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

shannon128

I want to join! Need to get these last few pounds GONE! Thanks, great idea!

kath711

Checking in a day late, so busy right now. Stayed the same weight. Can't seem to get back to eating properly since my vacation. The french fries keep calling to me!!

Welcome kerrishannon!!

lvnascar

Morning Ladies, :drinker:

TGIF!!! :laugh: I'm on a roll with my eating, the big test will be the weekend for me. I was getting a little hungry last night, so did munch on 4 Ritz crackers. I couldn't believe that I was hungry after consuming over 1700 cal. :noway: Yesterday after work I did get in a light workout called Kettlenetics Core Balance, and this morning was One on One Fountain of Youth yoga with Tony Horton. Love that guy! :laugh:

Gogo, I know that walking uphill can really get that HR going. In fact walking uphill can burn just as many calories as running on a flat surface. The scale is another thing that I have vowed I will not look at until Wednesday morning! :noway: This is a hard thing for me, I was weighing myself every morning. It is very HARD! :frown:

Kerrishannon, Welcome to the group! We weigh in every Wednesday, and you can give as many updates as you want to. I am checking in everyday, because I feel it keeps me accountable to do some type of workout and eat my proper meals everyday. Sometimes we fail, but start over again. Tell us a little about yourself.

Kath: STOP french fries STOP! :laugh: Did they stop talking to you? Try putting those potatoes in the oven for 20 min. at around 400-450 deg. Spray pan with cooking spray, and also mist the tops of the fries. I add a little garlic salt and you have some tasty french fries! Hope that helps,

Have a great day!

Gogo

Morning Ladies:yawn:

I did break the cycle last night!! I ran 2.5 miles (my farthest run yet)without stopping and then I walked at an incline for another half mile. So three miles total last night. Took me about 45 mins. Did some stretching, hopped in the shower, and then went to McDonalds.:grumble: I so need to get to the grocery store. On the upside.....the McDonalds was in my calorie budget, so at least I didn't blow the day. It just wasn't the healthiest meal ever. Plus, it was the first time I have had fast food in like 2 months.

Today will be better food-wise.

Hope you girls have a great day!

Gogo

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

So far this morning I'm doing pretty good with my eating. Last night was ok, just munched on a few pistachios. My workout this morning was 10 min. Solutions Knockout Body, I really like this workout. I may do something else today, but my plans are to get some housework done, after I get my youngest daughter to ballet class.

Congrats on the run gogo! I think that having a meal like McDonalds is something that we need to do every once in a while. As long as we don't try it out everyday! But dang I just enjoy some salty french fries every once in a while.

Hope you day is as nice as our is! So sunny and warm out. If you can call 50 deg warm. :laugh:

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

Did pretty well this weekend, but had a few cheats. :grumble: Oh well, at least it wasn't an all out pig-out. :laugh:

Sunday I got in a run of 2.75 miles, but my HR was getting way to high at times so had to get it down. I think that I didn't give my body enough water that morning. I didn't have any water until just before my run, that will teach me to run out the door for church without bringing along my water bottle. :laugh:

Today was strength training with Cathe Friedrich, STS Disc 25 Chest & Back. Really lifting heavy weights on this one. Hope I have time to get in a short cardio of 20-30 min., and some stretching after work today.

Hope all you ladies are having a great day!

Gogo

Morning!

I didn't really work out this weekend. I did 1.5 miles on Saturday, but for the most part I did ALOT of cleaning this weekend in preparation for Thanksgiving. I did manage to eat healty for the most part. We had ice cream sundaes on Saturday night.

Not sure if I will be able to get much exercising in this week......

Hope you have a great week!

lvnascar

Morning! :drinker:

Had a pretty good eating day yesterday, but I did sneak in a peppermint pattie! :noway: I didn't go over my calories, so I think it was ok. Will see what happens when I weigh in tomorrow morning.

Cardio day for me, so I was able to get a 2.75 mile run in 26:45 minutes on the treadmill, and I did much better than on Sunday. Guess it was because I wasn't heading into the wind. I also did a 37 minute workout called Cardio Blast Premix from a Cathe Freidrich workout called Drill Max.

Gogo: I'm so glad that I'm not having to do the prep work for Thanksgiving. :happy: Running that vacuum cleaner will burn the calories though.

Have a great day!

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

My weigh-in this morning was GREAT! 157 lbs :drinker: So that was a drop of 1.5 lbs for the week. I stopped myself from checking my weight each morning, and I increased my food intake. Also getting protein in each of my meals. Guess this helped get me going, probably wasn't eating enough. :noway:

Yesterday was a good eating day for me, I did get Chinese food. But I made the wise decision and had Chop Suey, instead of the spicy saucy items I would usually have chosen.

Cardio this morning was Disc 26 Plyo Legs with Cathe Freidrich, this is a great workout. I was sweating buckets. :blushing: Also added in some ab work from her Ab Circuit DVD called Med Ball Abs.

Hope to get on tomorrow, but if not hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving. :drinker:

Gogo

Ughhhhh.


I have pigged out for 2 days straight now and I can feel it for sure! I did get in a 2.5 mile run on Weds. night, and plan to get one in tonight too. No exercise for me on Thurs. though. I am sure that things will get back to normal after this weekend. i just hope I didn't do too much damage to my weight-loss. I don't know if I even want to step on the scale Weds. :grumble:

lvnascar: Great job on the workouts! It still boggles my mind that you have to eat more to lose more. Maybe I am not eating enough. How many calories a day do you eat?

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

Today was strength training, and I did Disc 28 Chest & Back of STS with Cathe Freidrich. Maybe get in some cardio when I get home from work. Didn't get a lot of exercise in this weekend, but I did manage to get in a 2.50 mile run on the treadmill on Saturday. I also did 30 Minutes to Fitness Kickboxing Premix #1 with Kelly Coffey-Meyer on Thursday.

Gogo: I overate this weekend also, but I'm back on track today. I have been getting in 1600 - 1800 calories per day. I eat 5 meals a day with protein in each of them. I also have a starchy carb (bread, oatmeal, rice) and a fibrous carb (green beans, asparagus, broccoli etc.) in each of these meals. It really worked very well for me, so I'm going to continue with that type of eating until I start to stall, then will change something if I have to.

Gogo

Morning :yawn:

I didn't work out yesterday, but for the most part ate pretty decent. I am trying to get all the water weight off from T-Day dinner and leftovers. :grumble: I am starting to get into a rut though. I find myself making excuses not to exercise and not to eat as healthy. I am having a hard time justifying all the hard work I was putting into this when I am not seeing the scale or my measurements budge at all. I am getting really down and frustrated. I don't know what to do. Plus, my running was going so well but in the past week it has been awful. I can't keep up the distances I was running a week ago without walking part of it.

Help!!

Erin

lvnascar

Morning!

Today I was able to get in a kickboxing workout that is one of Cathe Freidrich's workouts in her 4 Day Split series, and then I ran on the treadmill for 3 miles. Still want to get some ab work done, but I have some running to do tonight after work, so will see if I can get that done.

Gogo: Sometimes I know I get in that same mindset of wondering why I work so hard with little to no results. I was that way when I first started on MFP, but once I started eating enough my energy level increased. It did take some time for me to figure out that I needed to adjust my protein. I think I was eating to many carbs, so I adjusted my ratios to 50% carbs, 30% protein, and 20% Fat. That seemed to be what I needed to jump start my weight loss. When I was at the hotel this weekend, I jumped on the treadmill and was not able to run the full 2.75 miles that I usually did. I was dehydrated, and of course didn't eat enough food, so it affected my performance. Hope this helped some. :flowerforyou:

Have a great day!

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

Well not a good morning for me to weigh-in! :noway: TTOM started this morning so my weight is up from that, and probably from my over-indulgence during Thanksgiving. So hopefully this will pass after a couple of days! Weight was 159.5, so I'm not adjusting my weight on the ticker.

This morning was a Plyo Leg workout from Cathe Friedrich's STS series, and it was a goodie. Love how she does a weight exercise followed by a 30 sec. plyometric exercise. :smokin:

Have a great day!

Gogo

lvnascar - I really admire your dedication to these workout videos! Do you get them on demand from cable or do you just have a crazy fitness library!?

I changed my ticker to reflect my gain, but then when it goes back down, I will be able to jump down a bunch hopefully!

lvnascar

Gogo: I have a crazy fitness library! :embarassed: I justify these purchases by not getting a gym membership. Some people love the gym, and it was just not the thing for me. I didn't like having to get myself in the car and to the gym. This way all my sweat is only seen by my family! :laugh: There are many good OnDemand workouts that I try out too, and of course if you have FitTv that is another option. My favorite instructor is Cathe Friedrich, and she has 1 hour workouts on FitTv. I also love Jillian Michael's workouts, those are OnDemand and also at places like Walmart & Target. I have been using exercise DVD's since my youngest was born in '97, and I started off with Billy Blanks TaeBo! :happy: Which I still love too. The only other problem with my DVD addiction is that I have to buy the equipment (like weights).

Gogo

Gogo: I have a crazy fitness library! :embarassed: I justify these purchases by not getting a gym membership. Some people love the gym, and it was just not the thing for me. I didn't like having to get myself in the car and to the gym. This way all my sweat is only seen by my family! :laugh: There are many good OnDemand workouts that I try out too, and of course if you have FitTv that is another option. My favorite instructor is Cathe Friedrich, and she has 1 hour workouts on FitTv. I also love Jillian Michael's workouts, those are OnDemand and also at places like Walmart & Target. I have been using exercise DVD's since my youngest was born in '97, and I started off with Billy Blanks TaeBo! :happy: Which I still love too. The only other problem with my DVD addiction is that I have to buy the equipment (like weights).

That is awesome! I think I am going to check out some of the OnDemand stuff, because I am getting burnt out with my treadmill and standard exercises that I am doing on my own. I need someone to kick my butt!!

kath711

Checking in down 1/2 pound. Can't believe I lost anything with the way I have been eating lately. Can't seem to get motivated. Maybe after the holiday...

I'm the opposite about the gym. I feel more motivated there, like I can do more. If I am at home, I seem to talk myself out of doing more but at the gym I feel motivated by others around me.

Gogo

Well Ladies,

TOM came today......3 days early.:grumble: Now I know why I have been eating like a vaccuum cleaner lately. Now that the cravings are gone I will be back on track. Will weigh in next week.

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

This morning was kickboxing with a DVD called 30 Minutes to Fitness by Kelly Coffey-Meyer. I also got in a 3 mile run on my treadmill. Legs where a bit sore from doing the plyo work yesterday, but I pushed myself to get the miles done.

Gogo: I would recommend the 30 Day Shred that is OnDemand. I did each level for 10 days, and my waist went down about 2 inches. I'm planning on doing some of those again after Christmas. LOL about eating like a vacuum cleaner. That is a good description of how I feel sometimes. :laugh:

Kath: WTG on the 1/2lb loss. :drinker: I'm glad that both options are open to people that want to workout. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have my DVD workouts, and a basement full of weights. :laugh:

Gogo

I have the 30 day shred actually......I have never finished it though. I just can't seem to get into it and stick with it. :grumble:

lvnascar

Dang on the 30 day Shred. The other instructors that have good workouts that are OnDemand are Cindy Whitmarsh and Jackie Warner. There is a guy on there there that is good, but I don't remember his name. Will try to find out what his name is for you.

You might want to try out Jillian's No More Trouble Zones and Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism. The first one is a weight workout, and the 2nd is all cardio. Even through the title sounds silly, check out the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader workouts with Jay Johnson. Some people don't like them, because they are not "intense" enough for them! But it may be something that clicks for you. I personally like Jay Johnson, got to love a guy with muscles. :laugh: :laugh:

Kendall Hogan! That is the one. They also have some of the Biggest Loser workouts also.

lvnascar

Strength training for me today with Disc 30 Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps (STS by Cathe Friedrich), and my upper body is really sore right now. Would still like to get in a run after work, and it WILL be on my treadmill. We received some snow last night, and I don't think running in the dark on slippery roads would be a good combo. :laugh:

Had a good day eating yesterday. :drinker:

Gogo

Thanks for the info...I will look into those this weekend. We aren't supposed to get snow until next weds-thurs. :grumble: I am NOT a fan of snow.

Gogo

Happy Monday, Ladies!

I ran 3.1 miles without walking on Friday night. It took me 45 mins, but I still did it without walking. I was so stoked!! I was soooo lazy the rest of the weekend tho, and I ate like crap.

Tonight going to try for the 3 miles again.

Hope everyone had a good weekend! :drinker:

Erin

lvnascar

Erin :drinker: Congrats on getting that 3.1 miles done. Doesn't matter how long it took! I didn't eat that great this weekend either! Oh well, I'm still doing my exercise!

Saturday I ran 3 miles just like you, and Sunday I started Gateway to 8K. I still have to figure out how many miles the dog and I where able to get in. The program does interval runs just like the Couch to 5k program. I downloaded the podcast, and must say it was nice not to have to look at my watch to check the time. We took a different running route yesterday, and another dog tried to make something happen. Good thing that the owner called the dog, because my German Shepherd was ready to defend. This morning I got in my strength training doing Chest & Back work with STS Disc 31.

Have a great day!
Laurie

8turboturtle8

Hello long lost friends!!! I have been busy and overwhelmed the past few weeks...but I am getting back on track! I hit the gym 4 days last week and even ran at 4.7 for 17 minutes without walking! I am more an intreval kinda "runner" so to keep that speed for that "long" was my own personal best. Hit the gym today to start the week right! working on the food issues though, they always seem to get the best of me. I am down 4 pounds from the Monday after thanksgiving, wish is sadly up from where I left off before...but I am in the right direction now. So how is everyone doing?

Gogo

Hello long lost friends!!! I have been busy and overwhelmed the past few weeks...but I am getting back on track! I hit the gym 4 days last week and even ran at 4.7 for 17 minutes without walking! I am more an intreval kinda "runner" so to keep that speed for that "long" was my own personal best. Hit the gym today to start the week right! working on the food issues though, they always seem to get the best of me. I am down 4 pounds from the Monday after thanksgiving, wish is sadly up from where I left off before...but I am in the right direction now. So how is everyone doing?

Yay!! Great Job on the running and on the 4 lb loss!! :drinker:

Gogo

Laurie - Do you eat all of your exercise calories? I just got done doing a mile warm up and then level two day one of the 30Day Shred, burned 459 calories, but I still have like 240 calories to eat today! It is 8pm here, and I don't feel hungry. Do you think that is hindering my weight loss?

Erin :flowerforyou:

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

This morning the dog and I went out and did the 2nd run of the GW28K program, and it was a great run. I mapped out our run, and it came to 3.75 miles (which included the warm-up and cool down). It is very dark at 5am, and this morning we where getting this gentle snow. Suppose to be getting a bit more later today though. :noway: I also was able to get in some ab work, and stretching.

racefan: great job on the running, and getting back on track. It is hard to keep going and doing what is right for YOU when other things are interferring in your life.

Erin: I try to eat all my exercise calories, but sometimes it doesn't happen. How many are you averaging? And are you keeping those calories in your carb/protien/fat ratios. I know sometimes I have a hard time getting enough of the protien, and that is what seems to help me get those pounds under control. Last night I did not get all my calories eaten, because like you it was late and I wasn't hungry. I would think that if you are getting at least 1400-1500 cal eaten it shouldn't hinder your weight loss. Have you been checking your measurements, because I know that when I was exercising with the Shred I lost more inches than I did weight.

Have a great day!
Laurie