OVER 200 CLUB NEW YEAR NEW BODY (OPEN GROUP) Part 3

LittleSpy

I notice a lot of people have mini-goals in their signatures. I haven't thought that far ahead yet; how did you guys determine them?

Welcome, motherofabishai!

My mini goals are a bit of a shot in the dark. I've been pretty right on so far. I don't want to set them so that they're too aggressive so I use the prediction that I'll be losing around 8-10 pounds a month for a while and then the loss will slow as I progress. If I was getting close to a goal and it's obvious I'm not going to make it, I would reassess my goal.
So, I have 3.5 weeks now to lose 8 pounds before V-day. And I have around 4.5 months to lose 40 more pounds by my birthday. It's a really aggressive goal so I'll probably be reassessing it as I get closer. I like aggressive goals though.

ColoradoGirl

thanks for all your suggestions and support ladies! It really means a lot to me! I did "lightly" talk to my mom today and well.. not sure where it went but, I am glad I did talk to her. I guess I have some emotional stuff to work through but, at least she knows I love her!

check in

Calories.. did ok, stayed under but also stayed above 1200
Exercise.. none.. prolly should have but, worked this morning and was on the phone most of the afternoon .. too much drama :ohwell:
Water... slightly under but, I am trying to get a little more in
Proud.. I cooked a healthy dinner and tried something new "cabbage rolls" actually really liked them! and will make them again.

Well.. I am out for the night.. going to watch a little Greys Anatomy and head to bed!

night!

lildebbie

check in 01/21/2010

cals - 1352
exercise - 30 min on ea active - burn 238 cals
Water - very bad.
Proud - I am getting back on track.

LittleSpy

01.21.10
Calories - 1246
Exercise - 30 min stationary bike, c25k week 6 day 2 + 12 extra minutes of walking (40 total - 20 run, 20 walk)
Water: 80oz
Proud: w6d2! So hard, but so done.

HonestOmnivore

:embarassed: :frown: :embarassed: :frown:
Uhm... I guess I'll check in now.

Calories - 2600 ish:noway: - about 850 over my limit :ohwell: 1600 from the birthday dinner with home made crab cakes and then the rosemary garlic bread with olive oil... and the pumpkin pie (half piece!) with real whipped cream... and the wine of course... did I mention the hollandaise sauce? oops. (shame maybe, but somehow no regret!)
Water - Spot On!
Exercise - 50 minutes on the elliptical this morning

Proud- I know this might sound lame - but I'm really proud that even when I'm over, I'm still trying to be reasonable and make every choice count. Half a piece of pie is better than a whole piece of pie. And I'll exercise tomorrow - maybe twice and not eat my exercise calories and I'll be ok by Saturday.

jennbarrette

check in -
calories - under by about 400
water - under
exercise - none really, had company over so spent the morning cleaning, and then 2hrs of shopping
proud - I only had a very small piece of cheesecake for dessert tonight, the old me would have had a piece with company and then when back for another after they left!

lildebbie

Guess it is time for weigh in...welll i am going to say i stayed the same. I was a few ounces less..like 284.8 vs 285...

I am okay with this as this week I have not been eating good nor exercising very much...I am glad that I didn't have a real weight gain and all that water weight is gone.

Next week here i come

ColoradoGirl

Remember to Copy and paste..
Calculator is at.. http://menshealth.about.com/library/blpercentage.htm


Weigh in

Lildebbie............................. .07% (.2lbs)
Coloradogirl....................... .76% (2lbs)

awestfall

No weight loss for me.I actually gained 2 pounds back.This weekend and this coming week I am going to play around with my calories and see if that helps the scale start moving again.I think I am just stressing myself too much so I am going to try to continue to stay away from the scale until Fridays.This is not a promise but I am going to try to do this.My husband tells me I should just concentrate on eating healthy and exercising and as long as I am doing that I shouldn't care what the scale says.He is right but its nice to see them move every now and then in the right direction.I have been eating alot healthier these past feew weeks and I am just wondering if its my body adjusting to this change as to why I haven't lost anything.I mean I never was eating terrible before but I am eating a lot CLEANER than I have been in the past few months.So maybe my body is just adjusting and I will see a big drop in weight soon.What do you gals think?MFP has me at 1370 calories a day so I'm not starving and actually I usually keep them right around 1270.Also I am unable to exercise as much and too I think the gain may be because of TOM coming to visit soon.I usually retain water a week before TOM and then for a few days after TOM,that would explain all the cravings for salty food too.LOL

snowflakes

Good Morning!

The past couple of days have been busy and I would get on to log my food and it is taking FOREVER! It is so inconvenient and frustrating when I was trying to be quick, yet it was so important to me to get it logged. It was an eye opener to how much I have come to depend on this site. Needless to say I bagged the other posts. I will be gone a lot the next two days so I will catch up Sunday or Monday on my reading. Going downhill skiing tomorrow, thrilled to get on this fresh snow.

lildebbie: .2 is a loss, I'm happy for you girl. Did you learn anything at your Dr. appt. or are you waiting for test results?

Snowflakes: LW 194.6 CW 194 = .6 ...........99%

LittleSpy

Well, I wasn't expecting a loss after what my numbers have been all week (2-3 pounds up from last weigh in) but here we are Friday morning at 222.0. Guess it was just TOM water retention. Funny thing is I feel more bloated today than I have all week. But, that's a 1.8 pound loss and I'm going to take it and run.


Lildebbie............................. .07% (.2lbs)
Coloradogirl....................... .76% (2lbs)
Awestfall............................... 0%
Snowflakes: LW 194.6 CW 194 = .6 ...........99%
jlb123.................................... .80% (1.8lbs)


Just about 17 pounds until I hit my lowest weight ever (as an adult)!

Edit to add Snowflakes (we were weighing in at the same time )

snowflakes

Remember to Copy and paste..
Calculator is at.. http://menshealth.about.com/library/blpercentage.htm


Weigh in

Lildebbie............................. .07% (.2lbs)
Coloradogirl....................... .76% (2lbs)
Snowflakes............................ .99% (.6 lbs)

Too slow... have a good day everyone.

bluenote

It's official - I finally lost. :bigsmile: :noway:

Lildebbie............................. .07% (.2lbs)
Coloradogirl....................... .76% (2lbs)
Awestfall............................... 0%
Snowflakes: LW 194.6 CW 194 = .6 ...........99%
jlb123.................................... .80% (1.8lbs)
bluenote............................. .77% (3.5 lbs)

HonestOmnivore

Lildebbie............................. .07% (.2lbs)
Coloradogirl....................... .76% (2lbs)
Awestfall............................... 0%
Snowflakes: LW 194.6 CW 194 = .6 ...........99%
jlb123.................................... .80% (1.8lbs)
bluenote............................. .77% (3.5 lbs)
mstahl...................................2.4 (4.8 lbs)

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: Almost 5 pounds!!!!!!:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

I started off this month at 200 (New Years Eve) and just bumped around 197 198 and now FINALLY I got another drop! My first goal (edited to change "goat" to "goal" although "first goat" is kinda fun!) is 190 by Valentines day and I think I'm going to make it!

I track my calories and use a five day running average. The losses come after weeks where I really eat right to my target (including the exercise calories). I don't hit it every day - but the average over five days stays pretty steady!

If anyone wants a copy of my excel sheet just Private Message me your email address and I'll send it to you

198-193.2= 4.8
4.8/198= 0.0242424
0.0242424 x 100 = 2.4%

Positively_Me

Congrates bluenote on your big weight loss :flowerforyou:
Jib, i like the new picture...
colorado, sorry to hear about you mother...i hope she is doing well
snowflake, have fun skiing

I am getting kind of fustrated because the only time i have is in the morning to log all me food and post and for some reason these couple of days the website give me an error message...and te post i have already written is gone...ugh!!! even after i click the refresh botton...

Have a great day everyone and wishing everyone big results

Checkin 1/21/10
calories: i think, i did my own calculation..website was down
water: 6 cups
exercise: still have no time, but i will today...i Promise
proud: that i have made it this far..thanks to all my amazing friends on this thread...thank you all from the bottom of my heart:flowerforyou:

Lildebbie............................. .07% (.2lbs)
Coloradogirl....................... .76% (2lbs)
Awestfall............................... 0%
Snowflakes: LW 194.6 CW 194 = .6 ...........99%
jlb123.................................... .80% (1.8lbs)
bluenote............................. .77% (3.5 lbs)
Positive............................... .46% (1 lb)...happy with that

Positively_Me

Lildebbie............................. .07% (.2lbs)
Coloradogirl....................... .76% (2lbs)
Awestfall............................... 0%
Snowflakes: LW 194.6 CW 194 = .6 ...........99%
jlb123.................................... .80% (1.8lbs)
bluenote............................. .77% (3.5 lbs)
mstahl...................................2.4 (4.8 lbs)

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: Almost 5 pounds!!!!!!:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

I started off this month at 200 (New Years Eve) and just bumped around 197 198 and now FINALLY I got another drop! My first goat is 190 by Valentines day and I think I'm going to make it!

I track my calories and use a five day running average. The losses come after weeks where I really eat right to my target (including the exercise calories). I don't hit it every day - but the average over five days stays pretty steady!

If anyone wants a copy of my excel sheet just Private Message me your email address and I'll send it to you

198-193.2= 4.8
4.8/198= 0.0242424
0.0242424 x 100 = 2.4%

Congrates mstah on your really big weight loss:flowerforyou: you earned it!!!

LittleSpy

Positivelyme, before you hit "post reply," highlight your entire post and press "Ctrl" and "C" at the same time. This will copy what you've written so if you lose it, you'll just be able to go back, hit "reply" and then press "Ctrl" and "P" and that'll paste your post so you can try to submit it again.

Mike replied to a thread complaining about this that we shouldn't see any more errors like that so much.

I personally think it's because the MFP server is overloaded thanks to all the new years resolutioners. Even if the problem continues, I bet it won't continue for very long as people drop like flies off the wagon (sorry to say, but you know it's true).

And mstahl! :noway: Wow! Awesome job! :drinker:

MariSama44

Lildebbie.............................. 0.07% (.2lbs)
Coloradogirl......................... 0.76% (2lbs)
Awestfall............................... 0.0%
Snowflakes: .........................0.31% (0.6lbs)
jlb123.................................... 0.80% (1.8lbs)
bluenote............................... 0.77% (3.5 lbs)
mstahl...................................2.40 (4.8 lbs)
Positive................................. 0.46% (1 lb)...happy with that
Mari.........................................0.24% (0.2lbs)

Me and my obsessiveness about cleaning the list up....I guess its the mathematician in me. Anyway, so not too happy with the .2 loss, but atleast its a loss. I went to the gym on wednesday so my guess is my poor aching muscles are retaining most of the water I drink in. I just cant wait till it all comes off.

AMAZING job, mstal! that is AWESOME! :bigsmile:

And great job everyone else! I just love seeing everyone come out for weigh in day. I'm sad that my mom didn't stick around but she's starting slowly but surely...maybe eventualy she'll come and use the forums when she needs them. Though I did print out a menu to a restaurant we ate at to show her the calories...she was surprised, and I learned that she was logging everything here..even the mcdonalds she had that morning. I could tell the logging was working because she was amazed at how bad certain foods were for you and now she's making a point to avoid them. Yay!

Oh, and Positively me! that reminds me of something...now that I'm taking a business programming class, I could probably write a program to do that formula for us :laugh: I wonder if I could get it working right, it would save me a ton of hassle.

HonestOmnivore

jlb123 - I just posted about the capacity issues - it's hard to be too upset when you know how much WE love this and it's based on ad revenue... I keep recommending to people so I'm just adding to the problem...

:drinker: Here's to all of us losers logging our updates every morning!!!

:flowerforyou: I took a few minutes to click on the ads of our "sponsors" because they pay MFP for every Ad Click they get (I know because I advertise on Facebook!)

:laugh: I'm still bouncing around from my weight loss this week! Of course it will be awesome if one of you beats me :bigsmile:

LittleSpy

:flowerforyou: I took a few minutes to click on the ads of our "sponsors" because they pay MFP for every Ad Click they get (I know because I advertise on Facebook!)

:laugh: I click 'em a lot, too. Well, that is to say I click the ads that don't look like they're going to fill my computer with adware, at least.
Viva la free MFP!

Momma2four

Good Morning Girls, I did not weigh myself this morning. I was running late and I already ate. So def do not want to weigh in now. I honestly do not feel like I lost weight. So I am posting a 0 today. Mstahl , congrats on that big loss this week. I look forward to seeing what you have in store for us.

Lildebbie.............................. 0.07% (.2lbs)
Coloradogirl......................... 0.76% (2lbs)
Awestfall............................... 0.0%
Snowflakes: .........................0.31% (0.6lbs)
jlb123.................................... 0.80% (1.8lbs)
bluenote............................... 0.77% (3.5 lbs)
mstahl...................................2.40 (4.8 lbs)
Positive................................. 0.46% (1 lb)...happy with that
Mari.........................................0.24% (0.2lbs)
Momma..................................0%

cris20056

Lildebbie.............................. 0.07% (.2lbs)
Coloradogirl......................... 0.76% (2lbs)
Awestfall............................... 0.0%
Snowflakes: .........................0.31% (0.6lbs)
jlb123.................................... 0.80% (1.8lbs)
bluenote............................... 0.77% (3.5 lbs)
mstahl...................................2.40 (4.8 lbs)
Positive................................. 0.46% (1 lb)...happy with that
Mari.........................................0.24% (0.2lbs)
Momma..................................0%

Check in 1/21/10
Calories- Still under (really mad about this dont get me started)
Water- yes
Excercise- yes
Proud- That I excercised

Weigh in:
LW- 246.8
CW- 245
Lost: 1.8lbs (I dont know how to use that link so I have no idea what my % is...sorry I suck at math :embarassed: :mad: )

~Cris

LittleSpy

Lost: 1.8lbs (I dont know how to use that link so I have no idea what my % is...sorry I suck at math :embarassed: :mad: )

No problem -- here's a quick calculation.

Take the amount you lost (1.8 pounds) and divide it by your previous weight (246.8).

1.8/246.8 = .0072933549...

Then, to get the percentage, you just move the decimal over to the right 2 digits: So, your percentage is .72933.... We round to the hundreth, so your percentage is .73%!
Right? :laugh:

Lildebbie.............................. 0.07% (.2lbs)
Coloradogirl......................... 0.76% (2lbs)
Awestfall............................... 0.0%
Snowflakes: .........................0.31% (0.6lbs)
jlb123.................................... 0.80% (1.8lbs)
bluenote............................... 0.77% (3.5 lbs)
mstahl...................................2.40 (4.8 lbs)
Positive................................. 0.46% (1 lb)...happy with that
Mari.........................................0.24% (0.2lbs)
Momma..................................0%
cris20056...............................0.73% (1.8lbs)

awestfall

I really hope I start losing again soon.I hate being 0% from week to week.I hope this new change in diet starts to kick in and I start seeing the weight fall off.Good job to all of you who lost weight this week.Maybe that will be me next week.

cris20056

Thanks jlb123!!! :flowerforyou:

jennbarrette

weigh in -

last Friday - 243.8
this Friday - 242.7
lost - 1.1 or .45%



Lildebbie.............................. 0.07% (.2lbs)
Coloradogirl......................... 0.76% (2lbs)
Awestfall............................... 0.0%
Snowflakes: .........................0.31% (0.6lbs)
jlb123.................................... 0.80% (1.8lbs)
bluenote............................... 0.77% (3.5 lbs)
mstahl...................................2.40 (4.8 lbs)
Positive................................. 0.46% (1 lb)...happy with that
Mari.........................................0.24% (0.2lbs)
Momma..................................0%
cris20056...............................0.73% (1.8lbs)
jennbarrette............................0.45% (1.1 lbs)

awestfall

I started my weight loss ticker over from the weight I am now.Hopefully I can get it moving again.Wish me luck!! My new start weight is 232 and my goal weight is 135.I started my journey in 2009 at 256 pounds so I have made some progress even though I have slipped up more than a few times I am still here and thats what counts.

mroper

BUMP :flowerforyou: (So I can find this later)

cris20056

I started my weight loss ticker over from the weight I am now.Hopefully I can get it moving again.Wish me luck!! My new start weight is 232 and my goal weight is 135.I started my journey in 2009 at 256 pounds so I have made some progress even though I have slipped up more than a few times I am still here and thats what counts.

GOOD LUCK!!!

awestfall

I started my weight loss ticker over from the weight I am now.Hopefully I can get it moving again.Wish me luck!! My new start weight is 232 and my goal weight is 135.I started my journey in 2009 at 256 pounds so I have made some progress even though I have slipped up more than a few times I am still here and thats what counts.

GOOD LUCK!!!

Thanks!!!