AB0215 wrote: »

gjaholy33 wrote: »

Daily Post:
Track yes
Calories yes
Exercise yes (abour to go swimming for rhe first time in months plus some water aerobics as I need to take it easy but my duration is two hours our more) when I start aching I'll switch to the Heated Whirlpool

Goals/Comments: so even though I cannot weigh myself while I'm here in Charlotte I noticed some NSVs that I'll like to share:
1. I don't have to turn side ways when I
go to the bathroom
2. When I lay down I know longer see
my stomach (so I know it slowly
going down)
3. I have indentations in my stomach
so you can see how the fat is
slowly dissipating and now I can
see a birthmark that I haven't seen in
awhile.

Sorry guys if this is TMI but I am just trying to stay positive and notice the good things and not focus on the negative on rhis journey as I have a long way to go.

Anyone else notice some NSVs??

@gjaholy33 I don't think that's TMI for this group, we tend to talk about Shark Week a lot lol.

I think it's important to focus on the things that don't involve the scale, and I realize the irony of me saying that this week as I'm sitting here fasting to make sure I make weight on Saturday.

One of the greatest indicators of fat loss is "squishy fat" and something that my mom was talking to me about just a couple days ago. I've been helping her to win her work Biggest Loser Challenge and she's down 16 lbs, but what she's noticing is that her belly fat has become squishy, less hard, a good indicator that it's breaking up and being burned off.

I'm really happy to see so many positive NSV's for you! Congrats!

AB0215 wrote: »

Today I'd like to talk a little about goals and why they're important.

14 Weeks ago, I set a goal to work hard, lose 4 kg and finally actually do an Olympic Style Weightlifting Meet. After about 6 weeks or so I managed to hit that 4 kg goal and decided to go for what I really wanted to start competing at which was 76 kg, which was another 4 kg. So in total I've lost 8 kg or 17.6 lbs. I decided to do this, one--I really enjoy Oly lifting, makes me feel like a total bad@ss, and two, I really needed something to sort of push me to do better for myself. I find that I have a lot of internal motivation, but I need to channel that into something, so this is what I decide to do. So today, I sit here, 5 days away with quite a few mixed emotions--I am nervous and super excited to finally do it. When I set out to do this, I also set 2 other goals, the amount of weight I wanted to lift for the meet and I was super unsure of whether or not I would be able to Snatch the number I put down, but for the past couple weeks, I've been doing 80%+ of that number pretty easily, so, fingers crossed I'll hit it, if not, I'm not going to be too upset because I've come so far during these past few weeks.

I said all of that, to say this:
I think it's really important to have goals, otherwise, you're not really working towards anything. And just saying oh, I want to lose weight, that's not really what I mean by a goal. Your goals should me SMART, specific, measurable, achievable, results-focused, and time-bound. I set these goals 14 weeks ago, well I guess technically 13, but I said how much I wanted to lift and how much I wanted to lose and by when. I then made a plan to achieve those goals, lifting 4-6 times a week, doing so much cardio, etc. And I tracked whether or not I was on track to hit those goals, and pretty early in I realized I had a choice to make, whether or not I'd change my weight loss goal, and I did because I had nothing to lose (except weight) by changing it. The bottom line is, without these goals I set for myself, I'd just be sitting here everyday doing the same thing, with no purpose or reason behind it. Achieving those goals really gives me strength and motivation to see what else I can achieve!

Goals are important in life, not just in weight loss, but in other areas of our lives too. Goals give us something to work for, a purpose and that's really important.

So, I hope all of you have goals, SMART ones, so you know if you're achieving them or if you need to make adjustments to meet them. It's one of the most amazing feelings in the world when you achieve something, especially when you set that bar really high for yourself.
If you don't have a SMART Goal, go make one! And then crush it!

Jaydoh120 wrote: »

Weigh-in Monday!

I already posted but it disappeared. Sorry if there is a double post later.

Username : Jaydoh120
Week : November week 2
PW : 248.2lb (112.6kg)
CW : 242.5lb (110kg)

My pattern is one week - big scale loss, the next week - big centimetre loss. Anyone else have this? It's weird.

Very happy with my progress so far. Looking forward to breaking 100kg (220lbs) and the next goal will be 92.5kg (202lb) which will take my bmi into the "overweight" category.

CindyJNC1963 wrote: »

Daily post: Nov. 11th

Track: Yes
Calories under goal: Yes
Exercise: Yes, I texted my neighbor and we walked around the block twice (2000 steps). There is no way I could have walked this far a month ago. We have a trip planned to WV in the spring to tour a spooky old, closed psychiatric hospital. The tour requires a lot of walking so one of my goals is to be able to make that trip.

I had a bit of a success today. I went to the grocery store and saw a Dr. Pepper in the cooler at the checkout lane.....and I wanted one badly. However, I managed not to buy it. I have been off of soft drinks with sugar for 10 days now.