Team Fit - August

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  • lmr9
    lmr9 Posts: 628 Member
    Ariel - GREAT JOB!!! That's awesome to see those pounds come off after so much hard work!!! :flowerforyou:

    Well, I lost 0.5 pounds this week. Bleh. Oh well - guess that's good considering I ate 2 cheese burgers yesterday. Yes, TWO!! :noway:
  • amm114
    amm114 Posts: 108 Member
    Way to go on the weight loss Ariel & Lisa!! Gaby, trying on wedding dresses is sooooo fun!!! Enjoy!!!

    I lost 1 pound since July 12... I think that officially means I have hit a plateau. I have 2.5 lbs to go until goal weight. It's not totally necessary for me to lose those... my clothes fit fine now, but I'd still like to get those pounds off just so I can say I weigh 140. Any advice for getting over a plateau?
  • lmr9
    lmr9 Posts: 628 Member
    Great job Angie! :flowerforyou: I've seen many posts on MFP about plateau's, but don't think I've experienced one myself yet. I've heard that some of these may do the trick: increasing your daily calories a bit, changing up your workout routine, strength training. Stick with it girl, you've done awesome! :drinker:
  • lmr9
    lmr9 Posts: 628 Member
    My weight loss has slowed down...and I'm not happy about it! :angry: I'm cutting back on carbs. I used to be at 50% carbs, and lost about 10 pounds in 2 months and felt great! Then I switched to 40% carbs, and now I'm not losing as much. And trust me, I still have plenty to lose. I've lost 5 pounds in the past month and a half.

    I'm having problems keeping my sodium at bay, and getting in all my fiber. My sodium is the system default 2,500 -- and my fiber is 20 grams/day (which I still think is pretty low). I find myself eating a lot of lowfat string cheese, lunch meat, sandwiches, eggs -- which keeps me in check for calories/carbs/fat/protein -- but not good in the sodium/fiber area. I've found that when cutting down on carbs, I eat a lot less fruit - not good. Also, when I have a little more carb allowance, I can eat pasta dinners packed full of all kinds of veggies.

    I'm considering going up to 45% carbs.

    Need to find my balance...
  • gabyp0716
    gabyp0716 Posts: 351 Member
    Hello Ladies,
    I hope eveyone is doing great. I've had a great couple of day. Diet was off the hook the weekend but I had soo much fun with my girlfriend visiting from Hawaii.
    The fist Fit Test wtih my fiance for INSANITY were done yesterday and it went great. I really can't wait till the next one to see some improvements. I will be doing our measurements, weight and fit test every two weeks so I can keep track of them.
    Next week I"m going to start adding additional workouts to insanity pretty much every day because I got a new co-worker thats all into fitness so we scheduled a yoga class and bootcamp two days, so I figured I will do BBL on the alternating days. I really hope to get to my goal with all this.
  • aabelein
    aabelein Posts: 379 Member
    hi ladies! sorry i haven't been as efficient with this as i used to be. i'm still eating weel and i went to the gym monday. i didnt go yesterday but i am going today and tomorrow. since i wont be working saturday(knock on wood) i can go to the gym then too!

    Lisa- I was told by my trainer i should be eating 60% carbs. i sat in on a nutritional seminar and they said 60% carbs 20% fat and 20% whatever the other is. lol i forget. i dont know if you want to go all the way up to 60, but thats what i was told to do.

    Angie- i know this may sound weird, but maybe try not exercising for a week. i didnt exercise at all last week and i lost 2 pounds..... lol i donno how well it will work, but it worked for me!

    Gaby- let me know how insanity goes. i wanted to try it but i cant afford it but they do something similar at my gym.

    hope everyone is being good with their food!! keep it up ladies! i know we can get there!
  • aabelein
    aabelein Posts: 379 Member
    i just re-set my goals since i want to weigh 140 and not 150 anymore...... YIKES!! I hope i get there soon!
  • aabelein
    aabelein Posts: 379 Member
    hi ladies!

    well i was really bad this weekend so i didnt weigh in. i'm gonna try to be good this week. i only went to the gym twice last week so i have to be good this week. hope you all are being good and better than me, hehe :). well work is crazy again. i only got a weeks rest and now we're back to working 9 hours a day this week. so needless to say i'm not very happy. but in happy news, i bought my coach purse over the weekend!! I LOVE IT! Its beautiful and has purple lineing inside!!! yes it was expensive, but i deserved it!!! :)
  • kholmes
    kholmes Posts: 214
    Happy Monday

    So I am going to get back on track. I have been at the same weight for about a month now so that is good considering I have not done anything.

    This morning I did Cardio Party and Ab Jam - yeah. I feel great and I am motivated to get back on track. The new semester has started and I want to be down 10 pounds for Christmas.
  • aabelein
    aabelein Posts: 379 Member
    well i'm glad i'm not the only one whos not really doing great this week or checking in daily. lol. this week has been weird. same with last week. i'm going to be good next week though and try to get back on track. just wanted to see how you guys were doing!!
  • amm114
    amm114 Posts: 108 Member
    So I ended my plateau... by GAINING a pound. :grumble: I'm not really surprised because I've been bad at going over my calories, even though I've been going to the gym regularly. It was my husband's birthday last Thursday and mine was yesterday, so there are sweets all over our house and I haven't been able to say no. Plus we've been going out to eat more than usual because of our birthdays. So I will probably gain another pound by the end of this week. :frown: I'm pretty frustrated, but such is life.
  • gabyp0716
    gabyp0716 Posts: 351 Member
    Hi Ladies,
    Today I just got done doing a 3 day shakeology cleanse that totally helped me get back on track. I've been working out hard with INSANITY but b/c of it I think I've been giving myself too much leadway with my food. So I wanted to get back on track. So I lost good amount of weight and feel great. Of course now TOM is coming and I'm starting to feel bloated. Oh well at least I got to feel good for a few days... lol.
    Tonight I'm working out to INSANITY at home with my fiance and best friend. And starting this wkend I'm def additing more workouts. I want to push myself. One is not enough. Saturday I'm doing yoga. Monday Yoga. Tues brazil butt lift. Wed. Bootcamp. Thur Brazil Butt lift. Plus the INSANITY program....bring it!!!
  • kholmes
    kholmes Posts: 214
    Started 3rd round of Chalean Extreme today with Burn I and 20 min Turbo Jam. I was sweating and felt great. Hope I can get off this plateau I have been at.

    Hope everyone has a great week.
  • aabelein
    aabelein Posts: 379 Member
    hi girls,
    well i'm back on today. hopefully/ i dont foresee anything stoping me from going to the gym tonight which is good. and my roommate and i are going to try to go in the mornings from no on. so that will be good. get it over with and out of the way. i've also been thinking of starting the c25k again. that would be cool! well be good girls! this month is almost over!
  • kholmes
    kholmes Posts: 214
    Good morning

    So this morning I did Burn It Off for 25 min before my son woke up and that was the end of any extra workout.

    Water in take is great. I am doing ok on calories. The weather has been perfect the last few days so I have been trying to get outside and walk before we lose this perfection.
  • lmr9
    lmr9 Posts: 628 Member
    Hi Ladies! I've missed you! :flowerforyou:

    Well, I'm back after about a 3 week break...unplanned break. My birthday was last month, so there were SO many sweets around and parties and drinking and such. I had a blast, but haven't tracked calories or worked out in so long. I MUST get back into the swing of things. I weighed myself this morning to see how much damage I'd done - and I am thrilled to say that I am exactly the same weight as I was the last time I weighed in on Aug 16th. I have no idea how that happened, but I'm just going to thank God and get myself back on track before I un-do all the hard work I've done all summer.

    Here's to a great September for us all! :drinker: Holidays are right around the corner, and we all know we want to look good! :laugh:
  • lmr9
    lmr9 Posts: 628 Member
    Ladies - we're slacking - it's September now! :laugh: I made our new September thread:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/118044-team-fit-september
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