Sisterhood HCP Week 6

I am down 4 lbs from 199 to 195! I hope you all have a good week!

Wahoo! Good news from everyone so far. I'll add my own bit of good news--I'm down a pound. Yippe!

Yeah, a 2 week maintian. I was super surprised when the scale read 199! I redid it like 4 times just to make sure it wasn't a fluke. :laugh:

I'm kinda sorta keeping myself prepared for it to jump up a pound or so next week. It just seems like my weight does that sometimes. I'm still hoping it won't, though. But even if it does, I've still "hit a new low" so to speak, lol. :bigsmile:

Christine - should we really be surprised? your a machine girl!!:laugh:

Livi -- yay, I'm so glad for you. I know you were kinda in the same situation as me. You maintained for 2 weeks, right? Good job. Wow, 3 pounds AND you broke into the 100's, you must be so excited!!:bigsmile:

I am starting to feel like a freak of nature. Not that I am not excited about the weight loss, but I keep thinking it will taper off or slow down or that I will hit a plato. I have been lucky to keep it up. All I do is work out every day and eat my calories. That's it, I swear. MY husband can't believe how fast it is coming off of me. This happend the last time also. I lost like 60 lbs in 4 months. It was kinda crazy.

Yay for everybody!!!! Thompson I wish I could lose that fast

This week I lost 2.2 lbs which means a total of 10 lbs! Woo-hoo!

Unfortunately I am feeling SO unmotivated this week. Hopefully I can stay on course.

gained .7 :sick: so in two weeks gained .4 :devil: i dont get it at all. never did i think by the begining of week six no cheating and working out at least 5 days a week that i would have lost only 7 pounds and just how awful the last 2-3 weeks have been. :huh:

Also I thought it was cheesy at first but I wear a pedometer. It is not always completely accurate especially when I work out, but you should walk between 10,000 and 12,000 steps a day. At first even with all my walking I was only getting about 7,000 steps a day. I was surprised cause I walk almost everywhere. So I have made a point to walk at least 10,000 steps a day. That is something that is easy to change.

Seems like we're having a pretty strong week 6. Congrats to everyone! If you didn't hit a weight loss target you set for yourself don't get bummed. Just remember, you have spent another week excerising and learning to eat healthier. It will pay off in the end. everyone's body repsonds to changes differently. For some it's a slow process and for some it's happens quicker. You have to stay strong mentally. We are at a point where it would be real easy to quit if you weren't seeing the losses you wanted. I beg everyone to stay positive and lean on the rest of us here to get through the rough patches!

** Sorry for the motivational speech, I just felt like it was time for one!**

I am down about a lb. I have been sick and haven't worked out since last thursday. I hate not being able to workout, but by the time I get home from work I feel horrible. I am trying not to take off any time now because I am planning on taking off at lest 3 weeks when our baby is born, so i want to save my off days best I can!

gained .7 :sick: so in two weeks gained .4 :devil: i dont get it at all. never did i think by the begining of week six no cheating and working out at least 5 days a week that i would have lost only 7 pounds and just how awful the last 2-3 weeks have been. :huh:

Don't beat yourself up over it. 7 lbs is a pretty good weight loss. It is a little over a 1lb a week. Even though that is not how it is working out. They really do say the slower you lose the better to keep it off. I would think of steping up your cardio a notch. Maybe jog or run some of your walk. Even if it is only 30 sec. It is better than nothing. I run walk run walk on the tredmil and that is the best workout. Your metabolism might just need a kick start. Also make you you are eating all your calories. Not sure if you are having more luck with that. Here's to a better week next week.

christine first of all congrats on the amazing loss what is your secret? as for me my cardio i am def not worried about i do at least emphasis on the at least part 30 minutes straight cardio uphill 5 days a week plus the extra stuff i dont count. i know where my area is that im struggling with, it has to be the food.

gained .7 :sick: so in two weeks gained .4 :devil: i dont get it at all. never did i think by the begining of week six no cheating and working out at least 5 days a week that i would have lost only 7 pounds and just how awful the last 2-3 weeks have been. :huh:

Working out at least 5 times a week -- great. (We all know how far you've come in that area) No cheating on food -- Great. Not eating all your calories, not so great. Pep, you gotta eat hon . I know it's hard to get over the "I'm on diet so I can't eat that" thing, but you gotta eat. This journey we are all on isn't just about losing weight, it's about gaining a better understanding about the relationships we have to food. Those relationships don't have to all be bad, just modified or changed a bit. This is life-long healthy that we are striving for. I worry about you chicka:frown: . I know you said that you get full and feel yucky if you eat too much, that's understandable. Then eat healthy, but maybe more calories. You have turned a new leaf on exercise and (for me that was the toughtest) that's wonderful. It's something that will stay with you now that you've made it a habit. Now let's work on those calories. You body needs fuel! I think that would be a good challenge for you this week, to be creative and find new food choices that will fill your calories (of course this is completely up to you ). Let me know if I can help in any way.....K chicka?

i was surprised cause i actually did better with the food not great but one day i was over 1000 and close to my calorie goal. i am struggling, i eat 3 meals plus snack. healthy is not the problem i eat loads of salad fish and chicken plus meat occasionaly and low carb tortilla or brown rice once a day but not to often so its not that i need to worry about what i am eating just need more of what i am eating. i know its not im on a diet i cant eat more or i shouldnt eat its im not hungry so do i need to eat that. or im not hunrgy should i force myself so i can reach my calories.


my goal this week is to try to eat as close to my calories as possible to just try to eat ( i know im doing ok with the cardio i mean today i walked around manhattan for over 45 minutes mainly cause i got lost but that was bonus cardio on top of the 30 i did this morning and im not even counting it) so cardio i am good excercise i am good food bad. :flowerforyou: yeah kaccee im taking you up on the help part any suggestions from anyone is welcome (cant garantee ill eat it or do it but i promise to listen ) i think im just frustrated cause i went from 2 pounds a week to 1 pound then .3 pounds and now gain .07 the gain bothers me most cause this week i worked extra hard on the eating and the excercise and i cant help thinking well if i was gonna gain i might as well have had that chinese food my family had for dinner and i turned down (no i wont back step but i did have a moment where i thought that) even if this is the way i am ment to go weight loss wise (slow slow slow) i am gonna just keep up the diet and the excercise and not sabotage myself out of frustration cause the only one i will hurt is myself. the thing im also frustrated about is i see the loss my parents see it my friends see it then i get on that scale and that number :sick: :huh: i wouldnt have been thrilled with no loss at all but to gain :sick: you all your support is what kept me from going and eating something i shouldnt have after i saw that number.:drinker:


well you know my motto slow and steady wins the race (guess this is gonna be one slow race)

xoxo

tortoise

Pep, you always have such a positive attitude, and that's one of the reasons why we lov' ya!!! I know you're going to do just great, because of how uplifting you always are... Keep on being a tortoise, I'll be right there with you!!!

awww your so sweet thank you i love all of you too :flowerforyou: i am the tortoise slow and steady.

so i am not sure really how it happend but my dad told me to go back on the scale tonight cause he (who is a doctor) thinks it was strange and he didnt believe i gained case he notices a huge difference. now i never do this i always do my weigh in on tues after my cardio and then thats it no more weighing until the following tues cause i dont want to make myself nuts but i was so upset this morning and after him talking me into it (which he never does) i weighed myself again tonight i figured how much worse could it get.

i lost 1.1 pounds since this morning :noway: (we have a brand new digital scale that i have been weighing myself on since the begining) i'm kind of in shock :noway: i mean i dont know if it was the walking around manhattan (very very lost) or what my parents think (i lost my water weight) but for whatever reason, i was blah blah 3.3 this morning and now i am blah blah 2.2 :huh:

so 1.1 pounds lost and i am officially up to 8 pounds lost i can not believe it but i have to say this day ended much better than it began. :bigsmile:

and even if the scale had stayed the same :sick: or i had gained more weight since this morning :sick: :devil: i would have been ok cause of all of your encouraging words and your support.

slow and steady wins the race right? i am the tortoise who just won a small (ok big) victory over the hare and for some odd reason i lost 1.1 pounds since this morning (although it has been 12 hours since i weighed myself could that really make a difference?)

xoxo
(ariella)
tortoise

Whooop-whoooop!!! I am so happy for you, Ariella... It can be so heartbreaking to think you haven't made any progress when you have worked SO hard!!! I know you've been working your bootie off(literally), so even when the scale doesn't show a big difference, pay attention to your body shape and how your clothes fit.

I noticed that my wedding band is so loose on my finger that I can pull it off without any resistance. My watch band is also a lot looser on me than before-it used to be snug on my wrist!!! Little things like that make all the difference in the world!

My ring is also lose! I think I have to get it re-sized or stop wearing it for now. I am afraid of losing it. I was also going to get a link taken out of my watch. So how did you like the watch? I just can not get over the chest strap and I know what the reason for a chest strap is. It was just not comfortable for me.

Forgot to post before-Love your new pic!!! You're really a cutie patootie!!!

I have battled weight loss for the past 10 years on and off. One thing I have always noticed, and I learned this from my dad who used to be pretty big into body building and fitness in general. You always want to weigh yourself first thing in the morning. I make sure I go to the restroom to get rid of a little extra water weight if you catch what I mean:laugh: . there is no doubt about it if you weigh yourself later in the day you WILL be heavier than normal. The same is absolutely true after a workout. when you do Cardio or Strength training you muscles are flexing and breaking down to try and repair what torture they just went through and your heart will be pumping more which puts your body's internals into overdrive. THIS WILL MAKE YOU HEAVIER! I Guarantee it! So everyone do yourself a favor and make your weigh in's first thing in the morning when you wake up. That is going to give you the truest weight.