not-that-heavy girls trying to lose weight

Hey Everyone!

Haven't posted in a while but its great to see that people are doing good on sticking with it! I was pleasantly surprised when I did my weigh in monday that I maintained my weight (actually lost like 0.5 lbs or something like that) over the Christmas holiday! I think all the snowboarding I did definitely counteracted any excess calories I was taking in. Getting closer to breaking the 150 barrier! I will be happy to see 14_ again! Still wanting to get down to the 140 mark! Hoping snowboarding season will help out with this!!

Wish me luck!!

hey everyone! Happy New Year! I fell off the wagon mid-december and gained back a few of the lbs I worked so hard to lose! Why is it so hard to lose the lbs but so easy to pack them on!!!! Not Fair! LOL

So the new year has brought renewed interest in reaching my goal to weigh somewhere between 110 and 115... but first I gotta get back to where I left off - 119.

I'm so over counting calories and realize that I just cannot count calories for the rest of my life... and if I'm going to maintain 115 or less for life, I need to get to that weight in a way that I can do for life.

So, my plan right now is to workout every day possible - 4 -5 days minimum.

I'm going to do the green smoothie challenge - my hubby bought me a Vitamix for Christmas, so it will be getting a ton of use.

During the week I'll drink only green smoothies all day until dinner. I'll have a healthy, sensible, well-portiioned dinner. I will allow myself a small dessert, but will stop eating by about 8 - 9 pm. No more snacking in bed with hubby (he's such an enabler!!!)

Weekends will be free though - except I still have to do my green smoothies on a daily basis - this ensures I stay full during the day so that I don't eat the junk.

I should know pretty quickly if this plan is going to work. I'll probably work in 1 - 2 fasts each week as well (16 - 24 hrs) as I have great success with that.

During my eating hours, I plan to eat good foods, and not be hungry. This will ensure I am eating enough to counter-balance the fasting hours. I haven't fully decided how I'll be fasting. I fasted for 16 hours today (well from last night 7 pm to 1 pm today). I could do that daily if i want to. Or i could do two 24 hour fasts (6 pm to 6 pm) a week.

hey everyone! Happy New Year! I fell off the wagon mid-december and gained back a few of the lbs I worked so hard to lose! Why is it so hard to lose the lbs but so easy to pack them on!!!! Not Fair! LOL

So the new year has brought renewed interest in reaching my goal to weigh somewhere between 110 and 115... but first I gotta get back to where I left off - 119.

I'm so over counting calories and realize that I just cannot count calories for the rest of my life... and if I'm going to maintain 115 or less for life, I need to get to that weight in a way that I can do for life.

So, my plan right now is to workout every day possible - 4 -5 days minimum.

I'm going to do the green smoothie challenge - my hubby bought me a Vitamix for Christmas, so it will be getting a ton of use.

During the week I'll drink only green smoothies all day until dinner. I'll have a healthy, sensible, well-portiioned dinner. I will allow myself a small dessert, but will stop eating by about 8 - 9 pm. No more snacking in bed with hubby (he's such an enabler!!!)

Weekends will be free though - except I still have to do my green smoothies on a daily basis - this ensures I stay full during the day so that I don't eat the junk.

I should know pretty quickly if this plan is going to work. I'll probably work in 1 - 2 fasts each week as well (16 - 24 hrs) as I have great success with that.

During my eating hours, I plan to eat good foods, and not be hungry. This will ensure I am eating enough to counter-balance the fasting hours. I haven't fully decided how I'll be fasting. I fasted for 16 hours today (well from last night 7 pm to 1 pm today). I could do that daily if i want to. Or i could do two 24 hour fasts (6 pm to 6 pm) a week.

Good luck I hope it goes well! However, if you are sick of counting calories and want a solution for life, I have doubts that the plan you described below is a realistic one for the rest of your life. The fasting part scares me a bit as fasting is never a good idea, if you begin to starve your body for long periods of time it will just start to store absolutely everything you eat as fat as it doesn't know when you will be feeding it again. (This happened to me 5 years back and I ended up ballooning to 160 lbs, my all-time heaviest). I think its good to have a cut off time, say not eat after 7pm but smaller meals more often throughout the day will provide much more success than fasting.

In any case, whatever you decide to do I wish you luck

Good luck I hope it goes well! However, if you are sick of counting calories and want a solution for life, I have doubts that the plan you described below is a realistic one for the rest of your life. The fasting part scares me a bit as fasting is never a good idea, if you begin to starve your body for long periods of time it will just start to store absolutely everything you eat as fat as it doesn't know when you will be feeding it again. (This happened to me 5 years back and I ended up ballooning to 160 lbs, my all-time heaviest). I think its good to have a cut off time, say not eat after 7pm but smaller meals more often throughout the day will provide much more success than fasting.

In any case, whatever you decide to do I wish you luck

Thanks for the concern. Have you heard of intermittent fasting - Eat - Stop Eat? Or the 16-8 fast? It has been quite effective for me. Your body never goes into starvation mode doing these types of fasts because you are eating every day. Even doing a 24 hr fast, you still eat every day. And you still get your normal amount of calories, but by intermittent fasting, your body starts to burn more fat than it would by just doing a calorie restricted diet. There is a huge thread on here (Eat Stop Eat - How it's worked for me) with tons of info. So that's where I'm coming from. If you had issues with it in the past, I can understand how you would be leary of trying a fast again, but so far I've had great results. And fasting like this is something I truly can do for life. Research it and you will find tons of info about how and why it works.

asjerven (Amy) - I was just wondering if you have started your food order program yet? I wrote a post a little while back not sure if you saw it so thought I'd post again
I'm curious to hear how it works and what kinds of foods you get!

yum!! it sounds really good!! sounds like something that you could definitely buy the items and make yourself.

I love this thread! I have twin toddlers and am trying to lose the pounds I gained snacking with them. Well, that and from a few poor diet choices. I am 6'2 inches and weigh 182. My goal is 170.

Good luck everyone!

I'm interested! I am 152 lbs at 5'5''... I would like to be 140lbs... Yay for us flabby skinny girls... lol (I don't consider myself skinny at all btw)

I actually really hate it when people say "Why are you trying to lose weight, why are you dieting? You're so small." Let me go put on a bikini and you'll see why.

Alright, congrats on being so close to your goal but I have to say...
I am 5'8" and weigh the same as you do now (147) and I would look NOTHING like that in a bikini...trust me. :laugh: I hope you reach your goal but know that you do look great now...you must carry it alot better than me! Well done

Proud to say Im no longer in the overweight range 5'7'' and today weighed in at 154.6. My goal is 7 to 10 and then from there I will reevaluate. I have been stuck at about 157 for the past year and hope this site will help me get past this hump. Just got off the phone with a family member who keeps telling me to stop losing. I will... when like others have said ( on this site) I feel good in my bikini! Good luck to all you "not so heavy girls"!!!!

Hello everyone. I'm 5'2'' and weigh 135 lbs. I want to lose about 15-20 pounds. I'm already happy with how my body looks. I just want to get more in shape and become more healthy. Also, I'm hovering around the overweight line so that's why I want to go back to weighing around 115 lbs.

Hello ladies!
I, like alot of you i've seen, am 5'2" and weight about 140lbs. Not only would I like to lose about 15 lbs but I would like to get rid of the flab that I have from having been alot heavier before and from having a child (12 years ago). How does one go about firming the mid-section?
BTW - My son got the "Let's Dance 2" game for the Wii for Christmas. I have had to dance everyday! It is so cool and such a great workout. After 2-3 songs I feel my shirt sticking to my back. It's awesome!
Good luck everyone

Another girl here! I'm 5'7" and 138.6 but my goal is 128-130. I've always had really thick thighs and I'm working out and eating right to try to get the jiggle to take a hike.

This time last year I was 160lbs, but P90X helped me get down to what I am now. I just need to keep going! I found the MyFitnessPal app to be extremely helpful (and addictive) in accomplishing my goals!

I got a groupon. I am so addicted to groupons.

Yea to groupon, teambuy, wag jag and deal find (my personal fav)

My gym membership actually came from deal find, $99 for a year, regularly $450. The gym is having a $299 New Years sale now so I still saved $200+!

WOW!! the deals! I already get the living social deals sent to me by email but these other sites are great! thanks ladies :happy: