The Over 300 Club

Hi everyone! Yay me! I did a 3k walk yesterday at lunch AND I got myself out to swimming last night!!! It was really good to be back in the pool, but I did feel the effects of being away from it for over a week. It felt an awful lot like work for the first half, but then it was great.

The crazy thing is that even though it was tough, I was finished my laps in record time! I think that means that the reason it doesn't seem to be getting a whole lot easier is that I keep swimming harder. I can really feel myself moving through the water now. I typically do 10 laps (20 lengths?? I can never decide how to define a 'lap') and for 3 of them I do 10 pull ups on the starter block in the deep end. I still can't go up and back without a short rest in between, but clearly my recovery time is getting shorter too, so I'm hoping to get that turn around in soon.

The best part is that I am loving it enough that when I visualize going swimming, I feel the sensation of pulling through the water, the flexibility and the glide - NOT the exercise, can't breath, OMG this is work part!

I ended up going WAY under my calories yesterday - it's the first time I have EVER seen the starvation mode warning on our check in page...and today am I ever STARVING!!! So today I will treat myself to something a little more decadent for lunch - not too evil, though :happy:

It's supposed to be 27 degrees here today, (Thats roughly 80 degrees for you non-metrics ) Chilly by Cindy's standards, but for us it's summer at last!!!! I am hoping to get out for another walk, but today I will remember my water!!! Have a good day everyone - sunny side up!:drinker:

Good morning Team-- How is everyone? Great i hope ! I'm A- ok ! I did my 3 mile walk this morning and I'll do my 2 mile walk tonight for a total of 5 miles today. Paddlemom- lol 80 is chilly to me now. When we lived in Ohio 80 was pleasant. It's amazing what 2 years in Texas will do to a person. I'm hooked though. I love the heat. Great job on the exercise ! I love swimming laps . I never made it to the grocery store last night. I am trying to get there today. What does everyone have planned for the day? ttfn- Cindy

well mfp buds weigh in was today and even with cheating 1 day I lost 7 pounds...i was suprised because I have been major stressed due to this being finals week...anyways i felt good about myself when i weighed in 7 pounds lighter

Hi Team- You guys have me blushing. No realy, If I can inspire others I think that's wonderful. I just know we can all do this ! We can and will overcome !!!! I have some great news. In 20 days I've lost 1/2" off my neck- 1.5" off my waist- 2.5" off my hips -1" off my chest and 7 " off my thighs. WOW- that's 12.5 inches gone in 20 days! I just love ,love ,love this way of life !!!! I did 5 miles today . I hope everyone had a fantastic day! I wake up every day exited now and I hope you all do too. :flowerforyou: Life is a beautiful thing ! Let's all get out there and LIVE !!!! I you all and hope you all have a wonderful night. ttfn- Cindy

Hi all, just thought I'd report in on my weighin. I lost 5.4 lbs over 2 weeks, and almost a combined 3 inches. I feel like I could have done better, but I know that's awesome! I just learned about the exercise cals and NOT eating all of them this past week, so hopefully I'll see more results next time. I just have such a long way to go! I know my goal on my profile says I'm trying to lose 20 lbs, but that's a mini goal. I need to lose over 150. But that number is just too daunting for me to look at every day.

Welcome to the newbies, and ya'll have a great day!

I had 150 to lose as well. It is an overwhelming number but when you whittle it away it is manageable. I like to look at my weight loss in fractions. When I lost 15 lbs that was 1/10th of it gone, 30 lbs - 2/5ths. My next big milestone...4 lbs away is 1/3 of it gone and I can't wait for that!!!

I like looking at the big number lost. That is what keeps me going

Way to go jessica !!!!! That's fantastic !!! Keep it up girl !

Khadj- Way to go- you SHOULD be proud ! Good luck on weigh in. Mine is on Sunday. Have a great day. Cindy

Hi everyone, just checking in. I have a thought on the "oh my goodness, I have to lose 100+ lbs" feeling of despair. Here is what works for me. When I started MFP, I figured I needed to lose 266 lbs. And, since I had lost about 20 lbs in the past two years, the total weight loss needed over time was more like 290. Daunting, to say the least.

So, I decided I needed to stop focusing on what I needed to lose and start focusing on what I wanted to gain. I was tired of my world shrinking all the time. Tired of not being able to do anything I love. Tired of feeling badly about myself. So, I started a new lifestyle. Its not about food - its about me. I am reclaiming me. And in the process, I am losing weight. So, the pounds don't matter - what matters is today, I feel better than I did a week ago. And, whats the saying - "I like being skinny better than I like brownies?" Thats me.

Have a great rest of the day and week! Love you guys!

Thank you aur23a. I think you are so right . I see your doing great 12 pounds wow. I know how you feel I hate staying the same . But it is better then gaining you are so right
Here's looking forward to our loss for next week :happy:

Hey guys...I am struggling big time...I am fine all day but in the evenings I binge...big time...Eric has been so supportive and encouraging, but when he's at work in the evenings and I'm just sitting around thinking about things I eat...and then I'm embarrassed to tell him that I did so poorly with my food choices...he is doing so well and I feel like I'm letting him down by overeating...my weight hasn't budged in forever it seems...and now that I have the free gym membership I have worked out every day except for one and while I feel great when I work out, I usually end up eating the calories I burned plus some...and as you all know, at our weight, eating exercise calories isn't required for us...every day I make it my goal to not eat my exercise calories, but I always eat them and then some...I guess I'm posting this to make sure that I hold myself accountable...if I tell others I'm struggling I'll have to make more of an effort to stay on track tomorrow, right?

Amy, thank you so much! That was a nice thing to say. Sure appreciate you!

Eric and Laura, you guys are dang cute! It is cool that you are sharing your relationship here! Laura, I don't remember if you mentioned how many times you eat throughout the day. Hopefully, you are eating every two hours, largest meal in the am, and small snack like meals throughout the day. That way, two things happen - 1 Your metabolism is busy all day and 2 You don't allow yourself to get hungry. Less hunger = less binging.

I don't know if this will help, and I don't know if you already saw it, but I did some research that really helped me understand why I used to binge at night. It is posted on my blog and also in this thread: EXERCISE, FOOD AND THE BRAIN CHEMICAL CONNECTION

paddlemom, thanks! :blushing: your very kind. And, you seem to be rocking! Way to go on that bike! MPJS and Aurora - gotta share something people on another thread shared with me when I had only been doing this about 3 weeks. I was obsessed with the scale! Some weeks, I would lose a few pounds and be on cloud nine. Then, I would stay the same and be in the toilet! The message I got was, "The scale is evil! :devil: So, a couple of things to remember: Your weight can fluctuate as many as 5 lbs in a day, for no apparent reason. and the second is, if you weight isn't moving, do you have another way to measure your progress. How clothing fits, tape measure, biking up a hill you used to avoid with relative east. ( at paddlemom) joints feel better, etc.

Well everyone, I am once again exhausted. Weigh in tomorrow. Catch you tomorrow!

4sure, how are you??

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!

Thanks stillkristi and paddlemom for your awesome encouragement and reminding us that we are more than the destination of the journey we're on! Every step, every little choice matters and makes us better individuals!

I have to toot my own horn on our thread....I HIT MY GOAL EARLY! I had originally had a 39# by my 39th by day goal...well, I did that in April with 8 weeks left till my bday, so I chaged the goal to 50# by my 39th bday....HOT DAMN! I weighed in this a.m. and PRAISE GOD...I'm at 53 pounds shed!!

I'm so excited and happy today! I know there will be many weeks when the result is not this good and I might get down, but right now...I just want to dance!!! And if I do...I wont giggle nearly as much as I used to!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Everyone...keep up your efforts...dont give up...ever. You ARE worth it...You CAN do this...You are beautiful and deserve to really LIVE life. We only have one shot at this life...lets live it to the absolute fullest we can every single day!!

Have a fantastic day everyone!!

Hey guys,

Breakthrough for me this morning; I dragged my lardbutt out of bed a half hour early and did a 1 1/2 mile walk before breakfast! :drinker: And I don't feel exhausted. I had my cottage cheese and pineapple, and 3 glasses of water, and I'm ready for my horseback ride. I'm planning on another 3 mile walk later today with my mom. And yesterday, I only ate 1,840 cals, my min. is 1940, and I had more than 600 exer. cals. that I didn't touch. Why can't every day be that effortless?

good morning everyone.
I got the day off not that I wanted it. but stillkristi thank you somtimes I only go by that scale and you are so right it is evil. but I did notice other things going on with my body that I can walk 2 miles straight without a break and other things me and aur23a can do this .
bonkers and khadj way to go I hope I am with you there soooon.
laura and eric you guy's are so sweet. laura call him and if you feel you can't .Come on here with us. I binge at night also . My man work's night's too so my closet eating come's out it is a struggle every night and I am trying not to have stuff in the house but the kids want it so I am trying to buy them stuff only they well eat. but you are not alone in your struggle. I am there to.
bonkers is so right it is that we keep trying and stillkristi is right to we don't measure our weight loss worth by scale only it's got to be the big picture ( ie. smaller butt then last month)
I hope everyone has a wonderful day
4sure and blazin. you are in my thoughts hope you are both having a great trip
Hey what happen to reedwoman any one know?