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  • alf1163
    alf1163 Posts: 3,143 Member
    Hey, it's me!! Do you remember me??? I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!! :laugh: :laugh:

    I have good news and bad news!!! The bad news first...

    I am soooo sorry but I am afraid I am not treating everyone to a trip to Europe. I did not make any money in Vegas at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :grumble: :grumble: (I really didnt gamble much).

    The good news...

    Sing, you don't have to dress up like a woman and wear lipstick to go with the girls to Europe :laugh: :laugh:
    And I had a wonderful time with my husband!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Now back to business!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had a really good workout this morning. Back to eating healthy and monitoring. I feel great!!

    Everyone is doing great!!! Happy travels to those who are going away for Memorial Day. Happy Birthday to Stiring and Kelligirl!!!! :drinker: Any other birthdays this month? TexasMom, I hope you get better soon. Swiss, how are you doing? Had your surgery again? :flowerforyou:
  • singfree
    singfree Posts: 1,591 Member
    Alf, we're glad to have you back (lighter in the wallet) :grumble:

    Too bad, though...I already bought a cute mini to show off my (hairy) legs & arms!!! :laugh:
  • tron3002
    tron3002 Posts: 440 Member
    Welcome back alf... Glad you had a good time in Vegas.:happy:

    I weighed myself today and unfortunately I am exactly the same. This week I'm gonna concentrate on what I put in my mouth not just the calorie count and see if that makes a difference. If not. I dont know what else to do. :grumble:
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    :flowerforyou: Welcome back alf.. I have never been to Vegas. So it all stayed there?:laugh: I had my surgery on Monday. Some things are better now but some things stayed the same.

    :flowerforyou: tron..I weighed myself also. Fortunately I also am exactly the same.:happy: Hey, I am used to going up a pound or two every week.

    I am down to only six pounds to go to reach my next goal. This will be the second goal I have met. I may, depending on how I feel and look, go for another five pounds.
  • tron3002
    tron3002 Posts: 440 Member
    Swiss... I just want to get back down to 115, 105 is my goal though. I am getting frustrated with it taking so darn long. Yes, I feel stronger. But heck, I want this darn weight off NOW..... :grumble:
  • mkwood10
    mkwood10 Posts: 428
    Alf, we're glad to have you back (lighter in the wallet) :grumble:

    Too bad, though...I already bought a cute mini to show off my (hairy) legs & arms!!! :laugh:

    Sing............ you just burned an image in my brain that I don't want there!!!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    Alf.......... too bad you didn't win!:brokenheart: :brokenheart: I was really looking forward to that trip to Europe! :laugh:

    Everyone................enjoy the long weekend and remember the reason why we have it - to honor all of those who have fallen in defense of our wonderful country and our loved ones who are no longer with us!! :cry: :brokenheart: :heart: If you know or see a military servicemember, a veteran, and/or family members and spouses of those who serve our country, be sure to thank them!!
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    mkwood..thank you for reminding us what this Monday is all about. We are so wrapped up in our travels and grilling steaks that we have forgotten the true meaning. Wait....doesn't this sound like what has happened to Christmas? What is happening to this country?
  • phetzgetfit
    phetzgetfit Posts: 89
    weighed in this morning at 157 still. that's good news: no gain. busy, busy time for me so i'm havng to eat out and on the run more than i'd like. Have been able to make some pretty good choices though.
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    I am starting the day off in a bad way. My husband made me his famous Strawberry-stuffed French Toast. Actually, the worse part of it is that he used white bread. My goodness, who eats white bread anymore. They tasted great and were almost 450 calories. I will be careful for the rest of the day and will give my husband extra hugs.
  • bakergirl62
    bakergirl62 Posts: 248 Member
    Hi everyone, I'm new to this site also. I have been keeping quite busy reading all the posts. I'm 47 and I started my diet a week ago. I have been doing the Atkins it seems like forever and I know I can't do that diet and watch my calories too. So I'm taking a new approach since I havent' lost any weight on that diet in months. I live in Houston and I'm going to Montana for the 4th of July. I want to lose 25 lbs., but I'm sure it won't happen before then. I'm having a hard time meeting the calorie requirements as well as all those carbs I'm supposed to be eating. I am brisk walking at 4.0 mph for 45 minutes every day. I'm hoping that I can find some support here :flowerforyou:
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    Welcome Cheryl.:flowerforyou: I am sure that you will enjoy this site and this thread. I don't think it is possible to lose 25 pounds by the 4th of July. If I were, I would try for it myself.:smile:
  • Maria061
    Maria061 Posts: 118
    Happy Birthday girls, mine was Friday may 22.
  • alf1163
    alf1163 Posts: 3,143 Member
    Hello!! Well, I had to go for plan B today when I drove 30 minutes to get to a Zumba class and it was cancelled. :grumble: :grumble: So I drove another 20 mins to a military gym to do some cardio. I circuit trained with three different machines for an hr, burned 527 calories!! :noway:

    Cheryl, welcome!! Those strict diets never work, only temporarily. Carbs are essential and low carb diets can be dangerous. I do have a few suggestions but I need to go now. I will write more when I come back. Not so sure about losing 25lbs by 4th of July but you can definitely drop at least half of that and lose inches and feel great about yourself. More later...

    Take care!! :flowerforyou:
  • alf1163
    alf1163 Posts: 3,143 Member
    Cheryl, these are my suggestions:

    1. Try to vary your workouts, don't do the same thing every day. Your body gets used to the same routine and you will stop seeing results. Do interval training. During your walk, try to increase your speed or your distance, one thing at a time. Try to do some cycling or an aerobics class, change it up some. Also do weight training!!!

    2. Eat clean most of the time. Eat lean meats, veggies, fruit, beans, etc. Avoid high sodium foods, high saturated foods. As far as carbs, whole grain, whole wheat...

    3. Drink lots of water!!!!! :drinker: :drinker:

    4. If there is something that you eat or drink now that you KNOW it is not good for you, cut back or eliminate it completely until you reach your goal.

    5. Don't go below 1200 cals a day and if you are exercising definitely eat all or at least most of your exercise calories.

    I am no expert but these are my suggestions based on my research and what has worked for me. There are only 6 wks left until July 4th. If you lose 2lbs a week that will be about 12lbs (half of your goal), not bad!!! At least a 10lbs loss can make a huge difference. 6 wks is not a long time, you can make these changes and see what happens. I am sure others will have more suggestions for you. YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :flowerforyou:
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    :flowerforyou: Happy belated birthday Maria.

    :flowerforyou: Alf...excellent advice. The only thing that I could add is what I am doing now..I have upped my protein. Mainly by using whey protein powder. I love it and I think it is making a difference.
  • tron3002
    tron3002 Posts: 440 Member
    Alf... Excellent advice. I think I will have to print it out and put it on the refrigerator. :wink: But as hard as I am working out I just cant get the scale to budge. :grumble: I know about eating "clean" and I try to BUT my pantry still has a lot of canned veggies, rice a roni, mac n cheese, things of that nature. And even though I am not cooking with those things all the time I do still use them. I'm just not replacing them when they are gone. Food is too expensive and money is too tight to throw anything away. My daughter came over the other day and said.... You dont have any thing to nibble on (chips, cookies) Every thing you have you have to cook. I just said, wait til my pantry gets cleared up and all's I have is organic stuff :smile:
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    :flowerforyou: tron, we just have to set the example for our kids. I have the same problem with mine. They go "yuck, where's the white bread?" So hard to re-train them. I had some of their white bread yesterday...it was sickening. Horrible, white, pastie stuff !!! I can't see why they like it.

    I had a bad day yesterday with my husband doing the cooking. I am back on track today. For breakfast I made us my version of Egg McMuffins. I even added it to my food log as "Becky's Egg Mcmuffin". My husband was made like mine except that I used reduced fat cheese on mine and regular on his. We are planning to go to the YMCA today. I will be working out while he relaxes in the sauna. He may work a bit but has to be careful due to his torn shoulder. We will be able to do this because WE HAVE NO CHILDREN AT HOME AT THIS TIME. They will be back be 4:00. I can't remember that last time that there wasn't someone under the age of 18 here.
  • tron3002
    tron3002 Posts: 440 Member
    Swiss... Kids are funny, but mine are getting much better at the changes I have made so far. As far as the bread, they dont even think about the white stuff anymore. It also helps that I only have one left in the house too...:wink:
  • alf1163
    alf1163 Posts: 3,143 Member
    Tron, what kind of workouts are you doing? What kinds of foods are you eating? Maybe little changes here and there will make a huge difference. Are you very close to your weight goal? That can be another issue. Your body will fight those last 5 lbs.

    I went out for a nice run this morning. I had originally planned to do walk/run intervals but I ended up running all the way. I don't know how many miles I ran because I took a different route and I have not mapped it yet. It felt great, the weather was just perfect!!!! :flowerforyou:
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    Didn't get to the YMCA today. My step children stopped by. We took them to dinner and I over ate. I wanted to be good today because we are grilling out tomorrow. Oh well. I hope that I didn't hurt myself to badly.:sad:
  • tron3002
    tron3002 Posts: 440 Member
    Alf... I keep forgetting to tell you how nice your new picture is. How did you like Las Vegas?
    As for my food, even though I am still under 1200 calories today I dont think I'll post what I ate today. (Oreos for example) and tomorrow we are BBQ'ing ribs, I think. So I will start on Tuesday and you all can tell me what I am doing wrong.

    Swiss... Did you go WAY over on your calories? I'm sure you'll be just fine...:wink:
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    :flowerforyou: tron..I can't even say how many calories I ate yesterday. I won't record them...to scared to.:laugh: I know that I will not do any better today with the grilled steak. I also have not been exercising. My husband and I were going to but his kids dropped by. I may cut the grass today. That should help.

    Does anyone here have some advice on getting motivated to exercise and work out when you are doing it all alone. I wish I had a friend to go with me. I would be so much more apt to do it.
  • rusnickering
    rusnickering Posts: 3
    I just start this last week. It seems that marriage has allowed me to gain weight through lack of daily exercise. When I was single I was almost obsessed with living a healthy life-style. I don't want to be single just to lose weight so that is why I am here. My trouble is just making exercise a habbit again. Any Suggestions?
    Thanks,
    Craig
  • alf1163
    alf1163 Posts: 3,143 Member
    Tron, are you just eating 1200 cals a day? You might need to eat more. How many calories you usually burn when you workout? I also suggest you vary your workouts. Are you still doing the shred videos? Not sure if it was you. As far as food is concerned, IMO organic is not always better. I don't spend the extra money on it, I just buy regular produce and it is cheaper and still good quality. I understand about having "junk" food in the house for other family members but they don't need it either and it will be easier for you to avoid it all together if it is not there. I know it is hard, trust me, I go through it myself.

    I have always exercised on my own. For some reason I have never been able to find someone who is at the same fitness level or as motivated as I am, including my husband. Sometimes I wish I had a workout partner but I am not going to wait for something that might never come. So, what keeps me motivated? Feeling great about myself, challenging myself, the feeling I get after I finish my workout, maintain what I have accomplished so far, etc etc. If you do exercise videos the instructors motivate you to push harder, if you are at the gym look at everyone else around you working out, sweating, pushing themselves, if you are outdoors running or walking, try to get in tune with your body, enjoy the scenery, listen to music or sing yourself. Push yourself to go a little further or a little faster.

    Rusnickering, welcome!!! How do you make it a habit again? Start by doing things you enjoy, at the most convenient tme for you and start slow. Then increase duration and intensity little by little. Try to vary your workouts when what you are doing is becoming boring. You will be back to your routine in no time. And you are right, most couples gain when they first get together but there has to be a stopping point somewhere. I am glad you have decided this is it. Get your spouse involved in your journey and it will be easier and more fun.

    Have a great day!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    :flowerforyou: alf..thanks for the advice. It is all good.

    Craig..Welcome. You are a newlywed so you may have a chance at getting your wife to join you.
  • chiro614
    chiro614 Posts: 4
    I am new to this, and I have posted my food for the day. When you post your exercise, does that alter your caloric intake for the day?
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    Yes it does. For instance if you eat 1200 calories and burn 200 calories, then it will show that you consumed 1000 calories leaving you with an extra 200 to eat.

    What I can't figure out is how many calories I am burning. I have no idea and the machine at the gym are not accurate in figuring how many you have burned.
  • TexasMom
    TexasMom Posts: 70
    Happy Memorial Day Everyone!!! And a HUGE THANK YOU to all of you that have and are serving our country to keep us safe. WE SALUTE YOU!!!!!

    I'm back form the beach and it was a great trip. We only had 28 teenagers to chaperone, 11 guys, 17 girls, so with 4 adults we had it handled well. There weather couldn't have been better and because the kids slept in I got to power walk on the beach each morning. :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

    Welcome to the threads Cheryl, chiro614 and Craig. We are a great bunch full of lots of encouragement and support. We celebrate our victories together and embrace the challenges with an attitude to succeed. :happy:

    Alf - happy to have you back and to hear you had a great time in Vegas. Too bad about the Europe trip though. :cry: I always say "I'll do it when I win the lottery, but you have to buy a ticket to win, so I guess that will never happen. :laugh: :laugh:

    Tron - Alf was right about the calories. Make sure your eating enough and hang in there. One day at a time and sometimes remembering progress can be measured by "no backward movement" :flowerforyou:

    Swissmiss - Alf shared a lot of wisdom for all of us. And remember, you're not in this alone. Like Alf, I've never been able to find someone as committed as me or have the same timing as me to work out. Even my husband and kids that are active and workout don't have the same schedules. My oldest daughter works out with me when she can but it's not a daily basis. I find my motivation in my goals and in how I feel. When I'm eating unhealthy I feel unhealthy. The beach was great because there was no way I would have enjoyed the sun and out doors wayed down with fatty foods. I craved fresh fruits and cold drinks and there are plenty of those in South Padre.

    One thing I will mention to all of the ladies on the thread is to consider your hormones. I know Jillian Michaels released a book not long ago about this which is a bit extreme at times. But the bottom line is that when we get older, escpecially menapausal, we will gain weight or have a very hard time losing it. When I started this journey back to healthville :bigsmile: I've done it slowly. Adding back my supplements a little at a time to make sure I didn't overwhelm my body. I just added my herbal supplements last week that are specific to supporting the femine body during menopause and I dropped 4 pounds in a week. This isn't going to happen to everyone but I know without a doubt that if you don't have your hormones somewhat in balance the whole machine messes up.

    Well, a long post and now time to get to the family bbq. Salmon and ribs with lots of veggies. yummm!!. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

    Many Blessings to all
    Nita
  • alf1163
    alf1163 Posts: 3,143 Member
    Yes it does. For instance if you eat 1200 calories and burn 200 calories, then it will show that you consumed 1000 calories leaving you with an extra 200 to eat.

    What I can't figure out is how many calories I am burning. I have no idea and the machine at the gym are not accurate in figuring how many you have burned.

    Swiss, did you mean if you eat 1200 and burn 200, it will show you ate 1200 and earned 200 extra to eat for a total of 1400, right? I have mine set up to lose 1/2 lb a week so my minimum is 1290 cals daily, to that it adds whatever many calories I burn with exercise. For example today I burned 327cals so that added to my 1290 I can consume 1617 cals.

    Do you have a HR monitor? If you don't MFP can calculate (estimate) the calories you burned doing a certain activity. If the activity is not in the database exactly the same you can find something closest to it. There are also other sites where you can calculate calories burned and then enter those in the database. That way you will know how many calories you can consume. Of course it will be an estimate, not 100% accurate, but it gives you a pretty close idea where you should be. I hope this helps. :flowerforyou:
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    :flowerforyou: Alf..I don't know how to explain it. I didn't even know that we were to eat our calories burned until about a month ago. Tell me..where do I go here to have my exercise calories calculated? I haven't found that area. I know that I can put in my own estimated calories but I am sure not good at that. I do have a HR monitor but I started to set it up right after my first surgery and was taking pain pills at the time so I think I goofed it. :laugh: I would appreciate any help you can give me with this.:bigsmile:

    :flowerforyou: Nita...please let me now what supplement you are taking. I began to have the most trouble losing when I went through menopause. It there is an herbal supplement that would help, I sure would like to try it.

    I had a grilled steak today. First steak in, oh I don't know how long. I think that I just about stayed within my calories. I was very careful the rest of the day.
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