No More Playing Around...Time to Reach My Goals!!!

Lyadeia thanks for your quick reply I will give it a try. I will let you know if it works for me too.
Where can I see your commercial you did in the past for p90x? Can I find it somewhere on the p90x website?

Thats Allright. I'll hear it from you later

Thank you! :blushing:

I am so sorry to hear about your dog! I know all too well how something like that can really slow you down in other areas. I hope he feels better soon. My cats, dog, and yes, even my fish, are like my own children so when one of them isn't feeling good, I turn into mega-mom until they are better, lol.

Good to hear that you workouts and eating are good! I am thinking that starting next week I will be upping my calorie intake ever so slightly. I have been eating around 1350 calories or so and that includes after exercise calories are added...I am thinking it might be a little low? I don't like eating ALL my exercise calories back, but I think only 150 of them might not be enough. I am going to go up to around 1450 or so which is approximately half of my exercise calories if MFP is estimating them correctly for me. We'll just have to see how it goes.

Our doggy still seems to be doing well, so I am hoping it was just a bug. He was stumbling and falling down. It was so scary. We made two emergency trips to the vet and did all kinds of tests (to the tune of $600), but nothing explained what was happening. I am walking on eggshells, hoping he stays OK.

It's so hard to know how many calories is right for someone else, but even 1450 would be really low for me. I seem to lose at 1800 or 1900 and maintain at around 2000 or 2100. We're all so different, but I'm a fan of eating the most possible calories to get the results I want. I like food.

The one thing that makes me think it wasn't likely an ear infection is that he was already on antibiotics for a skin infection he had. I know different antibiotics work for different things, so I suppose it's possible. I also wonder if he was having a reaction to the antibiotics. He was prescribed three weeks' worth and had been taking them for two weeks already before the episodes started. I quit giving them to him Tuesday, and it was that evening he started acting like himself again. It could totally be a coincidence, but I am not taking the chance of giving him the last three days' worth!

I always cats before, and they are SO hard to medicate! This is my first experience with dogs, but we've had them almost 10 years now, and I'm still amazed at how easy it is to get them to take pills. As long as they're somewhere near food, they get gulped down.

Sounds like you had an awesome Yoga X workout. Congrats! I remember how amazing it felt to conquer some of those poses that I initially thought would be impossible for me to do. It's been long enough now that I probably couldn't do them today.

Good job convincing the fiance's mom to go with Subway rather than pizza! There have been plenty of times that I just eat completely different food from what everybody else is having, but that can be awkward sometimes, depending on the other people.

Time to get back to being productive. See ya!

Ooo I think I'm going to try that water tip, thanks! It's funny you mention it because I've noticed recently how dehydration affects me in almost exactly the same way as hunger. I've always thought of myself as pretty good at knowing what my body wants, but a couple of days ago I felt like I was about to fall asleep and thought it was food related. I realised I'd drunk maybe 3 glasses of water that day, had 2 and immediately felt better! I need to keep track of my water on MFP... I'm so lazy with it and always forget to log. I think I usually get 6-8 without really thinking, but after exercise and the billions of cups of coffee I drink I should be getting at least 12. Hmmm, you've inspired me. Going to make this my week's goal - track water every day.

I know that not drinking enough can cause water retention and drinking more can suppress appetite, but is there a direct impact on fat loss? I'm going to drink more regardless - especially since the cold is drying out my skin SO BADLY.

Upping your calories sounds v sensible. Do you not eat your exercise calories, or do you mean 1550 net? I've been planning my meals with a 250 calorie buffer recently so that I can account for the little bites/slice of toast here and there without having to cut from somewhere else. I think I'd happily live off bread and butter, if not forever, for like a month. Yummm.

My mum bought this enormous tray of baklava recently - my favourite sweet in the whole world, and I couldn't resist. I assumed it must be at least 150 calories per piece - and to my surprise it's about 60!! This definitely doesn't seem right, but I've checked elsewhere and it appears to be true! Anyway, I think I'm going to have to ignore my common sense (which says it's got to be at least 100cals per piece) and just enjoy

O dear, PJilly I'm sorry about your dog - have the vets figured out what was wrong? Is he doing any better? I hope so :flowerforyou:

I'm only 3lbs away from goal!!! Getting quite impatient now. I know maintenance is supposed to be really hard, but I'm starting to get bored - I thought 14lbs could come off in 2 months (which already felt like eternity), but it;s been 5 so far! Madness. Although I'm happy I'm doing it slowly because I've got used to eating sensibly and fitting treats and alcohol into my calories and because I've been working at the gym regularly for the first time ever, so eating away at that muscle would be heartbreaking. I can actually see a little shadow of abs poking through!! ABS!!! Never had those in my life. I think to get the dancer stomach I've always wanted will be a lot harder than I imagined, and I think I'll lower my expectations lol. I'm going to get down to 121 then maintain for a couple of months and focus on building up some muscle. Then, if I feel I've got a couple more pounds to lose I'll do it after. So many people on here are my height, quite a bit heavier, and have this amazing super-slim, toned physique - just goes to show how much strength training I've got to do I suppose :grumble: On the bright side, before I started on MFP I definitely thought I looked gross - I was 30% body fat, wobbly, with absolutely no definition whatsoever. Even though I've still got a way to go, I'm starting to like what I see more and more! Very exciting - I'm going to try my best up my strength training time. At the moment it's about 15-25 minutes (which already feels like an eternity ) but from what I'm seeing on the forums, that's nowhere near enough to get the kind of results I want. I'm not going to increase it until I'm at maintenance - I won't be building muscle now anyway, but I'm going to try and push myself a bit more.

On that note, I'm going to the gym. Hope everyone has a great day!

3% body fat reduction in one month is amazing!!! Well done :happy: As is the 2.5 inches lost. The scale will catch up for sure. Surely weighing everyone at work in their clothes after they've eaten & drank something isn't exactly very precise... well they'll be able to see a difference like 2.5 inches no problem! Even if you can't see it on the scale...

I want to learn how to do pushups too. I can do about 3, 5 with crappy form. Not very impressive! I'm thinking of getting a personal trainer at some point, just for 2 sessions, so that I can make sure I'm doing everything with good form. My strength training is going quite well though. The sets are getting longer/weights getting heavier so I'm happy. Looking forwards to maintenance so that I can actually increase my muscle mass - Even though I see a big improvement, I'm still not particularly toned :grumble:

On a more positive note, less than one week into making sure I eat my BMR and I've lost 2 pounds! I'm set to only lose 0.8 a week and I definitely don't overestimate my portions so I have no idea what's going on, but I see it as my body repaying me for having gained 7lbs over xmas for just a few lousy days of (massively) overeating and then having to spend the last month losing it again (granted, most of it was water.. but 3 about 3lbs was actual fat)! Woohoo. I'm in a valentines day challenge so I think I'll carry on until vday, lose what I lose and then begin maintenance.

I'm supposed to go to the gym today, but my mum keeps hassling me that I'm exercising too much. I'm trying to explain that 5-6 times a week for an hour (30-45 minutes of cardio, 15-30 minutes of weights) is NOT excessive - it's pretty reasonable for someone trying to get/stay in shape. Am I mad/deluded?? I want to be fit! It's not even all about weight-loss. I plan to exercise at least 4x a week forever - I feel great when I know my body is strong and healthy and can do what it was built to do. Hmph I think I should be being praised for my efforts! Not made to feel like I'm some sort of obsessive! (I'm really not)

Anyway, rant over... thanks for listening

Hi there! I’ve not done a very good job keeping up here. So many threads; so little time.

I find that getting enough water, and getting it early enough in the day, just makes everything that much better. Workouts, eating, mood, motivation, you name it.

Lyadeia, I think upping your calories is a good idea. It can be tricky finding that sweet spot that’s exactly right, but I’m convinced it’s worth trying to figure out. You’ll get it! For me, if I’m feeling restless and having a hard time sticking to my calories, that’s a signal that I need to increase them slightly. Just a little more food earlier in the day can make a huge difference in how I feel in the evening. That and getting plenty of water in.

That’s so awesome your body fat percentage and waist size went down. Congrats! It sounds like someone needs to toss that work scale out the window, though.

Xmaxine89, the vet never figured out what was wrong with our dog, but he’s been fine for a week now, so we’re just crossing our fingers and hoping that it was just some bug that’s never coming back. I am so happy he’s himself again!

Congrats on the weight loss. That’s quite a accomplishment! More strength training could be just the perfect thing for you now. You may find you really enjoy it one you feel what it does for you. Sorry your mom’s giving you grief about the amount of time you’re spending exercising. I think what you’re doing is very reasonable, especially if you’re making sure to take a rest day or two each week.

You’re both doing really well. Keep it up!

I’m just sort of cruising along. Food and workouts are going great. Life is busy. On that note, I’d better go get my day started. Have a great one!

Hey, you guys. I've been sort of slacking. I have had a triple whammy: (1) feeling sick, (2) recovery week last week (that was timely, with the feeling crummy), (3) husband's birthday and all the eating/drinking that goes along with that.

So I'm back to my regularly scheduled workouts (a hybrid of mostly Slim Series, with a little Slim in 6, a little Yoga Booty Ballet, and a little stationary bike) and my healthy eating. I haven't stepped on the scale since Friday. I'm sure my weight is up. The jeans were feeling a little snug last night after eating dinner out. I still feel a little under the weather, but I suspect my poor eating didn't help that any.

All the wedding shopping sounds so exciting. When is the big day? Ours was a LONG time ago. Next month is our 21st anniversary. I can't believe how fast time flies, but I am very happy to say, I'd do it all again. I hope you feel that way in 21 years. :-)

Hope you're all having a great week so far!