The Last 10

Gaby ! So sorry to hear that! Can you ask a friend for some work out clothes? or maybe just do a lot of walking around ?

SUBWAY! lol

thank you all for the inspiration that I needed. Ivfunandfit, your post was what I most needed to hear. I really want to get rid of these last 10 and I do think that weight lifting is the direction I need to be headed. I am just a bit insecure about how to get there.

I am good on the protein, in fact, I usually am higher than what you recomend. I do eat every two to three hours. I drink water or plain herbal teas with two teacups of white tea in the morning. No white sugars, especially no HFCS and minimize processed foods as much as possible. (With a busy house full of kids pizza two or three times per month is inevitable)

I have been slacking in the area of eating proteins after working out. I used to do what you describe, have a protein drink ready and waiting for when I am done.

I plan to check out the website and set up a plan for myself.

How do you space out your 4 times per week to incorporate recovery? What do you do on the days you don't lift? I was thinking of yoga or pilates.

hepkitty: I do think training can increase your water weight...but so can sugar, sodium, and tom.

Gaby! Man, I would be going crazy. My husband lives out of a hotel room 6 days per week and it is nuts. He even has a heated pool and excercise room!

Serenifly: That sounds like my weight loss journey...50# in 4 years with 10 more to go!

Have a great week everyone.

No weight loss for me...:sad:

Thanks for the encouragement guys! Wow, these last 10 are sure hard, obviously your body wants to hold on to them, because it's so used to having them! But it's also hard because we're so close to our goal that cheats become easier since we're so close to our goal weight. But if we remember "why" we're doing thing- for ourselves and not for others- maybe it'll be easier not to cheat, it's a "personal" goal, and nothing feels better than accomplishing that! Anyway, I'm at 130.8 whihc is only a .2 lb diff, but since it's my TOM and my lowest weight in like 9 months, I'm pretty happy. I need to work on weight training, but since I don't really know too much about it, I think that's why I don't do it more, because I feel kind of stupid doing it at the gym (but I'll try resistance bands at home). Hope everyones week is going well. You're still in my prayers Gaby!! Stay strong through your tough situation, and you'll have to tell me how BBL is going!

Oh, and to hear a bit more on our experiences at the orphanage see my blog!

You are so close to your goal futurenueman. You can do. I am in the same boat. and I was thinking of eating something else and then I read your post and I thought. I dont need to, I am so close to my goal I need to buckle down and stay strong and lose these last pounds. My wedding day is fast approaching......33 days!! I have to lose as much as I can from now until then, I would love 10 but that is crazy thoughts. I am aiming for atleast 5lbs!!!!!
We can do this...stay strong!

Hoosiermama, that mission trip sounds great! Those trips no matter what the price, are in my opinion soooo worth it. I went to a mission trip to Peru at an orphanage this last January and it was truly a moving, life changing experience. Seeing God's love first hand- it was amazing. I wanted to take each kid home with me! I'm glad you stayed healthy- that was my biggest fear!! I ended up coming home with mono, but a small price to pay for such an amazing trip. I understand what you mean by all their rice, it was with EVERY meal (with little to no meat!) lol. Sadly I actually ended up gaining weight, even though we were chasing kids all day, our group brought soooo much food to snack on in between meals (they only ate ever 6-7 hours!!) and it was very unhealthy snacks haha.

I finally lost 1lb!!! Hooooray! I'd been bouncing around but never going lower than my previous lowest weight. Finally I've done it. I haven't been able to do any exercise this week either, I wonder if that has something to do with it.

Bebbjeb- awesome!! One pound is an amazing accomplishment when you're this close, your body rejects losing these last 10 pounds, so each one is going to be a challenge, but it feel so good to be rid of them! Keep it up!

Only 2 weeks exactly from my legal wedding and the next day I head out to Mexico!! Hope to stay strong and get at least to 130! It's getting hard right now because when I get stressed (with finals coming up next week "GAG" and now I found out today that the bridemaid dresses I was supposed to get 2 weeks ago in the mail that I ordered from ebay back in March had to be remade and never got shipped when they were supposed to!!! GAAAA
Btw, thanks for the encouragement before thinsky, you're wedding is dangerously close as well, we can do it!!!

Thanks guys!! It's silly, it's taken my over a month to lose this pound. But I know that if I wasn't tracking calories and watching what I ate I probably would have put on 3 pounds, so I'm happy. Now onwards and downwards!

FutureNeeman, Goodluck with your wedding! You will make a beautiful bride! I'm sure you can reach your goal. You go girl!

Your posts are def giving me motivation to hit the gym tonight! I live in the college dorms half the week, and it's only open till nine, and half the time I miss going cuz I'm too late, but it's not going to happen tonight!! I set up my ipod touch on the elipital or treadmill and watch movies because then I'm in my own little world and don't have to look around awkwardly at all the guys working out, or look at myself even more awkwardly in all the mirrors! lol

Thanks bebbjeb! And I agree, if I wasn't on this site, I would definitely gain weight much easier!

Thanks so much for the encouragement thinsky!! Ya that bridesmaid thing is sooo stupid, and just has me under such stupid stress, but I already decided if for some reason the dresses don't come we'll just buy some pretty summer dresses at Old Navy (they're only like $15!) Wouldn't be my first choice, but I need a plan B, and my bridesmaids are super supportive and encouraging so that helps. I'll keep your friend in my prayers, my mom had cancer in a very rare place, (in the y of her trachea) back in 2001, and they were almost positive she wasn't going to make it (only one other person in the USA had ever had it there, and they died from it), and she's now been cancer free for 9 years, so miracles do happen! You stay strong too! Remember who you're trying to lose the weight for!

Hello everyone!
welcome asltiffm. it sounds like you have established some healthy habits. You can keep it up!
Gaby and Dee dee- To me it seems that eating only a portion of your exercise calories makes the most sense. I think gaby is right that the 'starvation mode' does not come as easily as you think. an 825 calorie deficit per day is a lot! but, i also think that our goal is to get our metabolisms to burn as hotly as possible and a little extra food helps when you are exercising intensely. Maybe with more gentle workouts (walking and such) skipping the exercise calories makes no difference to our metabolism. But on days when I burn 1000 extra calories from some intense mountain climbing or something eating that much extra seems counter productive.
thinsky- sorry to hear about your friend. I have been through something similar and it is really hard. All you can do is keep a positive attitude and appreciate every moment.
futureneuman- good luck with the dresses! I am looking for bridesmaid dresses myself though my wedding is not until aug. i am on a strict budget so Old Navy sounds pretty good to me.