JULY GOAL CHALLENGE (Feb.25th-Mar.2nd)

Hi, I am still sick which means this will be week 3 of no workouts:explode: but the doc says I can start in a week. I know once I start again I will probably gain the weight I have lost being sick :mad:


Starting weight on 1-14: 176
Two weeks ago : 164.2
Last week: 163.7
Today: 162.2
:drinker:

GOOD LUCK ON EVERYONE'S WEIGH IN'S.:flowerforyou: HH

Hi everyone!

It doesn't look like I'm going to have any loss, either (official weigh-in day tomorrow). :grumble: I have been struggling this week - my knee is still bothering me so I am afraid to do a lot in the way of working out. Anything that involves bending - even the elliptical - has been leaving me hurting the next morning. So I'm not sure what to do! There is a pool at the gym but it is often crowded (or closed for classes), and it's sort of a hassle getting changed and having wet stuff. I think I will just have to stick to walking and strength-training for a while, and just accept that I'm not going to be earning as many extra calories from exercise. :ohwell:

It was also a rough week, food-wise - we ate out several times with friends, and it is so hard to control portion sizes at restaurants! I didn't do TOO bad - mostly got salads and soups - but I did get a margarita and ate a couple bites of someone else's carrot cake on Thursday, and then split a slice of Key Lime pie with my hubby on Saturday. Admittedly, these are treats worth cheating for every ONCE in a while... but I definitely see how it is easy to start falling off the wagon once you get out of the habit of thinking about every little thing! So my plan for this week is to get back on track with eating - count ALL my calories and really watch those portion sizes.

Kistinbee - I know how you feel! Keep at it! You will break through this plateau soon - it sounds like you are doing everything right. Have you taken your measurements lately? You might find that you have lost an inch even if you haven't lost a pound. You could also try eating 100-300 extra calories for 4-5 days - that might be enough to kickstart your metabolism into thinking it's okay to start losing again!

HH - feel better soon! :flowerforyou:

Good luck everyone!

Ok, I had a good and bad end of my week and weekend.

My body is gearing up for old faithful so I'm really retaining water, I find I don't lose anything the week before my period and of course I crave food like crazy. But I was very good and resisted temptation when we had a day long recruting here at work, I was in charge of all the catering! :noway: I stayed away from it all and even took off half the bread on my sandwhich when we all had to eat together at lunch.

Then saturday, I went to the gym and burned around 800 calories, sat night was dinner out at PFchangs and then a hockey game with 16 of our friends. I read the menu ahead and got scallops for 400 calories, I worked in 2 glasses of wine and beer for the game into my calories for the day. I even avoided the HUGE onion rings everyone got at the bar after the game... on the down side I did go over, cause I had a few too many beers :drinker: but, with all my working out that day it was only by about 200 calories.

Sunday was not so good. That's my day off working out. We didn't get home until 4am the night before so slept till after noon, then neither of us felt like moving at all so we decided to watch movies the rest of the day. It was very fun but not very active. I did eat pretty healthy except I had some of my valentines chocolate and I I put margarine on my baked potato... darn.

I'm kind of afraid to get on the scale today with all the water retention then drinking and some bad eating.... I may just put off the scale completely till after my period.

but stats as of last Friday.

Started MFP 1/14 at 224
1/22 211

I'm also thinking about changing my goals for July. I have such a hard time with weight loss around my period that it's pretty much a null week. So I'm thinking about changing from a goal of 2lbs a week to 6lbs a month, which would just remove that week from my goals at all.

Ok, enough of my ramble.

Kistin, keep on! It will happen soon!

Good luck everyone.

Jess

Another lousy week for me....
Started MFP December 31st at 145pounds
Weighed on Saturday at 145 pounds
Yeehaa!!!! Look at me , I can maintain. Big Deal!!!!
But I will keep on trying, maybe this week something will change.
D

A blah week for me as well.
This whole month has been good week, blah week, good week, blah week.

We had a house guest on Tues so I didn't work out and went over on calories. Wed and Thurs were great salad days to make up for it. Friday is our going out night and I was famished! I ate my whole pizza... (thin crust at least with veggies). Needless to say I was over by about 600 cals even with a big workout. Sat and Sun, though, I also had huge workouts and was under by 600 cals each day. Usually the over/under thing has worked for me, but maybe not anymore. I guess I'll go back to trying to equal out everyday - how boring!

So I didn't gain or lose this past week. I cheated and looked at the scale mid week and I had lost 2 lbs, but then I guess I gained them back over the weekend. My body may definitely be retaining water after the hard workouts and that time of month approaching. I ordered one of those fancy Polar heart rate watches that should arrive tomorrow. I'm excited to see if it boosts my results and I'm burning as many calories as I think I am!

I was so looking forward to being in the 150's this week... Oh well. Next week it is.

Start of MFP (Nov) - 182.5
Last week - 161
Today - 161

Keep it up!!:drinker:

liz

I am stuck at last week's weight also.

Started (Jan 18)- 195
Last week- 189.4
This week- 189

Well atleast I lost .4, right?:laugh: We just need to keep it up and we will all reach our goals

Another lousy week for me....
Started MFP December 31st at 145pounds
Weighed on Saturday at 145 pounds
Yeehaa!!!! Look at me , I can maintain. Big Deal!!!!
But I will keep on trying, maybe this week something will change.
D

So I went to Curves after work, and had them do a weigh, measure, and a body fat count... and low and behold I have lost two inches and almost 2% body fat. So I am Very happy about that. At least I know that all of these hard work is not for nothing. There scales said I lost 3.5 pounds, but of course it was a new scale....
I hope every one has a great week.
Dawn

Hello all! Hope everyone is having a good week! I had my weigh in today and I've officially it a plateau. I've been at 178 for three weeks now. The dang scale won't budge! :grumble:

Oh well, at least it isn't going up!

I got my new Polar heart rate monitor on Monday and according to it I am burning more calories than I guessed when I go to the gym. The good news? I get to eat more!! :laugh: Maybe I haven't been having enough calories because I was unaware of how many calories I was burning?? Well, we'll see next Wednesday!

Proudmama-WAY TO GO!!! What a great feeling! You are an inspiration-keep up the great work!

Kistinbee-Sounds like you and me might have to both try the more eating route...we'll see how that goes. Good luck to you!

cp005e-Awesome work!

Everyone else (this post will be WAY too long if I keep this up)- You are all doing so well and your motivation and positivity really inspires me! Thanks to each and every one of you!

Have a wonderful day everyone! :bigsmile:

Erin

Okay here it is I have been working really hard and have found a workout partner so that helps, plush i quit smoking as well (day 20) so when i feel the urge to smoke go do some cardio (have a gym on site at work). So anyway the web site has really re-trained me to eat. Day before I started this I figured out my cals consumed WOW was I shocked 3500 in one day, now since starting I keep it under 1800 a day and quit stopping at the vending machines.



started Febuary 6th : 286 lbs!!!! chunky at 6 foot

Today: 266 lbs

Goal 220 lbs (someday)

Hi All!!!
Its my friday check in!

Weight at start of MFP - 231 lbs
Weight at start of this challenge - 183 lbs
Weight last week - 178 lbs
Weight this week - 176 lbs
GOAL - 147 lbs

WOO HOO :laugh: another 2 lbs, feel great! Only 29 lbs to go!!

Kistinbee congrats on the scale movement, you must be really pleased! It just goes to show what wonderful but complex machines our bodies are doesn't it? You think you know everything about dieting and suddenly your body needs MORE food to lose those stubborn pounds!!

Well done everybody else! Keep up the great work! :flowerforyou:

Amanda

Hi Tami
Thanks!

Yes it is amazing how quickly time flies really! It doesn't seem that long ago since I was a newbie on here (Oct '07) and thinking 83lbs was really daunting!!!
But I got stuck in, have never not logged my calories (not even on Christmas Day!!), i'm not saying i didn't go over!! hahaha just made sure i knew by how much!

I am very much in the camp of sticking to calories 90% of the time and having what i like 10% of the time!
I do not go mega over (at least not over what my maintenance calories would be!) but it gives me a break and i really think it gives my body a break too and tricks it into thinking its not being deprived so it doesn't have to cling on to every pound for dear life!!

I figure its worked until now so i will keep going like this until it stops working!!

Amanda

Slowly.....down 1 pound this week. But, a pound a week steadily wouldn't be so bad. I'm still 2 lbs above where I was 3.5 weeks ago! Ah well- life's little challenges!