over 200 club New year New me Part 13

Do I need to get bike shorts if I start taking spinning classes? I'm looking at them today and the ones I would get would be for the half tri I'm doing this summer and they're around $50 (so you can swim in them too). $50 is a lot right now!!! Plus what size would I get?

Hmmmmmm....

okay! I think that will help me too, but I gotta get on in the evenings, that's whats killing me :explode:

I'm with you, Mari & mstahl. I ate unspeakable things this weekend. :laugh: I still ate WAY better than a *typical* day would've been for me before. :noway: Yep, that still blows my mind. What was I thinking?! I guess I really didn't care about anything at all. That was a horrible place to be and I'm never going back there!

Good morning, you busy, busy ladies!

I loved finding out there are so many country music fans here! Country music is my favorite, but I listen to just about anything. My workout playlist on my iPod is mostly rap, Fergie and 80's music, though, because it's what gets me pumped up for a run.

And to weigh in on the discussion about gay couples...I could care less! I don't care if they're gay if they're a nice person! The ladies that own the boarding stable where I keep my horse are super.

lildebbie: Don't feel like a piggy for eating 1560 calories per day. I eat 2000 consistently and am closer to 2300 on days I workout. It seems so weird that my metabolism may actually be better than I ever guessed! I love being able to eat like a guy and still lose weight.

Momma: I'm up for your lunges and squats challenge! I LOVE doing lunges only because I can actually get my back knee to the floor on backward lunges now. Woo hoo. Squats kill me but I know how great they are for my legs, so I keep doing them.

Cris: Congrats on seeing the 211.8 on the scale. I'd say you have nothing to worry about in regards to a plateau.

Littlespy: That spider was scary! It's like looking at roadkill...I just couldn't take my eyes off of it. Eww!

So this weekend I ate way more than I should of and I'm not going to log any of it because it's already in the past. I didn't weigh myself this morning, knowing it would be bad but I'm back on track today and that's all that matters. I did get some hiking done at a state park yesterday.

Yesterday I rode my horse for the first time since November and she was so good! She's lost so much weight (in a good way) that I had to tighten all of her equipment. I'm so much stronger and lighter that I was able to hop on without the normal struggle (and no mounting block). My butt is small enough that it actually fits properly in my saddle with extra room. It was a fabulous day and my muscles are pleasantly achy today.

On Friday night, I accomplished W8D1 of C25K with my new running shoes which were awesome. I had none of the ankle pain I'd been experiencing in my old shoes so I'm happy with my choice. I technically completed W9D1 of C25K because I pushed myself to run for 30 minutes at 4.2mph (I usually run 4.6), but I'm going to take it slow and not jump ahead the week. I'm motivated to run again with Cris and Jess doing C25K and Littlespy working on G28K. I've decided I still want to do the 8K on Thanksgiving and need to be consistent with my training to be able to do it!

Good morning gals!

You got my attention with arachnophobia (sounds less creepy). Speaking of phobias do any of you like to watch MONK? That is one of our favorite shows!!! When you watch you will see things and say 'I do that' , 'I can relate to that', pretty funny.

Got my bike tuned up and hit the road! I took a short ride the next day and the crotch is SORE, going to have to get use to that. How come as a kid I never remember that hurting?

I read another article about increasing protein to as much as 90 grams a day. I am ready to up mine. How do I manually change the numbers in the food diary? I see how to add or change a category but I am stumped on the amounts. Thanks.

Momma how do I find your daughter? I got side tracked last week and forgot to message her. Way to rock you biggest loser!!! Congratulations.

snowflakes- I love love love MONK! Its one of my favorites too, I loved when they had marathons I am sad its over but I am happy to finally find out what happened to Trudy :laugh:

I read another article about increasing protein to as much as 90 grams a day. I am ready to up mine. How do I manually change the numbers in the food diary? I see how to add or change a category but I am stumped on the amounts. Thanks.

Oh yeah, I know I personally need at *least* 90 grams a day to feel good. I know that varies a lot from person to person but I definitely noticed a big difference when I started eating more protein in Jan.
Go to "My Home" then "Goals" then click "Change Goals" and select "Custom goals" and click "Continue" and you can change your macronutrient percentages.

Personally, when I started increasing my protein intake I started at 50% carbs, 25% protein, 25% fat. Then a couple months later (about a month ago) I changed it to 45% carbs, 30% protein, 25% fat. At some point I may go a step further and try to get it to 40/30/30 but I'm still eating too many carbs to go that far yet.

I had mine at 40/30/30 and kept going over on carbs! I changed my carbs to 45%...I think I like carbs too much!! I still go over on protein though. My poor diet is all out of wack the last couple of weeks!

Positively-WTG on not going out of control this weekend! Wish I could say the same. I'm slowly getting better though! As far as lunch meat goes. I started buying the low sodium kind. Boar's head makes a good low sodium turkey and ham. You have to get it from the deli though and it's a ltitle expensive(it seems anything that is good for you is!). I thik for 2oz is about 360mg of sodium. Somewhere in there!

snowflakes- I love love love MONK! Its one of my favorites too, I loved when they had marathons I am sad its over but I am happy to finally find out what happened to Trudy :laugh:

Glad to know another Monkaholic:) We are so bummed that it is over to. We come up with all kinds of phobias and scenarios that Monk could continue to pursue, the writers for that show are fantastic. Yes, FINALLY Trudy's case is solved!

littlespy: Thank you for the steps to change my settings. That was so easy, but I could not figure it out on my own. You're the best. I sure hope that this helps the scale move. The first 35 pounds came off quite steady, since getting to my half way goal, the loss has SLOWED substantially to no loss this week. I know that I have a smaller calorie deficit than at the beginning but sheesh there is still a deficit! Hoping changing up the protein will help.

Jess I LOVE carbs too. I could live on pasta and be happy. Food making me happy??? OH YA BIG TIME!!! I have tried Boar's and it it yummy.

Thanks momma for the link, I know I'm an old lady to her but I am so impressed that she has taken the initiative to learn about her health the healthy way. Maybe she can bring a group of teens together. You ladies have a fantastic day!

Hello everyone! I was MIA over the weekend (AGAIN). I didn't track, but did well on Saturday and not very well on Sunday - we had a late Easter dinner at my cousin's house. I did well there, but then over-indulged last night because I was busy patting myself on the back.
I DIDN'T make my meal plan yet for this week like I said I was going to :devil: ... I will try later tonight, but it is going to be another hectic day. I know, I know ... I need to make my weight loss efforts a priority again, I just have to get my head on straight .. coming here and catching up on everyone's posts helped. I will FOR SURE do momma's challenge today, and try to fit in a walk during or after my daughter's sax lesson. I am feeling very PMSy today, we'll see if I actually get my TOM this month. I'm peri-menopausal, and on birth control pills (even though my hubby had a vasectomy) to try to regulate things (because I was getting TOM twice a month for awhile and very, very, very crabby all the time) ... but it still seems to be hit or miss even on the pill. I definitely don't miss it - but it sucks to have all the crabby, bloaty, craving symptoms anyhow - and definitely doesn't seem to help with losing weight!