JULY GOAL CHALLENGE (Mar.10th-Mar.16th)

Bravo!

A weight gain I guess it's time to kick myself in the butt and start logging my food again. Since I was sick for 3 weeks, it threw me off the wagon and I have not caring what I ate. TIME TO GO BACK TO WORK.

Starting weight on 1-14: 176
Three weeks ago: 163.7
Two week ago: 162.2
One week ago: 164
TODAY: 165.4:explode:

GOAL:125:happy:

Congrats Kistin!! It is so nice to see the scale move again.:drinker: Have a great vacation!

I was out of town last week and I also didn't work out much and ate worse than usual. My body needed that kick as well. I dropped several pounds while gone and then gained some back over the weekend, but still ended up with a loss.

Unfortunately my elliptical machine broke yesterday and I don't think it can be fixed!!! :brokenheart: I will have to look into buying another, or just use the treadmill more. I have found they burn the same amount of calories using my Polar HMR.

Start MFP (Nov 07) - 182.5
Last week - 158.2
Today - 157.2 and another 1/2 inch off the waist

Goal - somewhere around 138.

Have a great week all!!

Congratulations! What a wonderful accomplishment!! Enjoy your vacation!

Way to go, Kistinbee!! :drinker: Sorry you are still stuck, dawn66. Drink lots of water, and maybe give yourself a cheat day or two! It sounds like your metabolism may need a kick in the pants. :laugh:

I had a pretty good weekend, capped off with the discovery on Sunday night that I can now fit back into a couple of size 14 pants that I had packed away in storage!!! That is an awesome feeling. (Though, it does worry me a LITTLE bit - I have a feeling that once I get back to around 170, it may be hard for me to keep myself motivated for that last 20-30 pounds. I look OK at 170, have some clothes that fit me at that size, and have spent quite a while at that weight. I'll probably hit a plateau when I get there, and then I will have to rely on you guys to keep me going for the next goal - a new wardrobe and healthier body!)

Anyway, took my weight and measurements this morning, and I still seem to be chugging along! Lost a half inch on both my waist and my hips.

Start of challenge (2/12 for me): 194.8
Last week's weight: 189.2
Current weight: 187.8
July Goal: 155

We can get there! My knee seems to be behaving itself a bit better this week, so I am still doing the walking and working the elliptical back in. I have been slacking on the strength training, so I probably ought to get back to that as well.

I hope you have fun on your vacation, Kistinbee! I am in the midst of prepping for a big trip as well (we are going to South America for 2 weeks starting March 20!) so I am getting very excited. I have no idea whether I will keep losing while I am gone or not, since my routine will be completely different, but if I can maintain I will be happy. I will also try to remember to log in on Monday and start a post if I don't see one here already.

Have a great week, everyone!

Hey everyone! Just wanted to say great work to all those who have lost. And if you haven't, don't worry-just keep up the hard work and it will happen. At least that is what I am telling myself...

I have been at a plateau of 178 for over a month now-it has definitely taken a toll on my psyche and I spent Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday avoiding the gym and eating like total junk. So this morning, I am forcing myself back on the wagon. Time to stop feeling sorry for myself, right? I weigh in on Wednesday, so I will see what damage the weekend did....

Have a great day everyone!

Hey everyone! Just wanted to say great work to all those who have lost. And if you haven't, don't worry-just keep up the hard work and it will happen. At least that is what I am telling myself...

I have been at a plateau of 178 for over a month now-it has definitely taken a toll on my psyche and I spent Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday avoiding the gym and eating like total junk. So this morning, I am forcing myself back on the wagon. Time to stop feeling sorry for myself, right? I weigh in on Wednesday, so I will see what damage the weekend did....

Have a great day everyone!

You can do it, erin!!!! Stick with it...results WILL come! I'm here for you!!!:flowerforyou:

*Kistinbee*

Thanks kistin! :flowerforyou:

It's really nice to have support through this tough spot! I just got back from the gym and burned almost 1200 calories so I am going to spend the afternoon trying to pig out! :laugh: In a healthy way of course. I'm determined to eat every last calorie this week and see if that scale will budge....

Have a wonderful vacation kistin! Everyone else, keep up the excellent work!

WARNING!! Extreme complaining to follow!!!!

Why? I ask you, WHY?

Ok, so I went out and drank twice this weekend.... and I didn't work out for the last 3 days...but I did stay within my calorie range...

So, I ask why?

Why does the scale tell me I have gained 3 POUNDS!!!! :mad:

Ok, just had to vent... I don't record my weight till Friday so hopefully it will drop back down, but it still makes me mad.

On the upside, when I was changing in the locker room after working out, I had a woman, who I see there all the time tell me that I looked like I was slimming down.

I always weigh in on Monday. Inevitably I will cheat and look at the scale on Th or Fri and it always shows that I have lost another 2 lbs. Come Monday, though, I have put one of those pounds back on. I don't try to understand it anymore.

I found out something very interesting yesterday.... I wore my Polar heart monitor all day from 8am to 10pm to see how many calories I burn on an average day. Here are my results:

8am - noon = 350 calories burned (sitting at my desk)
noon - 1pm = 128 cals (lunch and straightening the house)
1pm - 2pm = 134 cals (walking around work)
2pm- 3pm = 307 cals (hard physical labor at work)
3pm - 4:25pm = 168 cals (desk again)
4:25pm - 5:05pm = 180 cals (riding the stationary bike while talking on the phone)
5:05pm - 7:30pm = 366 cals (dinner and driving into town)
7:30pm - 8:50pm = 252 cals (orchestra practice)
8:50pm - 10:00pm = 102 cals (relaxing on the couch with a beer)

A grand total of 1987 calories burned while awake for 14 hours. Add about 600 calories while I sleep for 10 hours (yes, I like sleep A LOT). That is almost 2600 calories burned in one day. For my activity level I normally burn about 1900-2000 per day. So I burned about 600 through exercise yesterday which is relatively close to what I had calculated. And I didn't even do anything strenuous. And I definitely did not eat enough at 1500 cals. I am still losing weight, but I think I am going to start eating a little more and see what happens.

Just thought I'd post my findings. These watches are really interesting.

Hello everyone!

Well am in a much better mood this week!
As most of you will know i put 1lb on last week which was very annoying!

Start of mfp 231lbs
start of Goal challenge 182lbs
weight last week 177lbs :explode:
weight this week 175lbs
loss this week 2lbs :happy:
loss in challenge 7lbs

goal for july 147lbs
left to go 28lbs!!

Worked a lot harder at it this week! Thought i was starting to plateau and was panicking!! did lots more exercise and stuck to the basic food groups (no eating crap!) and voila! it worked!!
PHEW!!!

Keep up the great work everyone!!

Amanda

that is really good,
keep it up mate. :flowerforyou:
lets celebrate :drinker: