, those last 15-10 lbs. It takes some experimentation with your eating and exercise to kick start your body into getting that weight off. Maybe getting that scale away from you for a while is a good idea. :wink: Just don't give up! We all can get to that goal, it just might take a little more time. :flowerforyou:
  • 8turboturtle8
    8turboturtle8 Posts: 239 Member
    OK...checking in (for yesterday) and starting from scratch!!!

    Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

    Goal ~ 145 to 150 and toned
    Week 1 ~ 183.0
  • 8turboturtle8
    8turboturtle8 Posts: 239 Member
    Well I wasn't expecting much...having some terrible manufactured drama from an ex-boyfriend turned family friend...now an Ex-family friend...has caused me to binge and starve. I know it's not healthy, I tell myself that as I do it...and the last few days have been easier. Ugh life can be so maddening sometimes! But I was shocked to see I was down 2 pounds...not sure if it is really "weight" loss, but I will take it this week!

    Goal ~ 145 to 150 and toned
    Week 1 ~ 183.0
    Week 2 ~ 181.0
  • Gogo
    Gogo Posts: 9,942 Member
    gogo, You are in the same spot I am in, those last 15-10 lbs. It takes some experimentation with your eating and exercise to kick start your body into getting that weight off. Maybe getting that scale away from you for a while is a good idea. :wink: Just don't give up! We all can get to that goal, it just might take a little more time. :flowerforyou:

    Thanks lvnascar! I really need to hear those words of encouragement to keep me going!

    Ok, since I am not weighing in anymore...........here is my update...

    I worked out 7 of the past 10 days. I have been alternating legs and arms and abs/core for strength training and also running on the treadmill for my cardio. Yay!! I ran 1.5 miles last night without stopping!! I am so proud of myself. I did it really slow, but I still did it!! It took me 22 mins. Maybe next week I will measure to see if I have lost any inches, but I am kind of gun-shy now because every time I would step on the scale, it would be up. I am kind of afraid that it will be the same way with the measurements! As for my eating habits, I have really been trying to be good......I am determined to lose weight during this holiday season! I just keep asking myself if the hostess cupcakes and ding-dongs are really worth it. I would have to run on the treadmill for 2 hours just to burn off one package of chocolate cupcakes!! Def. not worth it! I have been eating lower carb, lower fat, higher protein so that my muscles will start showing.:bigsmile:

    Hope all you lovely ladies did well last week! Fight the good fight--we are worth it! :laugh:

    Gogo
  • Gogo
    Gogo Posts: 9,942 Member
    Well I wasn't expecting much...having some terrible manufactured drama from an ex-boyfriend turned family friend...now an Ex-family friend...has caused me to binge and starve. I know it's not healthy, I tell myself that as I do it...and the last few days have been easier. Ugh life can be so maddening sometimes! But I was shocked to see I was down 2 pounds...not sure if it is really "weight" loss, but I will take it this week!

    Goal ~ 145 to 150 and toned
    Week 1 ~ 183.0
    Week 2 ~ 181.0


    Sorry about the drama. :frown: Congrats on the 2lb loss though! I know it is hard, but try to remember the binging and starving will only kill your metabolism. You can do this!!

    *Hugs*

    Gogo
  • tiffani82
    tiffani82 Posts: 15 Member
    I would love to join...if you still have a spot. I am new and boy do I need the support. :flowerforyou:
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,551 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    No change for me this week, but that is ok. :wink: I have been looking at some of what I have been eating, and I realize that I need to cut out the sodium. Dang it is sometimes hard to believe how much sodium some items contain. :noway: So that will be my experiment for the next week. :smile: I'm just happy that I didn't gain. My workouts have been consistent, with about 6 days of the week. This week has been a recovery from weights, so my workouts have consisted of running, kickboxing and yoga. Monday starts up with weights again, and I will be doing 3 days of weight work with 3 days of cardio at around 45-60 min. And I probably will add cardio of 20-30 min. (running) on my weight days.

    racefan: Away Drama Away!!! :happy: Hey I would take the 2lb weight loss too. :laugh:

    gogo: I'm betting that the running will help with those measurements. I know that running has helped me with the lower half of my body. Keep up the great work. :flowerforyou:

    tiffani: Welcome to the group, and tell us a little about yourself. I like your frog on your weight ticker! :bigsmile:

    Kath: Congrats on the 1.5lb weight loss! :drinker:

    Have a great day!
  • Gogo
    Gogo Posts: 9,942 Member
    I would love to join...if you still have a spot. I am new and boy do I need the support. :flowerforyou:

    Welcome! :drinker:

    What are your goals and what is your starting weight?

    Gogo
  • 8turboturtle8
    8turboturtle8 Posts: 239 Member
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    Sorry about the drama. :frown: Congrats on the 2lb loss though! I know it is hard, but try to remember the binging and starving will only kill your metabolism. You can do this!!

    *Hugs*

    Gogo
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    Thank you so much...I have a horrible history with that, and would not at all be surprised if that is why I actully am having such a hard time losing now. But my goal is to eat three NORMAL meals a day...it's all baby steps and re-training. I am sure with all your exercising you are doing wonderfully! I have always admired that about your posts!
  • 8turboturtle8
    8turboturtle8 Posts: 239 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    No change for me this week, but that is ok. :wink: I have been looking at some of what I have been eating, and I realize that I need to cut out the sodium. Dang it is sometimes hard to believe how much sodium some items contain. :noway: So that will be my experiment for the next week. :smile: I'm just happy that I didn't gain. My workouts have been consistent, with about 6 days of the week. This week has been a recovery from weights, so my workouts have consisted of running, kickboxing and yoga. Monday starts up with weights again, and I will be doing 3 days of weight work with 3 days of cardio at around 45-60 min. And I probably will add cardio of 20-30 min. (running) on my weight days.

    racefan: Away Drama Away!!! :happy: Hey I would take the 2lb weight loss too. :laugh:

    gogo: I'm betting that the running will help with those measurements. I know that running has helped me with the lower half of my body. Keep up the great work. :flowerforyou:

    tiffani: Welcome to the group, and tell us a little about yourself. I like your frog on your weight ticker! :bigsmile:

    Kath: Congrats on the 1.5lb weight loss! :drinker:

    Have a great day!

    Awesome job on the workouts!!! That is impressive!!!!
  • kath711
    kath711 Posts: 710 Member
    AARGG! Up a pound. Even waited an extra day but still up. Hate that TOM. Crave salt and sweets so much.
    Welcome Tiffani82!!!
  • Gogo
    Gogo Posts: 9,942 Member
    Hey LL's!!

    Just wanted to say hope you had a great weekend, and keep up the good work. Only 2 days to Weds Weigh in!

    Good Luck All! :flowerforyou:
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,551 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    Down a 1/2lb so 159. I know that at this point the weight is going to go slow, so I'm not worried about my progress. :wink:

    Hope everyone had a good week.
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