No More Excuses - Week 5

running_girl_84

I went out for a 7 mile run in the freezing cold weather. As I was doing my 10minute cooldown walk on the way back to my apartment, I noticed people looking at me a bit funny. I didn't think much of it until I got home and looked in the mirror - my face was bright red and I had clumps of ice hanging from my hair and ice all over my jacket and hat. I was quite a sight! Needless to say I took a long hot shower and think I'll be holding off on outside running when it's so cold outside.

Losing weight and eating right really is an everyday struggle for me. I can't tell you how many times a day I try to justify the fact I want to eat something bad. I'll tell myself things like "well I ran 6 miles today" or "I did an hour of cardio and 30 minutes of weights" and "well, I'm really not that fat anymore..." etc. Then I have to remind myself that because I worked so hard at the gym and with exercise that I should reward myself with good, nutritious food instead. I wonder if there will ever be a day where eating right doesn't seem like such a battle.

Little update on my husband's deployment - instead of me moving on base like we originally planned, my parents asked me to come back to Canada and stay with them and my 17 year old brother for the year. That is a huge weight off our shoulders as we can save so much more money that way. So things are looking up

AmandaJ

Running-girl, I wanted to tell you earlier this morning and it slipped my mind I think your peeking at the scale is actually something I would do. Actually I did this morning and my scale said 157 also. Too funny! How tall are you? I am 5' 3". Also way to go on your run. AWESOME JOB!

Also I am glad that you are able to go home for a year and that takes away a burden off your shoulders. Glad it is working out!

Amy, we having you come here also!!! HUG!

Ann, you inspire me. Thank you! Also is that your nice looking family in your new pic?

kdsmith

Amanda - go ahead and remove me from the list. I know this sounds childish but, I joined a group in order to gain some support but, not really "feeling" it here. So, I'll find a new group and finger's crossed I get into a group that works for me! Good luck everyone one!

Okay this is really bugging me, PLEASE if anybody feels like they need support and not getting it on this thread then message a team member. I truly feel we are all here to lose weight, get healthy and support each other and I hope that we can encourage each other. HUGS!

Try not to worry Amanda, everyone needs different things...

Halfway through the week and I have not even thought about my challenge...our family of 5 decided to get the flu at the same time which has not been fun. Everyone is back to school/work today except that I regressed and could not even take the kids to school. Luckily my husband was able to go into work late and drop them off. I have lost quite a bit of weight although I am sure it's a lot of water weight.

I have to go see if I am able to stand up as I only have 2 hours before I need to pick up the kids.

Congrats to everyone for all your exercise and good eating this week!

xx Kim

AmandaJ

:flowerforyou: Kim, I am truly sorry to hear that you are sick and worse than that but your family is sick. It is one thing when I am sick and can be sick but when I am sick and the family is sick, I on low on the totem pole. HUGS Kim!!!!!!

tigermom79

Amanda - go ahead and remove me from the list. I know this sounds childish but, I joined a group in order to gain some support but, not really "feeling" it here. So, I'll find a new group and finger's crossed I get into a group that works for me! Good luck everyone one!

Okay this is really bugging me, PLEASE if anybody feels like they need support and not getting it on this thread then message a team member. I truly feel we are all here to lose weight, get healthy and support each other and I hope that we can encourage each other. HUGS!

Try not to worry Amanda, everyone needs different things...

Halfway through the week and I have not even thought about my challenge...our family of 5 decided to get the flu at the same time which has not been fun. Everyone is back to school/work today except that I regressed and could not even take the kids to school. Luckily my husband was able to go into work late and drop them off. I have lost quite a bit of weight although I am sure it's a lot of water weight.

I have to go see if I am able to stand up as I only have 2 hours before I need to pick up the kids.

Congrats to everyone for all your exercise and good eating this week!

xx Kim

Kim....so sorry you have the bug. I got it on Sunday and am still recovering. I am at work, but it isn't easy! Try and get more rest!!!!

tigermom79

Running-girl, I wanted to tell you earlier this morning and it slipped my mind I think your peeking at the scale is actually something I would do. Actually I did this morning and my scale said 157 also. Too funny! How tall are you? I am 5' 3". Also way to go on your run. AWESOME JOB!

Also I am glad that you are able to go home for a year and that takes away a burden off your shoulders. Glad it is working out!

Amy, we having you come here also!!! HUG!

Ann, you inspire me. Thank you! Also is that your nice looking family in your new pic?

Yes Amanda.....Those are my 5 great kids! Don't know what I would do without them. They are my inspiration!

running_girl_84

I'm 5'8. I want to get down to 150. 145lbs would be ideal

AmandaJ

Okay I just put all my calories in for the day including dinner tonight and if I am very careful on the chips then I will be fine even ordering what I want to eat. My calories are set at 1400 and that is fine for normal every day but it has been freezing here for a week and I have been packing five gallon water buckets to all the different animal pens and that is hard work. Plus breaking water and packing 50 lbs of feed so I am not going to worry. I had asked my dad where we were going so I could figure out my calories adn his response was "forget your calories tonight, for goodness sakes". I didn't even try to explain how important this was to me, he doesn't understand. We finally decided on a Mexican restaurant and I love the arroz con pollo and I know it is so high in calories and fat but I will only eat half and when I entered it, it was fine so I am doing the happy dance!

AmandaJ

I am off to go shopping, looking forward a good time. I, unfortunately went over my calories today. :grumble:

Hope everybody had a terrific day! :flowerforyou: and is feeling better!

tamelab

Amanda...I love your new picture. You look great! Your entertainment center is almost exactly like the one I used to have. Mine was a lighter pine but it is made the same way. I loved that thing but our new TV wouldn't fit in it and I had to sell it last year.

tigermom79

Amanda; Love the new pic!!!

AmandaJ

Hey, thanks Tammy and Ann. I am still here waiting fo rmy slow poke little sister. Love her but she will late for her own funeral. :laugh:

I love our entertainment center, we purchased it for $100 at a Habitat for Humanity store. Somebody had did a really crappy job of painting it white and it looked awful. I completely strip it with a heat gun and refinished it. Huge undertaking but kept me out of trouble for a long while.

justjack51

Fateau - Day 6.............gained another half pound today.

The worst part is I am doing my workouts every day and not cheating on diet. I need to change something up.

I have decided to not eat all my workout calories today. I think I am going to flip my workout schedule and do cardio M W F and weights T R next week instead of vice versa, and..........I am going to stop taking the elevator starting tomorrow.

If that doesn't work, I am going all cardio the next week.

I made my diary public if anyone wants to analyze it. I go way over on protein all the time, maybe that is my issue.

AmandaJ

Jack it is midnight here and I am exhausted so I will look at your diary more in depth tomorrow, however it seems your sodium is way over almost everyday. Also how much water are you drinking?

tamelab

Good morning all...I am doing well. I haven't lost any weight this week but I haven't gained either, so I guess that is good. I missed one day of the gym so it looks like I'll have to skip on my necklace set unless a miracle happens by Sunday for me to lose 2 pounds. I think I am having too much sodium. I'll try to cut back on that. Today is my "wogging" day (I walk and jog, don't really run).

Amanda...That is funny about your sister. That is exactly what my famly says about me. I'm late to church every Sunday and I literally live 2 minutes from the church. If we are having a family meal at 12:00, they will tell me we are eating at 11:00 so I'll be there on time:laugh:

Jack...The only thing I noticed on your diet might be your sodium. Are you sure there is that much sodium in that sliced ham? That seems awfully high. You seem to be eating a very healthy diet. On days when I eat a lot of sodium, like yesterday, I will either hold my weight or go up the next day. I am a habitual weight checker, can't make myself only check on Sundays no matter how hard I try.

Amaline...Haven't heard from you lately. You okay? How many days til you go home now? Did you find a new dress? I am still on week 4 of C25K. I'm afraid to move up to the next level because I'm not ready to jog 25 minutes without stopping. Where are you on the program?

Christy...Are you feeling better?

Momoftwo...Did you get your exercise done early this morning again? I ended up at the gym about 4:00 yesterday afternoon and it was packed. I like going in the mornings because I'm about the only one there but I seem to be lazy lately.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!!

tigermom79

Morning all!!! Well I am feeling much better this morning. Will hopefully feel the same way at day end!!! I have a board meeting today along with our Christmas Luncheon. EGADS!!!! Will be good though. I am hoping to make it to Curves and just do a nice and easy work out to get me back into the swing of things.

We have a huge basketball tournament today through Saturday at our High School. My son's team took the Championship last year for the first time in forever. He graduated and about 7 of the Varsity team were seniors so it will be interesting to see how they do. We will be there to watch!!!

Jack, I would try cutting the sodium as well and drinking more water. I know I retain water really easy and that can play a big part of your weight loss. I also think cardio 3 times a week and strength training 2 would be a good match but I am not a trainer by any means.

Well, everyone have a great Thursday and Let's stick together!!!

Oh yea.....Tammy don't give up on that necklace just yet. There is still lots of time before our "official" weigh in!!!

running_girl_84

Holy Crap!

Went out for dinner last night, stepped on the scale this morning and it jumped from 157.6 or something to 159.6lbs today! WHOA. I know I didn't eat 7,000 extra calories, lol. But damn, that's discouraging.

I had a good workout this morning. 4 mile run, 30minutes weights, 35 minute elliptical and then 20 minutes relaxing in the steaming hot sauna. Now I'm raging hungry but must shower first.

tamelab

Running girl...I'm tired just reading about your workout. Wow, that's great. I can't imagine those couple of extra pounds will be there long.

amaline

Amaline...Haven't heard from you lately. You okay? How many days til you go home now? Did you find a new dress? I am still on week 4 of C25K. I'm afraid to move up to the next level because I'm not ready to jog 25 minutes without stopping. Where are you on the program?

Thanks for thinking of me Tam! TBH I have been lying a little low as I have been having not such a good week. Not disastrous but I do need to get back on track. I definitely did not earn the new dress this week so that is going to be next weeks goal for me.

I finished week 4 on Tuesday and was supposed to start week 5 today but got side tracked. I am nervous about doing the 20 min run too. I don't know about you but I found week 4 much more challenging than previous weeks. I was thinking of repeating it before moving on but I have decided to give week 5 a try first. I am going to keep my speed low (always a challenge for me as I tend to sprint) and just go for as long as I can. If I need to stop and go back and repeat then so be it but I am going to at least try week 5 first. Do you wanna do it with me? :bigsmile: would be great to have someone at the same place in the program as me! I am going to do it tomorrow afternoon, I'll let ya know how it goes.

Running girl - it's a water weight baby of course! you definitely didn't gain that much in a day. I love reading about your runs - I really want to be able to do the same one day. How did you start out running? Have you always enjoyed it or are you a newcomer?
Christy - glad you are feeling better and I wish your son luck with his tournament!
Amanda - I swear you never sleep! How do you fit everything in? I do love the new pic too
Justjack - you are doing well and on the right path so I wouldn't stress too much about a plateau for a week, just keep up the good work!
Christy- congrats on getting back into exercising! It's always the first couple of workouts that are hardest to do after a while off

Hope you all have a great day! I am off to bed now - it's Thursday night and only 14 and a half sleeps till I get home!
:happy:

MOMOFTWO29

Good morning all...I am doing well. I haven't lost any weight this week but I haven't gained either, so I guess that is good. I missed one day of the gym so it looks like I'll have to skip on my necklace set unless a miracle happens by Sunday for me to lose 2 pounds. I think I am having too much sodium. I'll try to cut back on that. Today is my "wogging" day (I walk and jog, don't really run).

Amanda...That is funny about your sister. That is exactly what my famly says about me. I'm late to church every Sunday and I literally live 2 minutes from the church. If we are having a family meal at 12:00, they will tell me we are eating at 11:00 so I'll be there on time:laugh:

Jack...The only thing I noticed on your diet might be your sodium. Are you sure there is that much sodium in that sliced ham? That seems awfully high. You seem to be eating a very healthy diet. On days when I eat a lot of sodium, like yesterday, I will either hold my weight or go up the next day. I am a habitual weight checker, can't make myself only check on Sundays no matter how hard I try.

Amaline...Haven't heard from you lately. You okay? How many days til you go home now? Did you find a new dress? I am still on week 4 of C25K. I'm afraid to move up to the next level because I'm not ready to jog 25 minutes without stopping. Where are you on the program?

Christy...Are you feeling better?

Momoftwo...Did you get your exercise done early this morning again? I ended up at the gym about 4:00 yesterday afternoon and it was packed. I like going in the mornings because I'm about the only one there but I seem to be lazy lately.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!!

nope not done any exercise yet today, Had to go out and pay bills today, so I may be doing just 4 days this week unless I can manage to get some in later.

dragonfly81

I would like to join this group to give support and to keep myself accountable, however, I am taking a doctor prescribed weight loss supplement and I don't want to throw off the weigh in's due to that. Is this possible? Join but not be counted in the weigh in? Thanks!

running_girl_84

Amaline...Haven't heard from you lately. You okay? How many days til you go home now? Did you find a new dress? I am still on week 4 of C25K. I'm afraid to move up to the next level because I'm not ready to jog 25 minutes without stopping. Where are you on the program?

Thanks for thinking of me Tam! TBH I have been lying a little low as I have been having not such a good week. Not disastrous but I do need to get back on track. I definitely did not earn the new dress this week so that is going to be next weeks goal for me.

I finished week 4 on Tuesday and was supposed to start week 5 today but got side tracked. I am nervous about doing the 20 min run too. I don't know about you but I found week 4 much more challenging than previous weeks. I was thinking of repeating it before moving on but I have decided to give week 5 a try first. I am going to keep my speed low (always a challenge for me as I tend to sprint) and just go for as long as I can. If I need to stop and go back and repeat then so be it but I am going to at least try week 5 first. Do you wanna do it with me? :bigsmile: would be great to have someone at the same place in the program as me! I am going to do it tomorrow afternoon, I'll let ya know how it goes.

Running girl - it's a water weight baby of course! you definitely didn't gain that much in a day. I love reading about your runs - I really want to be able to do the same one day. How did you start out running? Have you always enjoyed it or are you a newcomer?
Christy - glad you are feeling better and I wish your son luck with his tournament!
Amanda - I swear you never sleep! How do you fit everything in? I do love the new pic too
Justjack - you are doing well and on the right path so I wouldn't stress too much about a plateau for a week, just keep up the good work!
Christy- congrats on getting back into exercising! It's always the first couple of workouts that are hardest to do after a while off

Hope you all have a great day! I am off to bed now - it's Thursday night and only 14 and a half sleeps till I get home!
:happy:

I started running when I was 230lbs. It was horrible and I hated it but it got the weight off fast. I just started out running a minute, walking a minute or two, and repeat. I remember the first time I ran 5minutes straight I was so happy! Now I run about 30 miles a week.

AmandaJ

Running_girl, it amazes me that you talk about the scale jumping two pounds because I have a story to tell.

I started my weight loss journey last January and did well until March when I pretty much gave up. I gained 10 pounds back and then in August decided I wanted to run the local 5K so I got back in shape for that, ran it in September and then went back to my old ways. Then a month ago I was looking in the mirror and thought I don't like what I see but I don't really care. Then a article about diabetes came in the mail and I have no insurance and I thought this is me. Now I am not saying I was diabetic but I was thirsty all the time, craved sugar and would crash with it, get shaky, miserable and not function. My stomach was 41.5 inches and I was tired all the time. I have no idea if anything medically was wrong with me, but I thought your dh is disabld and you have an extremely disabled little girl who you will take care of until God calls her home. What will happen without you and who is taking care of you. Then the Biggest Loser came on and while Liz was definitely not one of my favorite contestants, she kept talking about taking care of everybody else and not taking care of her. My wake-up call came when my little girl was having a seizure and I was just out of control, not me normally and I was like you have to get it together. That was my wake-up call.

I realize I am rambling but Running-girl I will get to my point in a minute. Anyway last night my dad, sis and I went shopping and we didn't leave here until 6:30. I usually eat by then and so I was hungry and so like an idiot I grabbed a handful of chips. Then we drove the 50 minutes into the big town and the stores close early so we went shopping first. I was so hungry but there was really nothing I could do about it except next time take a healthy snack. Then my sis buys this chocolate, white chocolate peppermint bark and offers me some. I take a piece, it is good and then she offers more. I realize at this time I don't want more but I eat it anyway. My body is talking to me and I ignore it. 4 pieces later, I have a sugar headache. We go to Wal-Mart and finally go to the restaurant at 9:30. By this time I am starving and order what I had planned. I knew it was high in fat but I figured I am already way over, so tomorrow is another day. It was also full of sodium. After I ate half of it, I was so sick in my tummy I just wanted to throw up. If I had listened to my body I would have been fine. Point of this rambling - LISTEN TO YOUR BODY, IT WILL TELL YOU WHAT IT NEEDS!

Running-Girl, my scale was up four pounds today. I am not sweating it, I am forgetting it actually. Dragged my butt to the gym, lifted weights, elliptical for 40 minutes, and then I RAN FOR 5 MINUTES STRAIGHT! For me that is a first and awesome. I am so proud of myself. BE PROUD OF YOURSELVES THAT YOU ARE GETTING HEALTHY, BE PROUD THAT YOU ARE EXERCISING, BE PROUD OF YOURSELVES THAT YOU AWARE OF WHAT YOU EATING. BE PROUD.


Promise, I am done rambling!!!!

AmandaJ

I remember the first time I ran 5minutes straight I was so happy! Now I run about 30 miles a week.

This is funny I was typing about me running 5 minutes straight today for the first time. LOL

tamelab

Amaline...I will try to move up to week 5. Today is my wogging day so I will let you know how it goes. Good luck!!

AmandaJ

Dragonfly - WELCOME!

You don't have to weigh-in just let us know you are around! :flowerforyou:

MOMOFTWO29

I would like to join this group to give support and to keep myself accountable, however, I am taking a doctor prescribed weight loss supplement and I don't want to throw off the weigh in's due to that. Is this possible? Join but not be counted in the weigh in? Thanks!

Welcome, so glad that you are joining this group. It is a great group!!!!!!!! It is what helped me get back on track of things after being off track for months.

tamelab

OK, I made it through day 1 of week 5 on Couch to 5K!! It was not too bad, run for 5 minutes and then walk for 3 minutes. It is day 3 that is worrying me. You have to run for 20 minutes with no walking. We'll see how that goes on Monday. Will keep you posted.

justjack51

I should not look at the scales every day. I think everyone nailed it with the water and sodium thing. I am a big iced tea drinker and today I had no tea and drank water the whole day. The craziest thing happened.

Yesterday I get on the scale (super accurate gym scale) and it says 219.7, today 216.8..............now thats what I am talking about!!!! I had to get off and get on about 6 times before I believed it. (much like I did yesterday when it said 219.7) Anyway, that is a new low for me in this journey, and for that I am happy.

On a side bar, I ran two miles today and that was an all time high as well. When I started (a month ago) I couldn't do a half mile.

running_girl_84

Okay. Went to the doctor and got weighed there. 156. Did it at home. Same thing. Wow my weight is so crazy. My husband threw out the scale, lol. So now I'm only getting weighed at the gym. Hopefully that will cut down on my obsession,