90 Day Fitness & Food Challenge

First of all, congrats to Becs on breaking the 130 barrier! Whoopee! Fantastic! I'm not sure what day we're on, but I'm not weighing and measuring till tomorrow morning. So I'll be posting my phase 2 results on Friday....hopefully there will be good news for me as well.

Felt rather strange this morning and couldn't get into gear to exercise till this afternoon. Couple of bouts of lightheadedness(i have low BP). Finally pulled it together for my Thursday routine of warm-up cardio, body resistance, and yoga. Did 11/30/19 for an hour total.

Aliem: I think that party weight will come off soon and you'll be back on track in a few more days. Of course, there is more food tonight! Enjoy the festivities!

Rinde99 wrote: »

Alrighty, time to check-in!

Yay, down into 140s! Only 14.2 lbs to go! According to my weight app, I'm supposed to reach 135 on Nov. 15. Of course, it's not taking into account that my weight loss should slow down over the next 2 months. My original goal was to get there in mid January so anything before that date is bonus!

Oh my goodness! Way to go! That's so awesome! I'm sure you will get there by the end of November! I think I need an extra month too! But way to go! You are amazing. You have lost so much!!!!

Aliem: I can't keep track of your party schedule. It's a whirlwind! I'd say you've done a great job to be where you are in spite of your adventures. Keep plugging away and get that calcium in you! You'll get there!

I finished my 2nd week of Couch to 5k this am. Today was much cooler than Wed which made my effort seem so much easier. Next week the running gets bumped up to 3 minutes from 90 seconds. After today, I think I can handle it. Also did a little body resistance for 8 minutes and finished with 23 minutes of yoga for my hour.

Thank you both for supporting me with my weightloss. I really appreciate it. If I can continue to lose, another 6 lbs for phase 3 would put me at 143. Of course, I wouldn't mind a few extra in there and would really like to be at 141. We'll see how it goes. Think I have circa 4 parties in Oct so I'll need to be diligent the rest of the month.

Day 61 Rinde

Got out of the house this morning for a couple of hours and it felt glorious! Went to local salon for trim- I'm trying to let my hair grow- but ended up with a definite cut. It looks good so I'm not too disappointed. Then went to Wal-Mart, a place I despise, but i finally decided to purchase a food scale so had to go there. And wouldn't you know it, the batteries that were supposed to be included were nowhere to be found. Darn!

But I really got excited when my package from Amazon arrived this afternoon. My new body resistance training program book(Body by You) and a phone holder arm thingy for running came. Yay! Did my evaluation to determine my starting point for each exercise and will begin the program on Tuesday.

As for today, I just decided to weigh myself again and was 148.6. I'll take it. No yoga today. Did 18 minutes of body resistance and 42 minutes of cardio for my hour. Food- same as usual.

Becs- so exciting about your niece and homecoming court. And you styled her- wonderful! Yay you for attending the Body Combat launch. Hope you're not too sore tomorrow for Body Flow. Funny you should mention new weight goals with focus on strength/toned look rather than just weight. I've been thinking the same thing. Unsure if I need to drop to 130 and then focus on muscle or if I can stay around 135 and do it. I hope your 125 body analysis provides some answers for you. Guess I'll have to go by the mirror and measurements unless there's a cheap dexa scan in the area.

Aliem: Fantastic that you've dropped the Seattle weight. I knew it would come off fast. A pound and a half might be tough to do in 1 week but you might as well go for it. Way to go on sticking with your workouts! Well done! Seems like all 3 of us have the same plan to whittle away the fat and build more muscle. I've read various info on the way to do it. What is your plan?

Hello, Ladies! I'm Kisha. I've done a bit of lurking on your thread but now I'm off the wall. You three have a great thing going here. It speaks well of you all that you are making progress!

A little about me:

Like Becs, for most of my life I've had some kind of weight issue and ALWAYS had an issue with food. I love exercise - dancing, specifically - and that kept my weight from really piling on but you know the saying. "You can't out run the things you eat". It's SO true. For the last 8 years up until last September I taught group fitness. I was teaching a lot, up to 15 classes a week, and because I was in a state of over training for so long, a simple rolled ankle ended up breaking my foot! I stepped back from teaching to heal and here I am a year later and, as of this morning, 15lbs heavier, ha ha.

Thankfully, I am not psycho about the weight like I would have been in the past. I know what I need to do to create the body I prefer. I plan on going back to teaching and have the mindset once again to train hard and eat right. I started a 60 day workout program this morning (Jillian Michaels BodyShred, her latest) and will use the program for the deadline to get at least 10 of these 15lbs off. That said, I am 5'ft tall, so watching my calories will be absolutely necessary for me to reach my goals, as will additional cardio.

I am happy to be here. I read this whole thread and I am proud of you! You girls rock! Count me in for the next two months!

So nice to have you join us, Kisha! And so glad your foot is healed and you can get back to what you love. I can't believe you've read all our posts! Unbelievable! I think we're all doing very well and it certainly helps to have the support of Becs and Aliem. Now we have you, too. Just 1 thing...we're actually in phase 3, which means October is our last month. I guess it's up to Becs, who started the challenge if we go beyond.

As to the Fitness Marshall, I found out about him via another MFP poster. Checked him out on YouTube and just loved him. Such fun. I actually planned to do a few of his routines but enjoyed his MeghanTrainor's Me Too video so much that I've done it 3 times in a row on 2 separate occasions. Just thinking about it makes me wanna go do it again!

Becs, I hope you're okay! Wishing you the best! Glad you can get your 3rd class in for your freebie TRX. And enjoy your wonderful family this week. I have dinner out on Tuesday for my best friend's 60th and possible lunch on Saturday for my daughter's birthday. It does get tricky!

I think it's a great idea to keep the challenge going! I know I still have weight loss goals, fitness goals, and body recomp goals. Definitely months of work ahead of me. I'm already looking forward to it now just thinking about it....and I did go dance to the Fitness Marshall.

Well I did 40 minutes of circuits this morning (with the upped weights.) I did do some walking, but I really started feeling sick (like a cold) this morning. I will keep going and get some more in and try to get a second cardio workout in tonight. Maybe a dance one and just go easy. I am back up 2 pounds from this weekend, but at least I am not going to Seattle this weekend after all. Definitely need to catch back up for my phase 2 this week! Food will be limited calories. Going to be more processed than I would like, because there were tons of random food leftovers from the weekend and I don't like wasting food! Plus, since I am sick, some soup might be in order and I am not making it from scratch and I don't have a frozen batch!

Rinde - I have those same issues too. Drink tons of water and always feel dehydrated. Always get extra labs done during check ups. Usually the suspect is diabetes, but they have never found a cause! Hope your bloodwork goes well and it's just your workouts causing the extra need for water!

Hello again, everyone. Good day to ya.

Thank you for the welcome! I am happy to hear that everyone will continue after October. The part must go on! Especially since I just crashed it

Becs: I hope that things got lighter for you yesterday. Good for you, strategically planning your win at the gym! Is the reward 1 TRX class or an entire series? How many days a week are you Les Mills-ing it? You and your family sounds close, thats great.

Rinde: Yeah! You did Fitness Marshall again! You go girl. When I pull him up on Youtube my husband laughs and laughs. He makes the best facial expressions. I've even donated to him before. I have this idea in my head to plan a road trip to visit all the Youtube classes I love in person. That would be awesome.
About the blood work, I will cross my fingers for you. I don't know if you are aware but fruit sugar is a major contributor to increased diabetes incidences in the country. Maybe you could switch over to low sugar fruit for your smoothies and use stevia if needed.

Aliem: Thanks for the welcome!! It sounds like you have an active social life!


Here are my intentions for the next 60 days. I am 5'0ft tall.

Phase 1
Starting Weight: 121.6
Ending Weight: 115.6

Phase 2
Starting Weight: 115.6
Ending Weight: 109.6

I MUST crack 110, even if it doesn't happen in two months, it is my main goal. I maintained my weight between 106 - 112 for years. I am hoping that the muscle memory will kick in to prevent me from struggling the last few pounds. In my experience, struggling with the last few pounds is more of a food compliance issue. As we get closer to goal we don't have the momentum we started with and are just sick of dieting. I could kick myself in the head for all the times I obliterated a weeks worth of work by listening to the little voice in my head that says "It's the weekend. You deserve it!". That voice is evil, you guys. I'll tell you what all of us really deserve - to be free from the mental and emotional warfare that we put ourselves through when we go back and forth with our eating. I want to be at peace.

Yesterday was day #1 out of 60 for me. I did good!

Starting Weight: 121.6lb
Calories out: 2207
Calories in: 1400
Deficit: -807

Have a good day, ladies!

Yay, you did it! Should be fun, Becs!

I just typed out this long response to everyone and it disappeared after I saved it. Gees! I'll try again later.