100+ lbs to lose support group

Holy Moly!!! I'm a little absent for a couple days and we've got a ton of new folks!!! That is fantastic!!! Jaimee, Coco, Turner, Kaitlyn, PurpleCoookie & Leanee (and anyone else, if I missed you!!!) - welcome!!! This is a great group of people and all have been incredibly supportive. If anyone would like to add me as a friend, please feel free!

Suzy - so glad to see you're going to MEAT me at the beach!!! :-) It's been really good experience for me so far. I'm definitely enjoying it.

Mary Louise (this pertains to Suzy, too) - So, yesterday, I go to the gym. I get on the treadmill and walk for 30 minutes. By the end of it, I'm sweating BUCKETS and have only gone 1.2 miles. I'm not even halfway to a 5k. Not to mention, I didn't go over 3mph. I think I'm going to hold off on the C25k for a while, too. I would just hate to set myself up to fail. I will work my way up to being able to walk 5k. Then I'll start to think about training with the C25k.

Rose - I would call that an NSV if I ever heard of one! Nice job!!

Kimmi - Maybe you're not seeing a difference in the scale because you're gaining muscle. I am sure you hate to hear that (because I know I do! I want to see the numbers going down, damnit! :-)), but just keep with it. I'm sure you'll get to the point where it just starts melting off again.

Things are going pretty well for me this weekend. Yesterday was the family BBQ. The weather was beautiful and the company was great. I managed to stick to my calories - had a cheeseburger without the bun, a salad with balsamic viniagrette and fruit salad. And the apps that I brought were a total hit! I had hummus & homemade ranch dip (from skinnytaste.com) with cut up veggies and crackers. And then I made stuffed mushrooms (http://www.dlife.com/diabetes/diabetic-recipes/Spinach-and-Cheese-Stuffed-Mushrooms/r7065.html). They were wildly successful and a huge hit! I had extra stuffing, so my aunt suggested that we slice up some french bread real thin and toast it in the oven. Then spread some of the stuffing on each piece, top with some grated romano cheese and bake for a couple minutes until the cheese melted. I didn't have any of the bread, but I heard they were delicious, as well.

My dad brought some OLD photos to the party from my grandmother's old things that are in Dad's basement. Pics of Grandma & Grandpa when they were my age and younger. An album of photos from when my dad was born through his 2nd bday. And another album from the mid 70's, when my parents had just gotten married and my three uncles were all at least in high school. It was so fun looking through these old photos with my family. Definitely a treasure.

Today is supposed to be the day of rest, but it never is! After church this morning, I went to Menard's. I wanted to pick out ONE flower to plant in my flowerbed. Today marks one month since my best friend's son died and I wanted to plant something in his memory. I was in search of a perennial, but could only find annuals. So, maybe I'll plant some new flowers for him every year. At any rate, I ended up coming home with two flats of petunias, a purple phlox and a hanging basket of Calibrachoa (Callies). So I spent the afternoon planting all my pretty new lovelies. And got a bright pink sunburn on my back, as a result. :-) Had an early dinner with my Hubby. And now the rest of the evening is mine to do as I please. I'm kind of thinking a nap is in order. And catching up on some of my tv shows.

I'm off work tomorrow - spending the day with my bff. We're going to get our hair done. Mine is desperately in need of a dye job. People keep telling me that I've done something different with my hair lately. And my response is - no...I just usually don't let it fade this much before getting it re-dyed!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Can't wait to hear what everyone's been up to!!!

It does feel good - and makes me accountable for my actions!
I feel ok about my food choices though.

Jen your weekend sounds busy, nice work sticking to your calories at the BBQ, and taking alternatives that were tasty! Look after that sunburn. Oh for sun LOL it's winter here, winter winter winterl

Apparently are getting our first snowy cold front in the next two days - thank goodness I got firewood heaps early this year.

Hope you are all having a good start to the week

x

So I am starting the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred today... Pretty happy about that. joined a challenge team for July... supposed to lose 10lbs. a month, also joined a 90day weightloss group at work... to keep me motivated with some touchable friends... -not that y'all aren't great but it makes a diffrerence if they see you in person. So who thinks I have got enough going on this month? Yay for me...

Giant Yay for you girl!! Way to go and I'm rooting for ya. I just started doing Power 90 as well as my Wii Dance and Fit. Really want to get this weight off and I think I wasn't getting enough in. So here we go!

So I am starting the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred today... Pretty happy about that. joined a challenge team for July... supposed to lose 10lbs. a month, also joined a 90day weightloss group at work... to keep me motivated with some touchable friends... -not that y'all aren't great but it makes a diffrerence if they see you in person. So who thinks I have got enough going on this month? Yay for me...

Ooooh definately YAY you !! Look forward to hear how it goes - GOOD LUCK

hey everyone! thought i should check in since i have yet to do that. i saw that c25k was being talked about so i guess i should start by saying that i started the program six weeks ago.. but the past.. i guess three weeks now? well, anyway, they haven't been so awesome. i got through the first three weeks fine and was really proud! i did day 1 of week four and failed miserably at it. i am actually starting to think my mind just has a mental block to the thought of jogging for 5 minutes straight. it just seems like an eternity when you're not used to it! also, right after day 1 i went out of town for a week so that put me behind anyway. i WANT to be able to do it but i tried it again after i got home and STILL couldn't get through it. i've been taking a break from it, which probably isn't the best idea but i don't like discouraging myself by having to stop to walk time and time again. one day i WILL complete that program and run a 5k. i WILL do it.

the upside? i've been shaving time off my mile. i ran my fastest the last time i tried to do w4d1.. 13:40! i think that's the fastest i've ever been able to do it, lol. i seriously loathed those stupid PE mile tests back in school.

in taking a break from c25k i've fallen in love with exercise tv on demand. so far i've done a couple different yogas, barre 3, burn it up dance, 30 day jumpstart and pilates abs. all super great burns and are anywhere between 10-50 minutes long. plus they're free!

last night i changed it up and swam laps for 30 minutes, which is another really awesome burn. a couple laps in and my legs and arms were already on fire! also, i had the most ridiculous NSV. i was swimming along, powering through the burn when i had to stop in the middle of the pool to yank up my bathing suit bottoms. uhh, yep! almost swam completely out of them. thank goodness nobody was around to have to witness that one :laugh:

okay i think i've made this mini novel long enough for now. i'll have to check in more periodically! (: i'm so glad i found this board. you are all awesome, keep up the great work and dedication!

Hey All!!! I was stalking Kaitlyn a little bit :laugh: and came across another challenge:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/273284-row-the-world-game-starts-1st-july-still-open?page=1#posts-3642753

I know Kaitlyn said she wanted to do it, and I'm totally in (and would love to be a captain), so if we can get 13 more people that want to jump in the boat, we've got a team! Anyone interested????

hahaha, yes! i think it would be so much fun. i'm gonna post it to see if anybody on my list would be interested as well! (:

"last night i changed it up and swam laps for 30 minutes, which is another really awesome burn. a couple laps in and my legs and arms were already on fire! also, i had the most ridiculous NSV. i was swimming along, powering through the burn when i had to stop in the middle of the pool to yank up my bathing suit bottoms. uhh, yep! almost swam completely out of them. thank goodness nobody was around to have to witness that one laugh"


Funny, the same thing happened to me yesterday!!! I had on my swimming shorts over my bathing suit, jumped in, started swimming and whoops they fell right off!! LOL the kids were laughing and my son said " I guess you are losing weight"!!

YES! I'd love to join this group b/c I haven't even lost a single pound yet! I could use some support! Everyone, please feel free to add me!:bigsmile:

Hello New friends!!! Welcome!! This is definitely a great group of people. I hope you feel like you are able to come to us for support and motivation. :-) If any of you would like to friend me, feel free!!!

So I am starting the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred today... Pretty happy about that. joined a challenge team for July... supposed to lose 10lbs. a month, also joined a 90day weightloss group at work... to keep me motivated with some touchable friends... -not that y'all aren't great but it makes a diffrerence if they see you in person. So who thinks I have got enough going on this month? Yay for me...

Were you able to get through the whole workout? I've heard so much about it on here I am thinking I need to gove it a try.

Hello Everyone,

I am curious what your daily allowable calories are. Many of my MFP friends have open diaries and I see that most everyone is allowed more daily calories than I am and I am curious about it. I know it varies based on current weight, activity level, and how much you want to lose.

I am allowed 1240 cals (not including any exercise cals). My current weight is 235, I'm 5'7" and 36 years old. I am sedentary (sit at a desk 8-9 hrs perday) and want to lose 2 lbs per week.

Is that similar to anyone else here?

I'm in too. I need all the support I can get.

My name is Michelle and I am 36 years old. I work full time and am also working on my PhD. Single, no kids. I just joined MFP but have been doing Weight Watchers for the 100th time. Just needed something different, having a hard time with the new system at WW. Feel free to send friend requests if you like.

Good luck to everyone!

Michelle

Hello new people!! Welcome!!! :-)

sbrown - I actually have the opposite problem. MFP gives me like 1900 cals for 2lbs loss per week. Granted, I'm about 100lbs heavier than you, but it's entirely too much. I've manually adjusted mine down to 1500, and even that is a challenge. I'm lucky if I can eat 1200 cals for the day.

That's what I don't get. Did you choos a sedentary activity level? And even though your heavier, I still can't see 700 more cals!