Good luck Ashley... those are the worst

So eating without logging could be going better. I mean, yes, I don't really have a kitchen at the moment, but that doesn't mean I should eat white chocolate baking squares out of the box for lunch. Not that I would ever do such a thing. I guess I have a ways to go before my eating habits are permanently changed.

That's definitely happening right now... it's weird because usually i eat very well, not just out of obligation to be healthy but because I genuinely like vegetables and rounded meals! But the last couple days I've just been craving sweets and snacks. I think I'm over it now though - I feel pretty gross.

Coady: I know how those days are! Recently after a day like that (like when I binged on a bag of popcorn a week or two ago) I've tried to go back and estimate, and log it. I end up with something horrible like 1000 calories over, but at least I am trying to have accountability! It discourages me from doing it again... (Of course I do it again but maybe less often than I would if I hadn't tried to log!)

Yesterday I was back on track, got a lot of exercise, and I have no excuse to fall off the wagon today

Sorry I've been quiet lately. Not much new with me, though. Wisdom tooth pain is gone, which is nice. A little tender though.
I've been bingeing a lot lately so I'm tightening the leash. Experimenting again with calories as well, this time lowering. I'm all over the place, but I figured I could lower the cals since I've been over a lot lately anyway.

Moved up to the building phase of my training which is exciting! Started using a barbell yesterday which is an entirely new thing for me. It was harder on my shoulders than I expected, due to the positioning of my arms.. I'll have to work on finding a comfortable way of holding the bar up.

Tomorrow is my weigh-in, hopefully it goes well now that TOM is done and over with :P

Hello! i'm new on here. My name is Liz or Lizi or whatever.
I recently lost 25 pounds and I currently weight 145.
My ultimate goal is somewhere around 130 and i want to get down to 20% body fat. I'm at 30% right now.
I went to my first strength training class yesterday!
I start coaching soccer again today which I am really psyched about!
I need some dedicated friends on here so feel free to add me!

Ashley, do your fingers go numb? I used to have this problem, but I know a stretch to help it. I'd get such sore arms as my shoulders were so tight. I passed it on to a friend and it's really helping her too.

Im doing good logged my lowest weight

Welcome, Lizie!

Thanks everyone! I loved strength training. Today I am going to ask the gym monitors to show me around the weight room.
What are your favorite workouts to do with weights? Or maybe the most effective?

It's pretty normal to be tighter on one arm than the other, especially your dominant!

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/images/2011/ask-the-250-2a.jpg

^ If you look at that, that's your starting position. Then trace your fingertips along the ground above your head and slowly rotate your torso till your on your back and your arms are wide. Then trace your fingertips back along the arc to the original position. You need to keep your knees in exactly this position. Give it a go, might help, might not! pretty nice stretch anyway!

I suggest strong lifts too!

Whoops, I must have hit reply by accident. I did my weekly weigh in and had a 1 pound gain. I think I have beenk cheating and not tracking carefully enough. I also have my first cold of the season--I need to struggle through and make this weight loss happy before Thanksgiving.

Mmm sounds like good eating, Kiwi

I made brownies but I hid them in the freezer - hopefully that will keep me away from them.

Thanks for the suggestion Kiwi, I'll give that a go!

Missed my weigh-in AGAIN on Friday cause the scale was malfunctioning. So hopefully I'll get that done today.
Went to a wine tasting event on Saturday which was awesome. Didn't bother tracking cause I knew I'd be way over haha. I need to start prepping meals for the weekend, cause my eating just goes downhill the second Friday night comes along

Sorry to hear that Gen, that sucks

Called in to work this afternoon so I missed my first day of Strong Curves... also now working tomorrow all day, so I'm trying to decide whether to try and get up early (in the dark! and cold!) to run or do it after 8 hours on my feet. Going to try hard not to skip it... I hate being lazy.

Oh no, Gen, that's horrible Big hugs! Could you try and stick to maintenance for a while?


My Dad has just gone, so Im back on it today (had another PT session too). So hopefully any gain will be gone soon

Sick again, so that's great. My trainer had to go home sick yesterday so we missed our session, but I went in on my own anyway. Mastered the barbell without any pain this time, yay! Also ordered a Polar ft4, but shipping is going to take 3 weeks... gah. Excited to get it though!

I haven't checked-in in a while but wanted to say I'm till here and I'm still trying to lose those last 5lbs.
In the past two months I've been training for two sprint triathlons that I completed (yay me!!).... so focusing on cutting the weight wasn't there. Now I'm all about it. Just 5lbs!!!
I know I can do it!! Just wanted to say hi and let everyone know they have my support for their journey!