Eat Healthy; Get Fit; Lose 100+ New Group 1st Weigh in Jan.

DrBorkBork

Down a pound from last week. Weighing in at 227 this morning. How the heck are you gals losing more than 2 lbs a week?! Tell us your ninja secrets.

Nicmc8

Great Job Everyone!!!

251 this morning.... that is a 7lb loss since starting back to MFP last week! I noticed on the days I truly make sure I drink my water and drink a little extra that I do not have trouble staying within my calories... I had one day over and that day I drank only 2 cups of water. So my goal this next week is to stay on top of the H2O!

KaeChelle

Lost 6 pounds since joining 1 week ago! I weighed myself 3 times just to make sure it was right, and it was the same each time! 281.5 from 287.5 last week. :happy:

KaeChelle

I can't see my ticker. Where'd it go?? :sad:

DrBorkBork

I ate it. Sorry, but nothing else sounded good for my morning snack.

Brandywithrow

Weighing in today at 247 down 1.5 from last week!!! People need to tell there secrets on how they lost 6 and 7 pounds last week?!?!?!

KaeChelle

I don't really have a secret. Maybe because it was my first week, and just cutting my calories down caused that reaction. I'm sure the weight loss will slow down though and not every week will be like that for me. You should still be proud of your loss!

ltlhmom

Awesome job everyone!

No secret here either I think it is just because I just started and soon my body will level off and be a lb or two a week.

For those people that have been doing this a little bit longer how much did you lose your first couple weeks?

Hugs everyone!

thicansxy

Ok so my weigh in this morning is 296.5 I am down 14 pounds this since I started 1/2/10 I know most of that was water weight so next week it should be way lower then that. and I am ok with that

DrBorkBork

thicansxy, that's AMAZING! Way to go!

Heather_b1986

hiya everyone, ur all doin great, iv yet to weigh myself today cos i was thinkin bout it n i only started on monday so i dnt wana b disappointed if there isnt much change yet so my official weigh in will need to b sunday.x

honest im not just chickenin out lol:laugh:

tearose

i've lost 1 pound..considering everything i'm happy with that!

tearose

I hope all of us will be someones inspiration, my little brother is mine. Today has just been a bad day for me in general. I feel hungry and nothing seems to do the trick. If I eat something it makes me hungrier. I also am on here more then facebook now. So my mom is starting to kick my butt on my games but thats ok this is more important.

Today I had a talk with my husband and let him know that I felt like he wasnt supporting me like I thought he would. So I am hoping it worked. Just a few people know I started the year out on a mission to eat healthier. So I dont have much support so you girls are a big part of my support group.

So tomorrow weigh in..... ? I am in Washington so it might be later then some of you.

We are all on the same journey and its comforting to come here and find people who are positive and have an interest in our success. :flowerforyou:

becca2010

I am SO PROUD of EVERYONE! I went from 306.4 to 300.8, so that's 5.6 pounds for the first week and brings me tantalizingly close to the 200s. (Thicansxy just leaped right on down to the 200s in one week, so a special hurrah for that accomplishment!)

Losing 5.6 pounds in a week on 1800 calories and no exercise makes me feel like I was okay in raising the calories a bit, but on the other hand, thicansxy probably ate the least calories and lost that astounding amount... hmmmm... will have to experiment in future weeks, I guess!

I wish there was some way we could keep a group chart of weigh ins, that would be fun and motivating.

Hopeful4757

Way to go thicansxy!!! You did awesome this week. So did everybody else! I am proud of our group accomplishment.

I am disappointed in myself because I have yet to weigh myself since I started on Monday. I feel like I lost weight too, so I don't know how to log that. My starting weight has not been recorded this time around. I went from my old number I had recorded on MFP, and know I had gained since then. My scale has been crazy (even with changed batteries), so I will be taking my weight at my sister's tomorrow.

Any suggestions on what to log for weight? I want my ticker to reflect this week's loss. I was under calories all week by about 250 or so. I am aiming for 1850 cals a day and have been getting between 1500-1600.

DrBorkBork

Hopeful, I think if you edit your profile you can change your current weight. So you can plug in your start weight. Then when you weigh in at your sister's, you can click check in on the "My Home" tab and put in your new weight.

becca2010

Hopeful, here's what I would suggest if you want to monitor weight... if the system will let you do this, that is. Weigh at your sister's tomorrow, and then add 5-6 pounds to that and call that your starting weight. Hopefully you can retroactively make an entry, or edit a previous entry. Does anybody know?

(I guess Trish may have already answered this above... ?)

Hopeful4757

Thanks. I am going to try that today. I just wish I know how much I lost. I know the first week is always the most... Oh well.

DavesGal

Hi everyone! I am looking forward the weekend when I can really control my food and my exercise. I had an ok week but it was mostly and eye opening exerience. I have one more dangerous meal and that is tonight when I go out on a date with my husband for my birthday dinner. We are going to a new place so I don't know what I will eat of how bad it will be. I am planning on making sure that I get a salad at least to try and fill me up with good stuff and the rest of my meals during the day will be low so I save as many calories as possible.

I hope everyone has a great day today!!

DrBorkBork

Is this new place new to you or a completely new non-franchised chain? If it's a new chain restaurant, you can probably look up their nutritional info for their menu online.
If they don't have that, then... IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY! ENJOY IT!!

Happy birthday.

LittleSpy

I am disappointed in myself because I have yet to weigh myself since I started on Monday. I feel like I lost weight too, so I don't know how to log that. My starting weight has not been recorded this time around. I went from my old number I had recorded on MFP, and know I had gained since then. My scale has been crazy (even with changed batteries), so I will be taking my weight at my sister's tomorrow.

Any suggestions on what to log for weight? I want my ticker to reflect this week's loss. I was under calories all week by about 250 or so. I am aiming for 1850 cals a day and have been getting between 1500-1600.

I understand exactly where you're coming from hopeful, because the same happened to me. I didn't have a decent scale until I was about 4 days into this. The day I bought my scale, I weighed myself (nude :blushing: ) in the evening. It told me I weighed about 15 pounds more than my old dial scale. Then I assumed it was showing I weighed a couple pounds more because it was the evening (the trend for myself & most other people), so I subtracted around 2 pounds & came up with my starting weight at 270. The next day was my "official" weigh-in day with the motivational group I had joined here and I was around 268, so I was able to record a loss for the first few days even though I'm sure I lost more than 2 pounds overall. The next week I lost like 5 pounds so by that time I had pretty much forgotten about being cheated on that first weigh-in. I know it wasn't my real starting weight, and I guess it was kind of a bummer at first, but I don't want to just guess & then count weight I haven't lost.

Now that I've stuck with this for 4 months & my ticker says I've lost 45 pounds, I really couldn't care less about a couple pounds extra I may or may not have lost in the beginning! :flowerforyou:

Becca -- yes, there's a way to edit previous entries when you check in (I think you just click a button that says "edit previous entries" :laugh:)

Hopeful4757

Wow! Congratulations jlb123! 45 lbs. in 4 months is awesome! I love the mini goals you set by certain holidays. I think I will do that once I get this starting weight down pat. You are totally right - when I'm 45 pounds down, I probably won't care about these first five days of maybe/maybe not weight loss too. Keep up the good work!

DavesGal

Thanks Trish - this is a new new place... to the area and to us. I have been good so far today so I am not tooooo worried about it.

ltlhmom

Happy Birthday DavesGal!

I made beef stew for the family today and figured out the calories for the whole pot. My issue is figuring out the serving size. I choose 8 serving but how do you figure out what size the serving should be? I could have weighed it all but the hubby served his bowl and it is a big pain in the neck. So I just guessed that each serving would be 10 oz.

Even when you go out to eat at a place that doesn't have the nutritional information I guess you pretty much just have to guess on the serving size and the calories. Ugh! I know it is one meal but when you are trying to get a check on everything it is hard.

DrBorkBork

So a big breakthrough for me today. I did my Wii workout, but lately I've been getting kinda fed up with rhythm boxing. It's just not FAST enough for me anymore. It's like my body is rebelling. My scores are totally sucking since my 1466 high score. It took an entire 10 mins to get my heart rate up to my target zone. After round 2, I said "screw it" and started looking for alternative exercises. The Free Run looked like it burned a lot of calories, but it was a 10 minute run. I had tried it before, when I first started MFP, and was done, ready to die, after 3 mins. I did it again today. It said I ran just over a mile & a quarter in 10 mins. I DID THE WHOLE 10 MINS!! I can't believe it. It burned 100 cals, too. Man, do I miss the days when boxing torched 100 cals!
Now, I know the Wii isn't the most accurate critter in the world, but it got me kind of excited. I've never been a runner, yet now I'm curious if I really CAN run a mile, and if so, how long it would take me. Maybe if hubby has the day off tomorrow, he can watch Grace while I go find a running track & find out!

And you know what else? After that 10 minute run... I did MORE running. I think I went through 300 cals in 20 mins. I ALMOST feel like Superman!

ltlhmom

Drborkbork that is awesome and a good feeling! I hope you get out there soon to see how you do!

DavesGal

Drborkbork - wonderful job!

Thanks for the birthday wishes... tomorrow is another day )

hsc5690

I just found this and would love to join.....



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Heather_b1986

hey everyone, since starting on monday iv lost 5lbs! really happy with that not bothered that its water-its still 5lbs less of me lol

now weigh 255lbs

iv had the problem with the scales too, i weighed myself on my wii and there was a big difference between that and what my home scales said i was ...so confusin! i think im just gona have to go with the higher one and mayb get myself weighed at my doctors until then aslong as the number gets smaller i dont mind:bigsmile:

DavesGal

Way to go on the 5lb loss Pink Chick!