Crazy canucks October 21,09

Hope everyone had a good week. I am at 141 this week, that means 1 more pound gone. I can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel.:bigsmile:

Hey all..
Not sure if I saw the thread last week.
Hope everyone is doing well.

193.5

Is Wednesday a weigh in day? I am not doing so well this week. My first week and finding it really hard to limit myself.... Hoping for better results in the next few days.

holy crap! already 3 pounds!!! very good dar!!!!

Never be scared to weigh yourself, use it as motivation to work harder.

I am scared to weigh myself now though.... Very bad start to the week :frown: oh well.... tomorrow is a new day....

dont be scared dar. all you do is weigh yourself once a week(wednesday) and the rest of the week, dont think about it. just keep track of your food and exercise and once a week you WILL see that number drop each week. dont get down on yourself, you are the biggest loser this week!!:bigsmile:
Have a good week!!

Hi from snowy northern Ontario
I joined this site a while ago but only started a weight loss program 2 weeks ago. Can new Canadian weight losers join in? Do you weigh in every week ? I need to lose 100 pounds, so I could use support. Thanks

Hi again Jay:
This is great. Today, I weigh 284.
Thanks so much,
Sutts

Hello from cold, wet, wonderful Newfoundland! I have read this thread a couple of times and would like to join. I work the wierdest hours and don't always get a chance to log my intake of food or water every day but do what I can when I can. I am failing miserably lately at my goal(s) both short term and long term. How does this water challenge work? And, can I join in the challenge and motivation?

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Yes I know I have been posting a lot more lately, but I was reading through my shape magazine and found a page I would like to share.


Drop a pound by Friday:

Diet Tweaks: 1. Have eggs in the morning (research shows that you will consume fewer calories during the day than if you ate a bagel and cream cheese)
2.Order the lunch combo(instead of a turkey on wheat, have a small broth based soup and half of that sandwich. the soup will fill you up and save 250 calories or more)
3. Downsize your drink(order a calorie free tea or coffee with low fat milk in place of a low fat latte, saves you around 200 calories)
4. Snack smarter(half a cup of light ice cream or 100 calorie pack of micro popcorn instead of chips and dip-saves you 210 calories AND 17 fat grams(ugh))
5.Pare down your pie(order the thin crust with half the cheese, saves you 280 calories and 19 fat grams)
6. Ban the bread basket(just one roll with butter contains 313 calories and 19 fat grams)
7. Order a subsitute(instead of hashbrown, order fruit and order turkey bacon(I LOVE TURKEY BACON) instead of sausage- save 246 calories and 26 fat grams)

Exercise Tweaks: 1. Take the stairs(clock a total of 30 minutes througout the day and you'll climb off 231 calories)
2. Say om(pop in a 45 minute power yoga, in addition to decompressing you will burn at least 250 calories)
3. Sign up for a class(take an hour long body sculting class instead of your normal routine. by challenging your muscles in a new way, you can sweat off 266 calories)
4. Clean house(Crank up your fav tunes and completely scrub down, you can blast up to 266 calories in an hour)
5. Meet up for a stroll(instead of gossiping over drinks(high calorie drinks) convince a friend to power walk around a park with you for 45 minutes. burning 300 calories each)
6. Hit the dance floor(Shake and shimmy for 45 minutes to shave 266 calories from your daily tally)
7. Play a video game( Nintendo Wii-playing the boxing game for 30 minutes torches about 216 calories and the tennis burns 159 calories)

Hope some of these ideas help. Good luck Canadians!!!!

And just remember: Eating 1 cup of bread stuffing, half cup of turkey gravy and 8 onz of roasted turkey adds up to 720 calories, which takes 104 minutes of hiking to burn off. Watch what you eat Canucks!!

:drinker: not doing so well.... only reaching around four.... find it hard at work to fill the bottle...

four is a good place to start. try a little more each day, i bet in a couple weeks you'll get up to 8 for sure. maybe try to get 5 a day now. work your way up.

p.s. dont keep such an eye on the scale my dear, just update your ticker on weigh in days, then it wont drive you crazy. lol but whatever is working for you is great. 6 pounds is a GREAT start dar!!!!:bigsmile: Congrats!!

Yesterday was a good day! walk/ran 2.5 miles on the treadmill, man it was humid in there!
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today already down 1 cup:drinker:

Hey everyone! I am back, had alot of internet/computer troubles the past few weeks, so kindove forgot about this darn good website...hope its alright that I join you again in the weight loss....I do really need some support, i have been going downhill, either maintaining or gaining....so it has not been good.....I am not exactly sure what i weigh in right now, but I will weigh in with you guys on wednesday. I am really hoping to lose 15 pounds by the time the new year starts.....which is in roughly two months.....so i am really gonna kick my butt into gear!!!! Maybe we should try for an exercise challenge to start on wednesday, i know those really get me going....either way, im so happy to be back, i feel like ive been in withdrawal lol...anyways, take care everybody!

glad to have you back!:bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

so, i havent been with u guys on the water challenge, but for today, i am challenging myself to drink approximately 10 cups of water....i think it will definitely help!!!! keep it up everybodym oh and jay_83 i love those things you posted, the information and tips are very helpful!!!

Good morning everybody.
Good luck today.

193.0 today.

Well last weeks weigh in did anything but excite me, so I ramped everything up this week. I added another set of 5 reps to all my weight and core exercises, another 5 minutes to my yoga routine and another 10 minutes to my walking. Hopefully by the end of this week the scales will be going in the downward or right direction. I think somehow that MFP's calculations for my caloric intake is way off base because I am consuming fewer calories than I am alotted and managed somehow to gain weight? Any wise guru out there who might be able to explain this away? Please don't try to tell me it's from my added exercise, things just don't happen that fast (I've only been at this intense stuff a week). Yes muscle weighs more than fat, but I have more fat than muscle at this point in time. I have been drinking water like crazy too, in excess of 9 glasses a day, I shoot for 12 a day and go over that most days. Any feed back would be appreciated. Have a great day!