August Aspirations
gthing1978
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Ok, I'll start. I would like to propose that we put our name in each post… at least until we get familiar w/ one another. I want to be able to comment on your guys' stuff and use your names to personalize and it is a pain to go back to the original thread all the time. What do you all think about that? I want to feel like I am getting to know you all… ya know?
Any who… My goal for August is to stick to my calorie limits every single day… log everything in MFP… work out at least 3x a week… and to weigh no more than 155 by the time August is over.
~Rachel
Any who… My goal for August is to stick to my calorie limits every single day… log everything in MFP… work out at least 3x a week… and to weigh no more than 155 by the time August is over.
~Rachel
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My aim for August is to be on the edge of a healthy weight range for my height, so to lose 8 lbs and track everyday! Excited for this one as the changes really start to make an improvement
SW 171
GW 163(160 is a healthy weight for my height)
Jools0 -
My goals for August:
- continue walking to and from work and try to keep averaging 20,000 steps each weekday
- stick to my calorie limits all weekdays (I'm a bit more lenient on the weekends)
- SW 137, GW 134
Hope you ladies are having a great weekend and start to August! It's going to be a great month!
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Jools- are you following any particular diet plan or just sticking to calorie goals? Hitting that "healthy weight for height" mark is huge! I'm teetering there myself. You can do it!!
Jill- sounds totally doable! Once I get to within 5 pounds of where I want to be I plan on doing the same... good during the week but looser on weekends. Since that has been a slippery slope for me in the past I am planning on adding in logging on the weekends too (no matter how bad I eat!). Are you still logging on the weekends?0 -
Rachel, I do log on weekends even if it's just sloppy quick adds. A big thing for me has been to learn how to log without judgment. Even if I eat way over my cals, I log it and don't let myself feel badly about it. No good days, or bad days, just days that I eat more or less.0
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Rachel-Thanks for getting this started! On board with you for the 155 target and would love to hit the workout 3x/week goal too. You can totally rock the logging. Weekends are always the toughest, but sure you can make it happen.
Jools-Great goal, but don't let yourself get discouraged if you aren't able to maintain a 2lb/week loss. I think it's tougher to lose as we get closer to that "healthy weight" goal. Aim to get as close as you can this month and maybe the rest in September. (I'm in a similar position about 10lbs away from "healthy BMI".) Let's get healthy!
Jill- You've been killing it on the steps so fantastic goal. Definitely with you on being loose on the weekends, but careful not to destroy your hard earned progress (my personal issue). You've been doing amazing so I think you have way better control.
I completely failed on my weightloss goal for July and started the month with birthday indulgences, so unfortunately, I have the same goal (get below 155). I need to remeasure, but I think I did still lose at least an inch. I'd like to lose another 2 inches off of waist and abdomen each. Setting a goal of at least 20 minutes workout at least 4 days/week.
Good luck everyone!
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Thanks for the support guys! I know the weight loss may slow, at the moment I stick to my calorie goals, only eat back half the exercise calories, try to not eat too much wheat/carbs, keep the protein up and hit the weights! I'm scared for September as I start a new full time job which I don't think will leave me any time for the gym, so thinking of investing in some kettle bells for home - anyone workout at home?
Weekends also my problem, this weekend i've got a dinner invite on sat so hoping not to over do it, and eating out on sun!
Good luck everyone!
Jools0 -
I do all my working out at home (or outside). I do tracy anderson metamorphosis videos. Very little equipment needed. Just light weights at the beginning.0
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CostaRica120 wrote: »Rachel, I do log on weekends even if it's just sloppy quick adds. A big thing for me has been to learn how to log without judgment. Even if I eat way over my cals, I log it and don't let myself feel badly about it. No good days, or bad days, just days that I eat more or less.
That is something I am still working on. I find myself thinking "how can I possibly make this meal that I do not know exactly what is in it look like it's not too high calorie when in fact I know it is"… Work in progress.
Sarah, you gotta enjoy your Birthday (and other special occasions)! The more you try and refrain yourself, the worse you will ultimately feel… In instances like that I usually try and make some rules for the celebratory day, like; low cal breakfast, work out, and decide if I want an indulgent meal or if I want to eat a salad and have cake and a drink. After all, what's life if you can't enjoy it? (Not saying you can't enjoy it if you aren't eating high cal but the act of restricting yourself when you really don't want to is torture!) 20 min of workout/4 days is totally doable!
Jools, that's tough w the new job. Maybe there will be some opportunities for you to get in a couple of 10 minute walks on breaks? I have struggled with working out at home. I know many people who do it though. My fiancee swears by T25… it is a full body video program that is 25 minutes a session.
My work week has been easy peasy. I was kinda bummed that I only lost 1.5 pounds this week but a loss is a loss. I have worked out 2 in the past week and have actually wanted to work out more but my fiancee is out of town and I'm on single Mommy duty until tonight. But I have my gym clothes on right now, my babies are going to daycare, and I have the day off… so I will hit my goal of at least 3. I'm worried about this weekend. My fiancee comes back from being gone all week for training and it is my ex-husband's weekend with the kids… I keep finding myself fantasizing about wining and dining all weekend (amongst other things, lol). But then I catch myself and think of my calorie goals. Sigh… Under ordinarily circumstances I would just loosen up my restrictions for at least part of the weekend but… I really wanted to have no cheating until 9/5.
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sw: 171
w1: 168.6 (the kids were at activities this week so managed quite a few workouts!)
Thanks for the workout video ideas. I have a nel McAndrew one which is good, but I think i will invest in a couple more. I'm scared about this weekend too Rachel, we're going to my friend's for dinner tonight and then having a day out tomorrow, really don't want to destroy my hard work, I guess we could focus on small portions of nice things?!0 -
Week 1 update!
Goal: continue walking to and from work and try to keep averaging 20,000 steps each weekday
w1: my weekday average was 18,510, so not bad.
Goal: stick to my calorie limits all weekdays (I'm a bit more lenient on the weekends)
w1: I stayed under my limit Monday-Friday. woohoo! I'm going to really try to stick to this all month, and try to keep at least 1 weekend day totally on goal.
- SW 137, GW 134
w1: 136!
Great week 1, Jools! Good luck with your eating with the social plans. Enjoy yourself and let us know how it goes! I am probably going to overdo it tonight...and I have all-you-can-eat brunch plans for tomorrow...0 -
how are you managing 20k steps?! I only average about 9k a day
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I walk to and from work, which is 7500 steps (5.6km) each way. That plus a walk at lunch and/or in the evening does it.0
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Week 1 progress: Counting Sunday-Saturday, did not make 4x exercise/week, but I did do more than 45 minutes for the three workouts I did do, so I think that's still a win.
Sounds like Jools and Jill are rocking their goals. Rachel, how's it going?0 -
sw: 171
w1: 168.6
w2: 168
Not much off this week. Bit disappointed but anyway, still going down! So, difficult weekend again. Meeting friends for lunch today, and going to a baking festival tomorrow! Let's see how I manage.
Also bought a kettle bell yesterday so I can do some kind of weight workout at home, my old 2kg hand weights just won't do anything now!
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Hey, any loss is great, Jools! A baking festival sounds fun...and dangerous! Pastries and baked goods are totally my weakness! Good luck.
Week 2 update:
Goal: continue walking to and from work and try to keep averaging 20,000 steps each weekday
w1: my weekday average was 18,510, so not bad.
w2: I was over 20,000 3 days, and around 15,000 on the other two days.
Goal: stick to my calorie limits all weekdays (I'm a bit more lenient on the weekends)
w1: I stayed under my limit Monday-Friday. woohoo! I'm going to really try to stick to this all month, and try to keep at least 1 weekend day totally on goal.
w2: Success! I went crazy over last Saturday, but stuck to my limit since then.
- SW 137, GW 134
w1: 136!
w2: 134.8
Yay! I'm so excited to be under 135. I had such a hard time getting under 140 for the longest time, but the next 4 came off pretty effortlessly.0 -
You're doing amazing Jill! I've been trying to cram a few more steps in everyday, made my daughter run a mile around the block with me last weak after dinner to get more steps in (she's only 7 so did pretty well)! Yeah, I'm having the weekend off, bu will be back to proper logging on Monday.0
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Jill and Jools doing well. How did you do with the baking festival Jools? Or giving things a couple days to settle out before weighing in (congrats on the continued progress, second to Jill that any loss is great). Jill congrats on reaching your <135 milestone. All that walking is definitely paying off. Rachel, how did your week go? How was the weekend with fiancee back from training and kids away?
For me:
SW: (Aug 3): 162.0 (a little high from pigging out on my birthday)
W1 (Aug 10): 160.4
CW (Aug 17): 158.6 (I might actually make my goal this month! Although I stayed under calories yesterday, I was pretty high on sodium so hoping some of this is actually water weight)
Workout goal: 4x/week at least 20 minutes
Once again, I only got to the gym 3x this week, but put in 60 minutes each time, so I think I'm still doing ok. I did have one night that I just did some strength activities (I think at least 30 minutes), so I guess that should count towards my 4x/week. Got in a good workout yesterday and got into work early today so hoping that I can get stuff done and get a good gym cardio session in tonight.
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You're doing well this month Rachel! Yeah, I had the whole weekend off in the end, but back at it today, with a little extra deficit to try and even out by Saturday! Had a great lunch at Yo Sushi today, I love that they have the calories no everything
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I'm going to do my Week 3 update now since I'm heading out of town and won't have a chance tomorrow.
Week 3 update:
Goal: continue walking to and from work and try to keep averaging 20,000 steps each weekday
w1: my weekday average was 18,510, so not bad.
w2: I was over 20,000 3 days, and around 15,000 on the other two days.
w3: I think I only hit 20,000 once, maybe twice, this week, but did more than 10,000 each day, so that's ok. Weather wasn't good, and it was a busy week. Didn't get any runs or other workouts at all, so I want to try to pick it up a little more.
Goal: stick to my calorie limits all weekdays (I'm a bit more lenient on the weekends)
w1: I stayed under my limit Monday-Friday. woohoo! I'm going to really try to stick to this all month, and try to keep at least 1 weekend day totally on goal.
w2: Success! I went crazy over last Saturday, but stuck to my limit since then.
w3: Success! I stuck to goal every day except Sunday, when I went out for brunch and dinner. Since it wasn't a binge, I'm ok with it.
- SW 137, GW 134
w1: 136!
w2: 134.8
w3: 136 I'm up a bit, but it's my TOM, so I'm not going to stress. I've been feeling super bloated all week and was up to 138 some days, so if I'm good this weekend, I think I should be ok by next week. I hope!0 -
sw: 171
w1: 168.6
w2: 168
w3: 165.8
Yay, made a loss even after having the weekend off last week Well done Jill, it's hard to keep will power at TOM! 0 -
Hi all. I have been so busy lately but still doing well. I have cheated a little but remained committed to logging everything (which is huge for me!) Despite a few cheats last week I still lost 2 pounds so I am super happy about that. I was feeling so bloated and I was constipated to boot and really really really did not want to weigh in. But I did and I am so glad I did. I have 106 days until the big day.
My fiancee and I got into a little "discussion" because I feel like I am taking on all of the wedding prep responsibility myself. I had some wedding tasks on our weekend to-do list and he grumbled about them. But we managed to get his suit and both of our wedding bands as well as pick up some materials for my Step dad to craft our arch thingy that we will be exchanging vows in front of.0 -
Congrats Jools on the loss! Sounds like Jill is doing pretty well, too (TOM is always a struggle, great attitude and hopefully this week is back to normal on the scale). Rachel, glad to see you back; it's tough to keep up with the logging when you get busy so major kudos. Congrats on the loss!
I've had those "discussions" too. Glad you were still able to be productive. I'm grateful because my fiancee is off work for the week (and last Friday) and is being very helpful (set up appointments with DJs and is calling hotels today). He's willing to do things, but he's not necessarily willing to change his routine much to do them so need to take advantage while he has availability. Hope prep continues smoothly and your fiancee is able to pitch in more to take some stress off of you. How's everyone else's planning coming along? Jill's almost to 4 months out, right?0 -
paid my deposit today, almost didn't because of 'discussions'!
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Yep, 4 months. Totally stressing over the last couple days. I've had a headache non-stop
I can relate on the fiancee front. Even the things I assign to him, I end up doing. But he attends all the appointments and supports me by just acting happily and appreciative, so that's good enough for me. I can't really expect more since it's just not something he cares about as much...0 -
Jill, hope you're feeling better. I guess it's nice to know that it's a general fiancee thing rather than any of our specific significant others that they aren't all that interested in wedding planning and it falls on us. I figure the "discussions" are good practice for marriage; they're going to happen, the important part is that afterwards, you still want to spend the rest of your life with the other person.
On a goals front. I completely failed on workouts this week. I'm hoping tonight and tomorrow morning, but haven't done a real workout since Saturday :-( . On the up side, I've been pretty good on food and actually seen some great losses on the scale (only 0.6 away from goal for the month this morning). I'm hoping I don't blow it all this weekend (tailgate for football game tomorrow, then going away with fiancee until Tuesday). Planning at least one good hike during the vacation and the resort has a gym so hopefully will balance the tailgating.0 -
brisingr86 wrote: »
For me:
SW: (Aug 3): 162.0 (a little high from pigging out on my birthday)
W1 (Aug 10): 160.4
W2 (Aug 17): 158.6
W3 (Aug 24): 158.6
CW (Aug 28): 155.6
Realized I didn't post progress this week really. I'll be away on the 31st for a true final verdict for the month, probably will need to use 30th as my last of the month.0 -
Can you believe, I STILL have my headache. I feel like it might be responding a little bit to meds now. I was shocked that Tylenol 3's didn't seem to help at all. I've debated going to a dr, but it's not severe enough to really put me out of commission...still able to work and all. If I keep my head still it's ok, but if I bend over it's almost unbearable. If it continues a few more days, I'll def have to see a dr about it.
Great job on the food and the loss so far! This morning I was 0.6lbs away from my August goal, too. So close!
I'm going to use the 29th (tomorrow) as my final weigh in for the month because that makes it 4 weeks and I also might not be able to weigh on the 31st.
Where are you going on vacation? Have a wonderful time tailgating and during your time away with the fiancé.
I have a coworker who recently got married and her man was way more into the wedding planning than she was, but I think that's pretty rare. For their engagement, he had her change into a dress that he'd had custom made. Like, what?! I think we are all experiencing the more typical fiancé behaviour. A big thing for me was to just come to terms with what kind of support I should expect from my fiancé versus my sister or my girlfriends. By adjusting my expectations, I've avoided getting disappointed during the wedding planning. Feeling like he didn't help me in any way was one of my big issues with him from the early days of our relationship, and he hasn't really changed, but my definition of "help" has changed with respect to him, and that has made all the difference. Don't know if that made much sense, but yeah, basically we can't expect our guys to be as involved because they simply don't care about all the little details like we do.0 -
sw: 171
w1: 168.6
w2: 168
w3: 165.8
w4: 165
Using today as my last day of the month, as again another difficult food weekend coming up! cinema today, and then beach barbecue tomorrow, and Monday is a holiday too! But I'm quite proud of my achievements this month, only 2lbs off my goal, and 5lbs from a healthy weight
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Week 4 update:
Goal: continue walking to and from work and try to keep averaging 20,000 steps each weekday
w1: my weekday average was 18,510, so not bad.
w2: I was over 20,000 3 days, and around 15,000 on the other two days.
w3: I think I only hit 20,000 once, maybe twice, this week, but did more than 10,000 each day, so that's ok. Weather wasn't good, and it was a busy week. Didn't get any runs or other workouts at all, so I want to try to pick it up a little more.
w4: I didn't get to 20,000, but did hit 15-19,000 every weekday this week. No other exercise though.
Goal: stick to my calorie limits all weekdays (I'm a bit more lenient on the weekends)
w1: I stayed under my limit Monday-Friday. woohoo! I'm going to really try to stick to this all month, and try to keep at least 1 weekend day totally on goal.
w2: Success! I went crazy over last Saturday, but stuck to my limit since then.
w3: Success! I stuck to goal every day except Sunday, when I went out for brunch and dinner. Since it wasn't a binge, I'm ok with it.
w4: I went over on Tuesday. I'd done well all day and then snack attacked in the evening. Did pretty well the rest of the week in terms of calories, but not really nutrition.
- SW 137, GW 134
w1: 136!
w2: 134.8
w3: 136 I'm up a bit, but it's my TOM, so I'm not going to stress. I've been feeling super bloated all week and was up to 138 some days, so if I'm good this weekend, I think I should be ok by next week. I hope!
w4: 135.8 Kinda disappointed that I'm almost 2 lbs over goal and lost only a lb all month. I've seen 134 a few times during the month, so today's weigh-in might have been up due to water retention or whatever. I know it's just a tiny difference on the scale, but I was still pretty disappointed to see that number on the scale when I was really hoping to hit my goal. Gotta tighten things up in September, for sure!0 -
Boy oh boy it feels like I have been away forever! I fell short of my goal by 1.6 lbs. Yesterday was my housewarming/engagement party that I was supposed to be no more than 155 by. Oh well… I have 91 days left and if I get just under 150 by then I will be thrilled! I am at 156.6 so 7 lbs in 3 months… heck yes I can do it!
What is the deal with these fiancé bums??? I know my honey loves me more than anything… then why can't he just volunteer to help with something? I'm glad to see I'm not alone in this phenomenon. Maybe there is some male gene that prevents them from wanting to get involved in wedding planning?0
