90 Day Transformation Challenge - Jan 1 thru March 31

dfabiano972 wrote: »

I'm excited to challenge myself over the next 90 days with all of you. I'm a 44 year old mother of 1 and wife. I've put on so much weight over the past 2 years and have gotten way off track. I want to make reasonable but challenging goals for myself. I didn't put the weight on overnight and I don't expect it to come off overnight either. It's going to take dedication, hard work, preparation and will power.

Nutrition goals for this 90 days-Clean eating with meal prepping (lean turkey, chicken and white fish, good green veggies), no alcohol, no eating out, no sugar, lower dairy intake, 1 gallon of water per day-no exceptions
Fitness goals for 90 days – Beginning with cardio to get me back on track, then working up to adding weight training-Upper, lower, full body, upper then lower--2 days of weight training rest but staying active with cardio, bike riding, walking, etc.
Beginner stats – measurements, weight and/or pics – I will update stats tomorrow morning

Update on some stats-
Starting Weight-227
goal for this challenge-10% of my weight-22.7
Goal Weight-204.3

Hi, I'de like to join.
Challenge Rules:
Introduce yourself to the group: 5'7", 157 lbs, 31 1/2 waist, 39 1/4 chest, 43 1/2 hips

Nutrition goals: No sugar, processed food for first 45 days. Load up on protein and vegies. take vitamins every day-except fast days.
Fitness goals: Move for 30 minutes, 4 out of 7 days. January
calesthets 30 minutes, 4 out of 7 days February
low weights 30 minutes 4 out of 7 days March
Photos- to come when my husband gets home.
End Goal: 5'7" 132 lbs, 36/28/ 38- I don't even know if my body will do that?!

Perfect for me. Just started a couple days ago.
54 y/o female
Weight: 218 lbs (ugh!)
BMI 32.69 (yikes!)
My goal is to lose between 11-21 lbs in 90 days.
My plan is:
cardio 5 x week for 30 minutes
strength train 3 x week
MFP food diary to track 1280 calories/day

I've been at this a few days and am really struggling increase protein intake (35%) and decrease carbs (40%).

How's progress going for everyone?
So far I've stuck to my food plan with no cheating! I'm finding that pre logging my food means I'm much less likely to eat something else as I know that the food I've planned on mfp fits my calorie constraints and macro %
I'm struggling with motivation to go exercise, I quit the gym as it was just too expensive so now my options are running or home work outs and I'm just struggling to get going! Any tips? I have all the right equipment (yoga mat, hand weights and decent running trainers and gear) but I'm just getting nowhere

womanofgod4893 wrote: »

So my mom and I decided to do this weight loss thing together. Once we lose 25 lbs, we are going clothes shopping. And at our goal weight, a spa day : ) I have a hard time staying motivated. Heres to a year of change!

Have you seen this mother and daughter video... so is piring!

https://www.google.ca/search?q=mom+and+daughter+lose+weight+t+ogether&oq=mom+and+daughter+lose+weight+t+ogether&aqs=chrome..69i57.10168j0j8&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=mom+and+daughter+lose+weight+together

This week went ok for me, I'm working through healing a shoulder injury so the going is slow to avoid aggravating it. A high blood pressure reading (170/92) really freaked me out the other night - but pain can increase bp so I'm using it as a reminder to keep my butt moving.
I started the couch to 5K program this morning but with 1/2 the jog/walk reps -I'll see how the shoulder feels today and go from there ... call it week 0.5
I've been logging my exercise and food here and that's been helping a lot.
One thing I haven't been good with is meditation - I really need the stress reduction but sitting still and not thinking of all the things I need to do can be difficult - any suggestions?

RWayne48 wrote: »

This week went ok for me, I'm working through healing a shoulder injury so the going is slow to avoid aggravating it. A high blood pressure reading (170/92) really freaked me out the other night - but pain can increase bp so I'm using it as a reminder to keep my butt moving.
I started the couch to 5K program this morning but with 1/2 the jog/walk reps -I'll see how the shoulder feels today and go from there ... call it week 0.5
I've been logging my exercise and food here and that's been helping a lot.
One thing I haven't been good with is meditation - I really need the stress reduction but sitting still and not thinking of all the things I need to do can be difficult - any suggestions?

Sounds like you're doing well, keep working through the shoulder but don't push yourself too hard you need time to recover!
Maybe meditation just isn't for you? I certainly can't do it! I find my mine wanders far too easily and I start over thinking things. Are you doing meditation just for stress relief? If so maybe see if you can find something quiet and relaxed to do that you have to focus on to destress, eg, start reading a new book and spend half an hour a day just having a little read, or get one of those adult colouring books, (I love mine!) Or find a new health blog to read or spend some time finding new healthy recipes to spice up your meals? Just take half an hour of your day that is your me time, and schedule in a quiet sit down relaxed activity.

Hope you don't mind me just jumping in with suggestions but if you're anything like me you'll need to find something to do as a destressing technique, rather than trying to sit still and think of nothing, which I find incredibly difficult and boring!

Went from 133 on Monday to 131.6 today. Yeah! I've just been tracking (some) and watching how much I eat.