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Just FYI: I'm bumping up my calories, but I'm no longer going to eat exercise calories. I'm switching to the TDEE-20% method since I think it'll be healthier in the long run. I was already dealing with some lethargy and a few of my friends have been mentioning that I haven't been myself since starting, so hopefully this'll perk me back up. :happy: I've also finally figured out how to do emoticons on this site. Woo! :laugh:0
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Yay! :happy:
I've heard the best way to lose weight is by taking it slowly. I aim for 2,000 calories a day. It sounds like a lot, but at my weight I'm losing at that number. It's coming off slowly, but it *is* coming off, and, more importantly, I'm sticking with my program.0 -
Another NSV!
I'm down four pant sizes! Last June I wore a size 20... today, 16! Yay!
Fabulous! What a great testament to your hard work! I am pulling for you more than anyone else, as you have been so generous with your time and effort as our leader!
So, if your clothes are sized the way ours are, you are in a "normal" size now. I am so looking forward to the day I don't have to shop in the "Women's" or "Plus Size" departments. It is a ways off, but I am hoping by the summer to be in a size 16 also (Could that really be true? That I could shop in the regular size clothes?)
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Another NSV!
I'm down four pant sizes! Last June I wore a size 20... today, 16! Yay!
Fabulous! What a great testament to your hard work! I am pulling for you more than anyone else, as you have been so generous with your time and effort as our leader!
So, if your clothes are sized the way ours are, you are in a "normal" size now. I am so looking forward to the day I don't have to shop in the "Women's" or "Plus Size" departments. It is a ways off, but I am hoping by the summer to be in a size 16 also (Could that really be true? That I could shop in the regular size clothes?)
Yay for you!
Yeah, I'd say 16 is on the larger end of normal. Back in May, when I was still looking for a job, I found to my horror that, at my newly acquired size 20, I had to shop at specialty plus-size stores if I wanted to find an interview suit that fit. That's where I drew the line. Thanks, guys, for helping me get back into a 16.0 -
NSV update:
Neck: = 12/6: 14.5" ~ 14/10: ~ 13.5" Loss: 1.0"
Bust: = 12/6: 39" ~ 14/10: ~ 36" Loss: 3.0"
Waist: = 12/6: 36" ~ 14/10: ~ 29" Loss: 7.0"
Hips: = 12/6: 42" ~ 14/10: ~ 39" Loss: 3.0"
BMI: = 12/6: 29.1 ~ 14/10: ~ 24.3 (within ideal target range)0 -
It is so motivating to read all the success stories, well done to everyone.0
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Good morning October Challenge Group-
It is Day 15 and I've lost five pounds since starting this challenge :happy: !!!
Hope you all are experiencing similar results.0 -
Good morning October Challenge Group-
It is Day 15 and I've lost five pounds since starting this challenge :happy: !!!
Hope you all are experiencing similar results.
That is AWESOME!! Gotta be feeling pretty good today, huh?? :bigsmile:0 -
NSV update:
Neck: = 12/6: 14.5" ~ 14/10: ~ 13.5" Loss: 1.0"
Bust: = 12/6: 39" ~ 14/10: ~ 36" Loss: 3.0"
Waist: = 12/6: 36" ~ 14/10: ~ 29" Loss: 7.0"
Hips: = 12/6: 42" ~ 14/10: ~ 39" Loss: 3.0"
BMI: = 12/6: 29.1 ~ 14/10: ~ 24.3 (within ideal target range)
That's great news! I love seeing hard work pay off.0 -
Good morning October Challenge Group-
It is Day 15 and I've lost five pounds since starting this challenge :happy: !!!
Hope you all are experiencing similar results.
Very nice!! I haven't lost any weight this month, but my clothes are looser.0 -
Happy happy happy people!0
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We had a great time at the zoo even in the rain. I think that maybe our grandson was a little too young (14 months) he didn't really respond to any of the animals. Oh well next time they come down for a visit (about 1x a year).
I'm going to see a dietician this morning. I want her to look at my food diary I think I am either getting too much of something and or not enough of something since the scale just isn't really moving.
Oh and I so need to vent....it is probably no big deal BUT first thing this morning it really made me mad as heck.....
I come into work, go to the kitchenette to put up my food. I keep a plate and bowl in the cubbard along with a sleeve of crackers for those days when I want soup. (I keep my fork, spoon and knife locked up in my desk). Today is a soup day, I open up the cubbard and my plate is GONE and so are my crackers. There in the sink is my plate!!!!!!!! WTH.... who uses someone elses plate and doesn't EVEN have enough respect to wash it?????????? I left "them" a note; wonder how long MY plate will stay in the sink before it is washed???? Starting Monday I will bring a new plate and bowl and lock it up in my desk. Actually in the big picture of things I don't mind to let someone use any of my stuff but please ask and if you don't ask have the coutesy to wash it and put it back. Ok I'm done :bigsmile:
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Saw the dietician today .... she told me that my food diary looked great the only changes I need to make are 25 or more fiber grams, change my carbs to 150 g aday and up my protein to 80 g aday. Eat no less than 1300 cal a day. I am NOT eating enough calories at lunch and would be a good idea to have 4 eggwhites for breakfast instead of 3. I also need to change my exercise to 2 days strength, 2 days cardio and 2 days use my walk away the pounds video.0
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Oh and I so need to vent....it is probably no big deal BUT first thing this morning it really made me mad as heck.....
I come into work, go to the kitchenette to put up my food. I keep a plate and bowl in the cubbard along with a sleeve of crackers for those days when I want soup. (I keep my fork, spoon and knife locked up in my desk). Today is a soup day, I open up the cubbard and my plate is GONE and so are my crackers. There in the sink is my plate!!!!!!!! WTH.... who uses someone elses plate and doesn't EVEN have enough respect to wash it?????????? I left "them" a note; wonder how long MY plate will stay in the sink before it is washed???? Starting Monday I will bring a new plate and bowl and lock it up in my desk. Actually in the big picture of things I don't mind to let someone use any of my stuff but please ask and if you don't ask have the coutesy to wash it and put it back. Ok I'm done :bigsmile:
Hope everyone has an awesome day
How rude of that person! Who DOES that? They used your bowl (eew.... I'm sure you don't have cooties, but using anyone else's dishes is just gross), didn't clean it, and ate your crackers. SO rude. I would be so mad.0 -
Saw the dietician today .... she told me that my food diary looked great the only changes I need to make are 25 or more fiber grams, change my carbs to 150 g aday and up my protein to 80 g aday. Eat no less than 1300 cal a day. I am NOT eating enough calories at lunch and would be a good idea to have 4 eggwhites for breakfast instead of 3. I also need to change my exercise to 2 days strength, 2 days cardio and 2 days use my walk away the pounds video.
Lisa you are doing great, don't worry about your scales, hows your clothes feeling?0 -
Saw the dietician today .... she told me that my food diary looked great the only changes I need to make are 25 or more fiber grams, change my carbs to 150 g aday and up my protein to 80 g aday. Eat no less than 1300 cal a day. I am NOT eating enough calories at lunch and would be a good idea to have 4 eggwhites for breakfast instead of 3. I also need to change my exercise to 2 days strength, 2 days cardio and 2 days use my walk away the pounds video.
Lisa you are doing great, don't worry about your scales, hows your clothes feeling?
thanks Margie...I wanted to make sure I was getting enough of the right things. My clothes ..... some are feeling a LOT looser I should get rid of those, some are fitting a lot better. That pair of "skinny jeans" I'm still not comfortable wearing I get a "muffin top" when I put them on LOL. So, am I not comfortable wearing them because they REALLY do fit and I'm just used to wearing pants and jeans that are so loose?????? :laugh: :laugh: I'm not big on change but I'm getting better :bigsmile: My TOPS group is having a fundraiser yard sale on Nov 9 I am going through my closet and getting rid of ALL those "fat clothes" and what doesn't sale will go to Goodwill or the Collation for battered women or both, we haven't voted on where that stuff is going yet. BUT those "fat clothes" are NOT coming home with me :bigsmile:0 -
Hi everyone!
I've been trying to lose weight and diet for years but still nothing much changed. Because I either almost eat nothing for days and it indeed came back where I was quickly once I started eating normally, or I rewarded myself big meals at midnight when I feel stressful.
I hate keep trying like this for years. Time to get some real results!
Thanks Caradae open this group.
Let's get to our goal together.0 -
thanks Margie...I wanted to make sure I was getting enough of the right things. My clothes ..... some are feeling a LOT looser I should get rid of those, some are fitting a lot better. That pair of "skinny jeans" I'm still not comfortable wearing I get a "muffin top" when I put them on LOL. So, am I not comfortable wearing them because they REALLY do fit and I'm just used to wearing pants and jeans that are so loose?????? :laugh: :laugh: I'm not big on change but I'm getting better :bigsmile: My TOPS group is having a fundraiser yard sale on Nov 9 I am going through my closet and getting rid of ALL those "fat clothes" and what doesn't sale will go to Goodwill or the Collation for battered women or both, we haven't voted on where that stuff is going yet. BUT those "fat clothes" are NOT coming home with me :bigsmile:
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SUGGESTION ONLY: Keep one pair of jeans and/or one shirt of your biggest size. You will be amazed when you reach your goal and hold those up to your NEW BODY!!!
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lisamac62 I just looked at your profile....you are ALMOST my neighbor!!! Well, hello!!!! :drinker:0
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lisamac62 I just looked at your profile....you are ALMOST my neighbor!!! Well, hello!!!! :drinker:
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE LOVE it here I wouldn't move back to my home state for anything. I have been here almost 4 years. My high school sweetheart moved here in the 80's, we found each other on classmates.com were both going through divorces and realized that we still had feelings for each other. I packed up everything I couldn't live without, told my family bye and hit the road. I have never been happier in my life. The man of my dreams, sunshine, the ocean and NO SNOW.0 -
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SUGGESTION ONLY: Keep one pair of jeans and/or one shirt of your biggest size. You will be amazed when you reach your goal and hold those up to your NEW BODY!!!
That's an awesome suggestion. I'm keeping my size 20s so I never forget.0 -
Saw the dietician today .... she told me that my food diary looked great the only changes I need to make are 25 or more fiber grams, change my carbs to 150 g aday and up my protein to 80 g aday. Eat no less than 1300 cal a day. I am NOT eating enough calories at lunch and would be a good idea to have 4 eggwhites for breakfast instead of 3. I also need to change my exercise to 2 days strength, 2 days cardio and 2 days use my walk away the pounds video.
Lisa you are doing great, don't worry about your scales, hows your clothes feeling?
thanks Margie...I wanted to make sure I was getting enough of the right things. My clothes ..... some are feeling a LOT looser I should get rid of those, some are fitting a lot better. That pair of "skinny jeans" I'm still not comfortable wearing I get a "muffin top" when I put them on LOL. So, am I not comfortable wearing them because they REALLY do fit and I'm just used to wearing pants and jeans that are so loose?????? :laugh: :laugh: I'm not big on change but I'm getting better :bigsmile: My TOPS group is having a fundraiser yard sale on Nov 9 I am going through my closet and getting rid of ALL those "fat clothes" and what doesn't sale will go to Goodwill or the Collation for battered women or both, we haven't voted on where that stuff is going yet. BUT those "fat clothes" are NOT coming home with me :bigsmile:
Great attitude, at least you can get the skinny jeans on, I have several pair and the same goes for me, muffin top but I will be wearing them next winter that's for sure, lol0 -
Hi everyone!
I've been trying to lose weight and diet for years but still nothing much changed. Because I either almost eat nothing for days and it indeed came back where I was quickly once I started eating normally, or I rewarded myself big meals at midnight when I feel stressful.
I hate keep trying like this for years. Time to get some real results!
Thanks Caradae open this group.
Let's get to our goal together.
Stay focus on the group and you will be amazed how much that helps, have faith in your self0 -
Good morning everyone,
I have an upper respiratory infection. I tried to exercise this morning and felt like I was going to cough up a lung sick
I am so sorry but I'm going to have to leave the group for October. I hope you will invite me back for November.
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Good morning everyone,
I have an upper respiratory infection. I tried to exercise this morning and felt like I was going to cough up a lung sick
I am so sorry but I'm going to have to leave the group for October. I hope you will invite me back for November.
Good luck to everyone.
even if your not exercising, I bet you walk around and do dishes or walk to the toilet or shower, you are still moving, hope you get better but i am very sure you dont have to leave the group, the mini challenges are not compulsary!!!0 -
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SUGGESTION ONLY: Keep one pair of jeans and/or one shirt of your biggest size. You will be amazed when you reach your goal and hold those up to your NEW BODY!!!
That's an awesome suggestion. I'm keeping my size 20s so I never forget.
I have a size 24 pants and a size 3x shirt to put on when I lose all my weight. I just went through my undie's draw and was shocked at how big some of my panties were and even the bra's. I never want to go back to those sizes again.0 -
Feeling so much better.. I exercised this morning for 20 minutes felt sooooo goood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope everyone is having a great Saturday0 -
Feeling so much better.. I exercised this morning for 20 minutes felt sooooo goood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope everyone is having a great Saturday
Glad to hear it!! :flowerforyou:0 -
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I have a size 24 pants and a size 3x shirt to put on when I lose all my weight. I just went through my undie's draw and was shocked at how big some of my panties were and even the bra's. I never want to go back to those sizes again.
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:bigsmile: FUNNY!!! :bigsmile:0 -
I kept a size 24 pants and 3x top also. Undies are getting huge.
Hard to keep them on when walking! My bras are taken as far as they go! LOL!
I am trying to toss clothing after each weigh day!
Its so good to see people here that have actual weight to lose.
I love hearing all your successes!
Are you all at least 1200 calories or above?0
