New Year, New Me!

I am exactly the same weight I was last week. :grumble: I've been stuck in this rut for over a month now! I'm logging calories and exercising but it's not budging! Starting to get very discouraged. I'm going to try and add my C25K program back into my exercise and maybe zigzag my calories. I know everyone says you HAVE to eat at least 1200 calories a day....but maybe since I'm so short and a lesser weight now than in the beginning, I don't require that many calories?? Sigh.
Let's hope next weeek is better.
Congrats to everyone else on their successes~you inspire me not to totally give up.
Way to do those pushups, Mandy! I am just excited that I can do 10 now when a few months ago I couldn't even do 1!

Daves weigh-in = 225.2

My wife woke me up around 5:15 this morning due to her having contractions. We started timing them and once we had a few at 5 minutes apart I knew it was time to go. So, I went and weighed myself because I knew today was going to be an OFF eating day to say the least. So I weighed myself and then showered and got my wife to the hospital. So, I had an awesome drop in weight this week, but the best part is, I welcomed my son Zachary into the world this morning. This is probably going to affect my weight and I'm sure i'll put a few lbs back on. This just means that I'll have to work hard the next few weeks to hit my goal. Take a look at my little guy!

Hey, guys! Sorry I was MIA yesterday. My dad and his wife are visiting for a few days and we had a jam-packed day of holiday fun with my two boys. I started the day with a delightful surprise! My scale settled at 125.0 for the morning, though it kept teetering with 124.5. Recorded the official weight at 125.0, of course. Finally got the Thanksgiving weight off plus a half pound more.
But... then yesterday I did horribly calorie-wise. Breakfast was fine. Then lunch was pizza and salad at a restaurant. I never know how to figure those calories. One and a half pieces of pizza and a big bowl of spinach salad with honey mustard dressing and fets cheese - 1000 calories? For dinner, I had grilled chicken breast, baked sweet potato, and steamed broccoli. BUT.... then my dad pulled out some pecan pralines from Savannah. Dang. Indulged in those, too. So I will have my work cut out for me this week to stay on track!

@Dave - what a great Thursday. Weight drops and baby arrives! Again, so happy for you!
@Sandy - way to go on the weight loss!
@Joe - awesome idea mixing it up! Keep it coming!
@Kelly - way to stick to your personal goals. Get back on track one step at a time.
@Mimi - woohoo! Big drop and hurray for fighting back on those binge urges!j
I will get a new spreadsheet up later today when a few more results come rolling in.

OH! I did manage to crack out 20 push-ups last night which was my goal by the end of the week. My dad watching definitely helped my motivation to show him how much stronger I am than one year ago! He was recently told that he was pre-diabetic so I feel like I need to step it up while he's here and show him how this weight-loss deal can be done!

Happy weekend, friends!

I am exactly the same weight I was last week. :grumble: I've been stuck in this rut for over a month now! I'm logging calories and exercising but it's not budging! Starting to get very discouraged. I'm going to try and add my C25K program back into my exercise and maybe zigzag my calories. I know everyone says you HAVE to eat at least 1200 calories a day....but maybe since I'm so short and a lesser weight now than in the beginning, I don't require that many calories?? Sigh.
Let's hope next weeek is better.
Congrats to everyone else on their successes~you inspire me not to totally give up.
Way to do those pushups, Mandy! I am just excited that I can do 10 now when a few months ago I couldn't even do 1!

I would love to get more ideas on healty snacks...I feel that my snacks are healthy but I'm getting burnt out on eating the same snacks all the time.

What is everybody else snacking on???

Maria - good topic! I'd love to get some snack ideas too.

I usually have these things for dessert, but these are also my favorite snacks:

- Kashi GoLean Original cereal (good source of soy protein - has 13 gm per 140 cal serving)
- Kashi Chewy Peanut Butter granola bars
- nonfat milk w/Mt. Hagen decaf instant coffee & SweetLeaf Chocolate stevia

I drink a lot of dessert teas every day as zero cal between meal snacks. They're great for suppressing hunger pangs and have a lot of nutrients as well. My cupboards are stuffed full of many types of dessert teas, but these are my favorites:

1) Celestial Seasonings "Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride" herbal tea w/SweetLeaf English Toffee stevia
2) Stash "Vanilla Nut Creme" decaf black tea w/SweetLeaf English toffee stevia
3) Stash "Chocolate Hazelnut" decaf black tea w/SweetLeaf Chocolate stevia
4) Celestial Seasonings "Candy Cane Lane" decaf green tea w/SweetLeaf Clear stevia
5) Celestial Seasonings "Orange Mango" red tea w/SweetLeaf Clear stevia
6) Celestial Seasonings "Apple Cinnamon Spice" herbal tea w/SweetLeaf Clear stevia
7) Celestial Seasonings "Honey Vanilla Chamomile" herbal tea w/Sweetleaf Clear stevia

I forgot about the Kashi snack bars...I used to eat them all the time. I didn't realize how many delicious teas are out there...I'm some time in the tea isle next time i'm in the store! Thanx for the advice!

I don't know how you feel about Dr. Oz (Some people think he's stupid lol) but I saw an episode where he was saying that once we hit our 30s our estrogel levels start going down which messes with the metabolism. He suggests taking flax seed oil. I got some and when I was taking them along with vitamin B and green tea pills it seemed to help. Not sure if that's something you'd like to try. I need to go back to taking them...I just really don't enjoy taking vitamins :sick:

@ Maria - if you're looking for a good omega 3-6-9 supplement, you might want to consider Udo's Oil Blend, which is a blend of flax seed oil and other healthy oils: http://www.amazon.com/Flora-Udos-Choice-Oil-Blend/dp/B00028PDPM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323613696&sr=8-1

Its great stuff and I take ~2 tbsp of that every day. I put it on veggies and stir it into my cafe au lait -- it has a slightly nutty flavor and actually enhances the flavor of the food!

Sorry I haven't updated the spreadsheet, you guys. My dad and his wife arrived last Thursday night and they just left today. I have been super busy during their stay. And I totally fell off the wagon. Suffice it to say that I indulged way, way too much during their visit. I did, at least, manage to get a couple of runs in, thankfully. So tomorrow it's back to business for me! I had a GREAT weigh-in last Friday, but I know that I will be up again this week. But I am a big girl, and I know that I am going to get this done sooner or later!

Sounds like a few of us our struggling. I weighed myself this morning after several days of hospital food, some late night snackings due to being awake with lil man and what not, I am back up to 229. I'm going to the gym tonight for the first time in a week if my children behave and allow me to get out a for a little bit. Hopefully I can cut that in half for weigh in this week, but if I don't, oh well, my wife and I just had a baby! I'm hoping the visit to the gym over the next few days will cut my gain in half so I can get back on track to making goal by the end. If I don't, no sweat...I'm still down 80 lbs in less than 8 months, so its only a matter of time before I hit my goal of 198

Dave

So I am struggling to stay focused. The holidays are really tough when it comes to staying on track when your on a diet. The only thing I had going for me was I still got some good workouts in. Unfortunately, I pulled something in my back yesterday and need to take a day or two off from exercising. And now that I'm back on birth control, I feel the urge to snack every chance I get. I just hope I can control my urge to eat everything in sight!! .......So how is everyone else doing?