Eat healthy and swim, swim, swim! Seriously, swimming for me is the greatest workout ever.

Zumba, zumba and more zumba!!! Great thing is when I listen to music can't help but do a few zumba moves! Look at my to loose pile of apples each time I loose weight I can eat one!!! Pin really bad photo of my fatty bits up so I can see it when I go to cupboard to get biscuit, cake or other food I am trying to avoid.

Hardest no wine until I have lost it!

How are you going to do it?

This is so important britbowles1. Having a plan is half the battle isn't it.
To me losing weight is like spending money. To save money you have to spend less than you have and put the rest in the bank.
To lose weight you have to eat less calories than you work off. If you eat more calories than you exercise you will store it as F A T!

Mathematically 15 pounds in 30 days = 1/2 pound per day!
- 3.5 lbs per week -

so - for me...

Step 1 - change the weight loss calculator to lose 3.5 pounds per week.
right now mine is set to 1.5 pounds per week. If i change it it will identify the number of calories necessary to make the change.

Prepare - get the foods I need to make the change - salads, lean meat, fish, rice AND get rid of the foods that sabotage me (aka you know who you are you cookies, cakes and baked goods).

Step 2 - Report
I will be consistent on reporting everything I eat, exercise and how I feel. The eating and exeercising part will be in the diary part of the MFP log. And the motivational part will be here on in my blog.

Step 3 - Be consistent
For me this means eating consistently each day and not skipping a meal because I ate a handful of peanuts (or a large cookie dough blizzard).

Step 4 Think of how great I will feel and look when I'm done.
get some new clothes!

Thanks for the great group - maybe we can do some before after photos!

I'm off to change my weight loss weekly goals.

~Laura

Thanks for the ideas.. this is great. I'm going to recalculate my tracker as well. We have a gym here at work and I never step in side unless I'm doing a tour .. I'm going to get down there every day for 15 - 20 mins and walk on the tread mill.

I'm also going to replace my afternoon coffee with hot water, lemon juice and a splash of honey. It's great for flushing your body of toxin's (get ready to go pee every hour) and it has alot of other really great health benefits.

Thanks for the motivation. I really love this site and it's great to find people who understand the struggle.

Best of luck everyone !

Thanks for the great ideas. I need to try to focus on drinking more water and honestly reporting all that I eat and try to realize a month is not that long so get at it.

I am going to work out at least 5 times a week, drink more water, and eat much healthier.

Hi ladies, My name is Rachel

i thought i'd join this group my hubby is leaving for one month and i'm 10 lbs more than my normal so loosing 15 lbs would be ideal

well

1st I'm going to start excessing i haven't exercising in over a year so that will definitely help By taking at least one walk a day around my neighbor hood that is 2 miles but preferably 2

2nd I'm going to quit drinking soda

3rd My family is pretty bad about eating vegetables so for 4 days a week we will no longer be having a starch with out dinner only our pro tine(meat usually) and vegetables and in order to get my young children to actually eat the vegetables, i'm going to take them the store each day to let them pick from the produce isle (and from experimenting with these 2 kids i found out that they prefer raw veggies so thats better for me and my goals anyway )

1. Increase my water intake:drinker:
2. Continue to exercise 4 times a week and maybe add a extra day
3. Maintain my current eating patterns
4. No eating after 7:00 pm
5. Recognize the difference between being bored, tired and sleepy and to not confuse this with hunger.

My goals for this 15 lbs is to increase my workout from 5 times a week to 6. I also decided to incorporate insanity into my work out schedule, at least 20 mins of it, twice a week to get me over this bump. I stopped loosing for two weeks, and then gained back almost a pound. While I contribute this to TOM and my sweet cravings, it is unacceptable. I have worked to hard to loose the 40 lbs I have LOST. This time next month, I will be on my way to Disneyworld and Id like to loose a bit more before I go shopping for shorts and stuff for my vacation. In addition to the vacation, I also have a big event coming up June 20th that I'd like to be 15 lbs lighter for!

So here is my work out schedule as of right now.

Exercise 5 times a week.
60 mins of Cardio.
I switch Cardio machines every week to keep my muscles confused. (This helps a lot ladies)
Weights twice a week, on a weight day I only do 30 mins of Cardio.
8 glasses of water a day.
Keep my carb intake under 100. ( It works for me)
Try to eat at least 100 grams of Protein a day.
No eating past dinner, unless i plan on staying up later than normal.

This is how I have lost the first 40 lbs. It has been a struggle.

I want to add in another day of cardio, plus 20 mins of insanity twice a week. But this is just to get me through this pleatu.

I checked the scale this morning, and I have actually lost a pound ( I switched machines for the week Sunday)! Only 14 lbs to go!

If any of you ladies want to add me for support, advice, tips, etc. Please do so! It helps me stay motivated by motivating others.

Continuing my Paleo eating, and NOT stress eating the starches (crackers, chips, etc.)

I will do this!

I work out Monday through Friday but my eating habits are bad so I don't see results on the scale. I plan on continuing my workout plan but changing my eating habits. Right now I workout for about an hour in the mornings, about 30 minutes on the eliptical machine then 30 minutes with weights/crunches to tone. I said I was going to add a Zumba class in on Thursday's and a Step class in on Saturday. With all this working out, if I get my eating habits under control I should be able to reach my goal weight.

Lauren304-~

This is great motivation; thanks for sharing. I have a question for you, though. What type of carbs are you eating to keep your carb count <100 grams per day. I've been having oatmeal (1/2) cup most mornings of the week, but get so bored with it. I try to minimize carbs as much as possible, but honestly don't know what to eat. For dinner, maybe 2-3 nights out of the week, I will have 1 slice of toasted wheat bread if it's a night where I do cardio.

Any thoughts would help...

SDRasta!

I have always been fit as I work out daily - whether golfing, spin classes, lifting weights etc. I hope to add swimming to my routine also. So I know about fitness and health. I thought it might be interesting to enroll in this website to get me motivated more with others in the same situation. By comparing notes and talking about it more, it is like having a buddy system.

I'm going to put a routine in place & stick to it. I do well at work even though I work in a restaurant. The cooks are very good about preparing my lunch a little healthier. It's when I get home to my 14 yr old & 6 month old baby that everything goes down hill. I will attemp to have available nutritious fresh snacks---staying away from the pantry--processed snacks.

I'll also make it a point to excercise at least 2 days a week after work before going home; because again... once I get home it's all downhill.

I guess I´m gonna keep on what I have been trying to do - just try to be better at it. I also decided to put in an extra day at the gym - if that doesn´t work I´ll put in one more work out.

So here is the plan

1. Limited carbs - especially after 15:00
2. No free day - just one free meal + a little candy time each week (saturdays)
3. 5-6 workout a week (plus biking to work every day and spend time playing with my kids)
4. Stick to logging on MFP
5. Drink lots of water.
5. Get enough sleep!

I am also hoping my new Diet Capsules and CLA pills will help. Any experience with that?