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  • BohemianCoast
    BohemianCoast Posts: 349 Member
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    Monday check-in -- actually, I'm up a pound. I haven't changed my tracker though cos my scales say my fat % is down so I reckon it's just a bit of water. I promise to change the tracker next week if I haven't got it off! Anyway, I'm finally running properly again (did a 5k parkrun on Saturday and a 5k with the Sweatshop Running Community yesterday), and did plenty of badminton and walking over the weekend. So with more exercise, I should be able to make my calories add up this week. Here's hoping.

    Oh yes, and if anyone has a fitbit and wants to friend me there, my url is http://www.fitbit.com/user/258FJ5 . It's more just a leaderboard than a community though. My last couple of weeks have been a bit rubbish, but I'm pretty sure I'll be doing lots of walking and running this week.

    @recreatingMe -- well done for losing 12 pounds while 'off the wagon'! My view is that any downward trend is good no matter how slow.
    @whitecapwendy -- I think weighing every day is fine as a way of keeping track of things, but that going 'ooh, I've lost 0.2 pounds, or oh noes I've gained 0.4 pounds' you'll go mad! Little up and downs are normal. I weigh every day but I only count once a week. Sometimes with things like cake I'm good and just have half a slice. But sometimes I'm not.
    @Tammy -- YAY to ending the plateau! I'm right there with you having lost nothing for nearly a month.
    @Laurie -- what a *fantastic* photo! I'm still struggling in clothes shops because I feel like I'm a weird shape right now.
    @Lin -- The clothes swap has been great. I went out to the folk club last night and my entire outfit was out of the swap. And I thought I looked fantastic! It's a lesson to me too, because most of the stuff I'm getting from the swap is not things that I would personally choose.
    @Melancholy2 -- hope your little grandson is on the mend now; it's so scary when little kids get really sick.
    @Kelley -- Big win there on the 2 sizes smaller jeans!
    @Tina -- good to see you back with new resolve!
    @Kaye -- well done on that SV -- and fingers crossed for ONEderland!
    @Holly -- I hear what you're saying on those plus size stores! I'm just starting to be able to shop in regular stores and I can't believe how much cuter and cheaper the clothes are.
    @Amanda -- welcome! Round here there are quite a few exercise classes that either you can do with your baby, or where there's a free creche -- so you might want to look at them. When my babies were little I found mums & tots swimming was really good too. I didn't get that much exercise swimming in those, but my kids would nap for hours afterwards!
    @Meganmjo -- welcome! If you're getting married in 7 months you need to set a realistic goal for weight loss by then; you won't be at the end of your journey but you can have made a big change. My plan was to exercise and log, so that I would have something to show to my rheumatologist if it didn't work. But it's worked so well that I don't really have much to say except 'isn't this awesome!'

    Have another fantastic week everyone!

    -- Alison
  • mnwalkingqueen
    mnwalkingqueen Posts: 1,299 Member
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    Happy Monday-

    Well we BBQ this weekend even tho it rained a little I really didn't eat anything because everyone brought pork which I don't eat. I made homemade baked Mac and Cheese so I ate a lot of that. Whoever on thread months ago Almond milk was good with Cinnamon Pecan Special K they were not lying I tried it Saturday yummy.
    My basement is getting worse and I am afraid that the whole bathroom in the basement will need to be tore up. I have no extra money for that type of major repair wish we would have had more rain last year so I could have caught that before buying the house. I am a little stressed out over that.
    I also broke a tooth over the weekend that the dentist just filled at the end of the year in 2012. It doesn't hurt but it keeps cutting into my tongue and side of mouth.
  • kah68
    kah68 Posts: 1,515 Member
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    Good Morning.

    Monday again, comes around every week like clockwork. But a short week for me this week, taking Friday off – normally that would be a running day with my trainer, but I still can’t run.

    It’s weird how machines affect some people but not others. I can’t ride a recumbent bike, bothers my knees but no issues with a spinning bike. The recumbent elliptical can bother it too but the seat has so many positions that it’s easy to get it into a position so my knees don’t over-extend. My hips can bother me on the elliptical and arc trainer sometimes if I spend too much time on them – so I mix things up. Seems our bodies are never happy! :wink:

    @jill~I was up at 4:30 this morning too, I hate that. I have to be up at 5, so really hate it when I wake up 30-minutes before I need to actually get up. Tulips are my favorite.
    @Tina~Yay, glad you like the walking DVDs. Sounds like you had a really active day yesterday and seems like you have pep back in your step – so happy for you and your knew resolve.
    @Alison~I tried to send you a friend request on Fitbit, not sure if it worked. Here’s my url: http://www.fitbit.com/user/23MSTN
    @Holly~I don’t eat cereal much anymore, but think almond milk is better with it than regular milk. I’m so sorry for leak and now a broken tooth to boot. :cry:
    @Megan~Welcome to the thread, you’ll find lots of support around here and make some friends along the way. I would definitely ignore those future in-laws, you need to do this for you and no one else. I see you have a ticker, did you figure out what you were looking for?

    Monday Check-In~Had a pretty good weekend, busy as usual it seems but stuck to my workout plan. Guess I need to be honest with myself that my Achilles isn’t improving and go back to the doc next week, see what the next step is. I suspect injection and boot, although he mentioned platelet rich plasma therapy or shockwave therapy – both of which would still involve a boot. But at this point, I just want it to heal so whatever I need to do. Have I mentioned how much I miss running?! :sad:

    Activity this week:
    Sunday~Training DONE!
    Monday~Arc Trainer
    Tuesday~Rest Day
    Wednesday~Training
    Thursday~Rest Day
    Friday~Bike/Row
    Saturday~Elliptical

    Everyone have a super day. TTFN…
  • sharell24
    sharell24 Posts: 1
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    Hi

    I'm new on message board and could use alot of encouragement and motivation. I'm getting married in 2 mths and would like to lose at least 20lbs by then. I'm currently not working and looking for a job is wearing me down to depression so I find comfort in eating. I've lost my motivation in going to the gym everyday but I plan to start tommorrow morning. Can anyone give me some ideas please to keep me going. Things to do with all my time.
  • grandmakaye44
    grandmakaye44 Posts: 1,205 Member
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    Hi

    I'm new on message board and could use alot of encouragement and motivation. I'm getting married in 2 mths and would like to lose at least 20lbs by then. I'm currently not working and looking for a job is wearing me down to depression so I find comfort in eating. I've lost my motivation in going to the gym everyday but I plan to start tommorrow morning. Can anyone give me some ideas please to keep me going. Things to do with all my time.
    Losing weight is hard but the process is pretty simple. Log your food, and be sure you are eating less than you are burning. Exercise will help. Coming here and reading the inspirational stories of everyone here is motivating. Post, too, as that helps you become part of the group. Our April challenge is to find substitutes for eating when we really don't need to. A glass of water, going for a walk, doing some kind of needlework (or other hobby) are good ways do that. Best of luck to you. 20# in 2 months is doable if you are diligent and realistic. I lost 10# a month for the first 5 months. Its slower now.
    Kaye
  • trhjrh06
    trhjrh06 Posts: 2,272 Member
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    Monday!
    Well I had a very active weekend. Both Saturday and Sunday taking walks. And I started Leslie Sansone 3 mile walk w/ toning bands yesterday. I got up again this morning and did it :)
    I definitely feel better even with just how I am feeling about myself. I'm ready for this..again :)

    Thanks everyone for always supporting and being there!

    Have a WONDERFUL day everyone!!

    Tina
  • grandmakaye44
    grandmakaye44 Posts: 1,205 Member
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    Good Morning. It was a good weekend. I feel quite rested from all of the excitement of last week. DH is doing well. I don't know yet whether or not he is going to need to go to speech therapy again. We'll give it a bit of time.
    We have a lot of new ones here. Welcome. The best way to feel part of the group is to just jump in and start posting. The thread moves along rapidly so come and read often. There are a lot people here who are very inspiring in their journey.
    I've been here since the first of Oct. 2012. My approach is simple: Real food for real people and just keep walking. Your plan has to fit your lifestyle and be something you can live with for the rest of your life, or it will never work long term. At 68, I think that I am the oldest one here, but Lin keeps claiming to be old. I don't think she has ever admitted her age. :smile:
    Have a good day. Kaye
  • tootsanderson
    tootsanderson Posts: 1,636 Member
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    well, i guess i should probably give an update for those who were keeping up with it before on the continuing saga of my husband's lung problems haha. we're on almost month four right now. the pulminologist says he's at about 50% of an average 36 year old man. unfortunately, for him that's even worse because before january he was a long distance runner, a low brass player and a very fit military man. so he would be well above the average under normal circumstances. at any rate, the military has put him on medical profile and at the moment it's unknown what's causing all this. the original ideas like a blood clot, pneumonia, a tumor or a super virus were clearly not the thing. his time in the hospital being treated for a super virus likely only helped because they were giving him steroids the whole time and that's what was helping. anyway, it looks like he may well be on his way to being medically retired from the military. at this point there's some talk between his primary care providers, the veteran's administration and the military doctors that this may actually be a case of 'gulf war syndrome'. for those that don't know 'gulf war syndrome' is the umbrella name they gave to mysterious sudden onset and chronic problems in men who served in the middle east that are likely caused by exposure to biological, chemical or nerve agent warfare. they may find something else, who knows. he's still in rounds of like every specialist on the planet. but if that proves to be true, the va will consider him disabled and he'll be medically retired effective immediately. so we'll just see how that goes.

    in other news, i just moved from my 1600 sq ft. house into a house that's about 3700 sq ft. my sister and her 17 year old moved in with us so it isn't completely as big as it would be with just the five of us, but it still seems to be plenty big. we're still working on unpacking and my computer went the way of all the earth. which is no good since i desperately need that as that is how i work and working is how i make money and i like money.

    This one happened to be a murder mystery. It was the newest one by J.D. Robb. She is one of my favorite authors under this name and her other name Nora Roberts.

    haha in the romance writing world we refer to Nora Roberts, who is the top of the heap in terms of sales, as Le Nora. or 'the nora' if you will. it's awesome. she always comes to the national conferences of the romance writing union and talks to everyone, which is nice. she smokes like a chimney though :laugh:
  • verdouxkai
    verdouxkai Posts: 24 Member
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    Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! :heart: Happy Monday!

    @skinnyjeanzbo - thanks for the advice! I'm definitely trying to take it easy. I actually ended up finding out that my hips were out of alignment - I went to a chiropractor a couple of weeks ago who readjusted and put them back in place (which sounds awful, but it was painless!). He said that it was probably the result of childbirth, pregnancy, etc...which is so weird. After that my hip felt much better, but I guess I had been walking so gingerly around the injury that my OTHER hip popped...but it was a muscle issue. I've been doing a lot of stretching and such, and the elliptical has been really helpful as far as my not having pain afterwards...I think just another week and I'll be back to normal and can start mixing things up a bit.

    @meganmjo - nice to meet you! I know you can do it! If you like to read blogs, there is a blog I've read about a girl that lost a LOT of weight and being able to do Wii fit was one of her goals as well. She is pregnant now and doesn't post as much, but I read it from the very beginning and found it very motivational! It's at: http://www.asmallloss.com/

    I got up at 5:30 this morning and did 40 minutes on the elliptical, yay! I'm such a bad morning person, here's hoping I can do the same thing on Wednesday and Friday! :tongue:

    Post more later - have to run to a meeting (yay, work)!
  • susan2396
    susan2396 Posts: 794 Member
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    Monday Check In: I'll go back and catch up on the 4 pages I missed, but I'm back from my trip to Georgia. I'm so thankful I had the financial means to go back for a long weekend, but what an emotional trip. My girlfriend was getting her hair done and I surprised her at the salon. She was so shocked and just started crying. Her husband was so drained this week from the chemo. They went to the ER Friday night to get him a couple bags of fluids hoping he could just make an appearance at the 5K on Saturday, but he was so weak. They had over 150 in attendance at the 5K to help raise funds. The local McDonald's handed out water throughout the race and 10 other companies were sponsors. There's a lot to say about small towns that's for sure. Sunday was so emotional as well as. He hated to see me go because he knows his wife needs me. She's trying to be strong for him and the kids (13 and 17). I hated to leave again. He's 39 battling stage 4 cancer that was found just in January. It was found in his colon, but now in his liver. The various spots are shrinking, but he's still going through some aggressive chemo to get the spots on his liver. If you believe in prayer or just can keep positive thoughts coming to the ****inson family, I would really appreciate it.
  • jtconst
    jtconst Posts: 641 Member
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    Good morning all. Gotta love Mondays right?:happy: Well I guess I like them better then some since I currently dont work. It was a happy morning for me. Even though tom came calling yesterday I still was another two pounds down this morning:bigsmile: I have 19.6 pounds to go to reach twoderville. I would relly like to be there when my husband gets home in two months so I will be giving it everything I got to accomplish that. I had planned on starting a water aerobics class at the gym today but I guess will be waiting till next week for tht now :grumble: Oh well the joys of being a woman, right? So a quick question. I keep seeing people eating avocado, which I love, in their diaries but only part of one. How do they keep the rest from getting yucky befor they eat it. I made steak quesadillas and ended up eating the whole avocado so it wouldnt go yucky. Not really a hardship but made the cals a little higher then i had planned for dinner. Well I guess i better get my smoothie mada and get this day started. Have a great one everybody.
  • RobinsEgg
    RobinsEgg Posts: 3,702 Member
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    Sorry I have been away for a few days. I have taken some time to myself to get my "head" together. Decided I was living out of a suitcase for too long so told the BF I would not be coming over this past W/E and stayed home and attended to my own affairs, which included a lot of introspection. Good to do that from time to time. Almost out of this depression thats been haunting me!

    Also have started losing weight again! Have heavily loaded my breakfast meal and now I eat late around 11 am and don't eat again until dinner. Am down about 4 pounds (of previously regained weight).

    My heart goes out to all those who are suffering.....you are in my prayers

    Welcome to all our newbies - glad to see you joining in the thread and participating!
  • MyM0wM0w
    MyM0wM0w Posts: 2,008 Member
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    I keep seeing people eating avocado, which I love, in their diaries but only part of one. How do they keep the rest from getting yucky befor they eat it. I made steak quesadillas and ended up eating the whole avocado so it wouldnt go yucky.

    I don't peel them, I halve them and remove the pit. Then I squirt lemon juice all over the exposed flesh and store them face down on a ceramic plate covered in saran wrap. Then I use a knife to slice out strips of avocado as I need them. It still doesn't last AGES, but imo it lasts longer than just storing in a baggy.
  • MyssJones
    MyssJones Posts: 6
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    Monday - Check In

    For this past weekend to be my "cheat" weekend I think I did fairly well only 497 over my goals for the entire weekend. I usually allow myself to indulge one weekend out of the month to keep me sane (???). Anyway, I am feeling great. I weighed myself this morning and have lost 2lbs since my Wednesday weigh-in.

    So far, not bad! Hope you guys are having a great day!
  • MyssJones
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    So a quick question. I keep seeing people eating avocado, which I love, in their diaries but only part of one. How do they keep the rest from getting yucky befor they eat it. I made steak quesadillas and ended up eating the whole avocado so it wouldnt go yucky.

    I usually cut one half of the avocado and left the pit in the other half. Wrap the pit side in heavy duty foil and it will last up to 2-3 days.
  • kvandeest
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    Good Monday to all! My weekend was super busy and I tried to make good choices. We didn't eat at home once from Friday to Sunday. It's hard to always make good choices, but I didn't upset myself too much by my choices. My son is having sinus surgery on Wednesday so my stress level is starting to climb, but I am trying to stay aware of it.. I have to lose weight just for my overall health let alone the known problems I know of., I go see a Fibromylgia specialist on Monday. I don't know if my weight will be a cause of this or not.,

    Keeping everyone that is struggling in my thoughts. Love this group for all of the support.
  • donnajy54
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    I'm new too but i think you add people for friends and support. my name id donna so if i send you a friends request, nu will know i figured it out and accept my request and i'll tell you what i did.
  • lizzypoo13
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    hi! I am absolutely new to this site, and posting on here, and weight loss. I started going to this amazing womens gym last month. I go 3-4 times a week, and enjoy going. I am a stay at home mom of 3 kids, and just getting out alone for a bit is relaxing in itself. I have been trying to eat better food and eat less food. I have an addiction to bad foods like burgers, pizza and tacos. and im not even hungry when I eat these. my other problem is I eat a large amount of food, and it doesn't hurt so I don't know my limit. I have been eating better since going to the gym, but I haven't completely cut out the bad food. my gym weighs you once a month. I went to the dr last week and discovered instead of losing weight, I actually gained 9 lbs. I was devastated. I knew I hadn't been eating perfectly, but I had been doing better and I went from doing no exercise to 4+ hours a week. I understand maybe staying the same, but actually gaining that much in a month? I still don't get it. when the gym weighs me tomorrow, its going to be awful. im actually making an appointment today to my dr to see if I have a thyroid problem or something. I shouldn't be gaining like this, seriously. another thing ive noticed since going to the gym , is my metabolism, which was slow from the get go, ends up being almost nonexistent when I come home from the gym. I always though your energy goes up after exercise..does anyone else have a problem with it??
  • karenleona
    karenleona Posts: 3,959 Member
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    lizzy- how frustrating for you!! i also have no energy after going to the gym instead of having more!!! Perhaps your body is adjusting to the new activity...some people actually gain weight before starting to lose. Are you drinking enough water? you should have 8-10 glasses per day minimum. Are you logging your food? you may be eating more than you think.

    survived the weekend by getting back on track. No late night snacking and made it to the gym sat night. Off to the library on my bike today
  • kah68
    kah68 Posts: 1,515 Member
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    hi! I am absolutely new to this site, and posting on here, and weight loss. I started going to this amazing womens gym last month. I go 3-4 times a week, and enjoy going. I am a stay at home mom of 3 kids, and just getting out alone for a bit is relaxing in itself. I have been trying to eat better food and eat less food. I have an addiction to bad foods like burgers, pizza and tacos. and im not even hungry when I eat these. my other problem is I eat a large amount of food, and it doesn't hurt so I don't know my limit. I have been eating better since going to the gym, but I haven't completely cut out the bad food. my gym weighs you once a month. I went to the dr last week and discovered instead of losing weight, I actually gained 9 lbs. I was devastated. I knew I hadn't been eating perfectly, but I had been doing better and I went from doing no exercise to 4+ hours a week. I understand maybe staying the same, but actually gaining that much in a month? I still don't get it. when the gym weighs me tomorrow, its going to be awful. im actually making an appointment today to my dr to see if I have a thyroid problem or something. I shouldn't be gaining like this, seriously. another thing ive noticed since going to the gym , is my metabolism, which was slow from the get go, ends up being almost nonexistent when I come home from the gym. I always though your energy goes up after exercise..does anyone else have a problem with it??

    First, welcome - glad you found us. Like Karen suggested, the gain during the 1st month could be from increasing your activity. Make sure you are eating to compensate for the exercise - plenty of water, plenty of fruits/veggies (mostly veggies), plenty of protein, etc. Be honest with yourself and journal every BLT (bites, licks, tastes). Do you eat a lot of carbs or highly processed foods? Too much of either can derail weight loss efforts. If you are coming from sedentary lifestyle to one that is really active, I can see how you would feel tired - believe me, after a while your body will adjust and your endurance will improve. Just keep at it.

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