Eat Healthy; Get Fit; Lose 100+ New Group 11/9 - 11/15

HealthyMom4MyKids
HealthyMom4MyKids Posts: 49
edited September 20 in Motivation and Support
Sorry so late getting started. Please feel free to start this thread on the new week.

Kim
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  • ColoradoGirl
    ColoradoGirl Posts: 423 Member
    Hey thanks..

    So, how did everyone's week go?
  • EllienLyla
    EllienLyla Posts: 34
    is this a group for people who need to loose more than 100 pounds? cuz thats me:)
  • ColoradoGirl
    ColoradoGirl Posts: 423 Member
    yes.. it is... Welcome!
  • Momma2four
    Momma2four Posts: 1,534
    Hey glad to see a new post

    Welcome Asia
  • leshawnturner
    leshawnturner Posts: 382
    HELLO!!!! It's good to see everyone!!! My weekend was busy as usual. I did better on my water (for it to be the weekend), but it still needs improvement. I go to my nutritionist tomorrow so hopefully my scale will match hers. I weighed on Sunday and I was down 1lb!!! Its only a pound but I'll take it. I upped my workout to a full 45 min workout and its killing me:noway: !!! I'm doing the Firm workouts and its got me sweatin like a hooker in church!!! :laugh: :laugh: But I'm able to use weights that are heavier than I've ever used so I'm happy!!

    Have a great day!!!
  • BetterVersion
    BetterVersion Posts: 459
    Hey guys :smile:

    Welcome Asia, and big congrats to Leshawn!!! Way to go on your loss!:drinker:

    I've had a good week in one sense- my diet and exercise, as well as my water intake, were very good. However, I seem to have plateaued already and I am feeling a little frustrated. :grumble: I'll go to see my dietician tomorrow and see what she has to say, but until she changes anything I'll just keep doing what I'm doing and hope this stall ends soon. :ohwell:

    Any suggestions on breaking through a plateau??? I don't think the dietician is going to drop my calories again, as she just did so at our last visit.
  • Momma2four
    Momma2four Posts: 1,534
    Great Job leshawn, 1 pound down is in the right direction.

    mommamcoy, I think the only real thing to do is just keep going. If you walk, walk a bit faster. Or if you work out to a dvd add a walk a couple of days a week. I really think it has to do with uping the activity level. Are you eating at least some of your exercise calories because that is the other thing. If you are not eating enough it can slow that metabolism down. I personally am tired of losing less then 1/2 a pound each week. So I have added an evening power walk to my routine to see if I can bump that up to a pound and a 1/2.
  • clheide
    clheide Posts: 112 Member
    I'm doing the Firm workouts and its got me sweatin like a hooker in church!!! :laugh: :laugh:

    WAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAA!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    I do the Firm too! They're killer!!!
  • BetterVersion
    BetterVersion Posts: 459
    Great Job leshawn, 1 pound down is in the right direction.

    mommamcoy, I think the only real thing to do is just keep going. If you walk, walk a bit faster. Or if you work out to a dvd add a walk a couple of days a week. I really think it has to do with uping the activity level. Are you eating at least some of your exercise calories because that is the other thing. If you are not eating enough it can slow that metabolism down. I personally am tired of losing less then 1/2 a pound each week. So I have added an evening power walk to my routine to see if I can bump that up to a pound and a 1/2.

    The funny thing is, it was after increasing my walks- both by speed and distance- that I began to slow down on the weight loss. However, I'm aware it could be due to multiple things- or nothing at all!- so I'm trying to just not worry about it. I have thought about adding in extra exercise, though. It can't hurt!

    Good luck with pumping up your exercise! I hope it pays off BIG! :bigsmile:
  • steph1499
    steph1499 Posts: 36
    Im so glad this group was started. :) I have lost 15 pounds so far and loving it. lol Im sticking to my diet. I am having a cheat weekend cause hubby and I are going away this weekend. Ok so its basicall a drinking and riding our 4 wheelers weekend. Im sticking to my diet till friday and then going to go back to it on monday. I wont be eating the calorie but drinking them. We sooo need this weekend though. Im glad to see everyone is doing well.
  • Momma2four
    Momma2four Posts: 1,534
    Hope you have a nice weekend with your husband, I wished my husband and I could get a way just the two of us. We have 4 kids, if you could not tell by my screen name:laugh:
  • BetterVersion
    BetterVersion Posts: 459
    Im so glad this group was started. :) I have lost 15 pounds so far and loving it. lol Im sticking to my diet. I am having a cheat weekend cause hubby and I are going away this weekend. Ok so its basicall a drinking and riding our 4 wheelers weekend. Im sticking to my diet till friday and then going to go back to it on monday. I wont be eating the calorie but drinking them. We sooo need this weekend though. Im glad to see everyone is doing well.

    Every time I say this, someone totally bashes me... buuuuut it still doesn't change my mind that having a cheat day once or twice a month is not only acceptable, but necessary for your mentality. I've even done a weekend thing like you before. Do you pay for it the next week? Yep. Does it set you back? Of course. But, when done very seldomly, it's sooo worth it. So work hard this week and then go have a great weekend! Don't worry- your diet will still be here when you get back. :laugh:
  • Shelley130
    Shelley130 Posts: 142
    Im so glad this group was started. :) I have lost 15 pounds so far and loving it. lol Im sticking to my diet. I am having a cheat weekend cause hubby and I are going away this weekend. Ok so its basicall a drinking and riding our 4 wheelers weekend. Im sticking to my diet till friday and then going to go back to it on monday. I wont be eating the calorie but drinking them. We sooo need this weekend though. Im glad to see everyone is doing well.

    Every time I say this, someone totally bashes me... buuuuut it still doesn't change my mind that having a cheat day once or twice a month is not only acceptable, but necessary for your mentality. I've even done a weekend thing like you before. Do you pay for it the next week? Yep. Does it set you back? Of course. But, when done very seldomly, it's sooo worth it. So work hard this week and then go have a great weekend! Don't worry- your diet will still be here when you get back. :laugh:

    I completely agree with you about the cheat days. Without them scheduled I tend to binge. I do better when I think to myself "you only have to make it to Friday". I do have trouble making them only once a week though.

    My husband and I are starting a contest tomorrow of who can lose the most weight by Thanksgiving, only two weeks away! I've been seriously slacking the past month so I think I'll probably have a good number next week just in water weight. We haven't decided on a prize yet, any ideas?
  • BetterVersion
    BetterVersion Posts: 459
    My husband and I are starting a contest tomorrow of who can lose the most weight by Thanksgiving, only two weeks away! I've been seriously slacking the past month so I think I'll probably have a good number next week just in water weight. We haven't decided on a prize yet, any ideas?

    Yea, a great giant slice of PIE!!!! :bigsmile:

    Hmmm... the after-dinner clean-up goes to the loser? I know, even when I cook for just my little family, Thanksgiving dishes seem to be endless!
  • Momma2four
    Momma2four Posts: 1,534
    i am with you all on cheat days. I have 1-2 cheat days a week. I need to go down to only 1. But it is what has kept me going for 8 months and down 41 pounds. I know it is a bit slow but it is in the right direction, could not have done it without cheat days.:laugh:
  • lids0578
    lids0578 Posts: 12
    hi everyone your progress is amazing. keep up the water challange. last week i told you i went to yoga.
    the instructor and i talked about intense work outs, she brought it to my attention. cardio is good but it can also kick up the cortisol levels. She instructed to concentrate on breathing during intense work outs. I hadnt lost much weight since the intense work outs, this week i decreased to 30 min per day and did the breathing exercise and kept my pulse on the low end of intesity and have lost 4 lbs since trying this. I just wanted to share this maybe it will help you.

    keep up the great work



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  • BetterVersion
    BetterVersion Posts: 459
    hi everyone your progress is amazing. keep up the water challange. last week i told you i went to yoga.
    the instructor and i talked about intense work outs, she brought it to my attention. cardio is good but it can also kick up the cortisol levels. She instructed to concentrate on breathing during intense work outs. I hadnt lost much weight since the intense work outs, this week i decreased to 30 min per day and did the breathing exercise and kept my pulse on the low end of intesity and have lost 4 lbs since trying this. I just wanted to share this maybe it will help you.

    keep up the great work



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    This is an interesting concept. Thanks for sharing. :smile:
    Congrats on your loss! Keep it up!
  • leshawnturner
    leshawnturner Posts: 382
    I totally agree on the cheat days or weekends even. I also believe they help your sanity and it keeps you from binge eating (at least for me it does)... still working on my water. I'm consistently getting in about 69 -74 ozs a day.

    The deep breathing is something i've heard about but never tried. I'll have to try that.
  • Momma2four
    Momma2four Posts: 1,534
    Good morning ladies, I am struggling a bit on the water the last couple of days/ well today is a new day I will do better. tom has paid a visit so I am not counting on a huge weight loss but I know there will be something tomorrow.
  • BetterVersion
    BetterVersion Posts: 459
    Hi all. Bad water day for me. Think I'm about halfway to my goal, but my day's almost over. :ohwell:

    Bad day in general, I guess. Has anyone ever been taunted for being fat WHILE you were very obviously EXERCISING? I mean, if you hate me so much because of how I look- then shut up and let me work on it! Geez. :mad:

    Some people disgust me.

    P.S. Sorry for the random thought... just something that's been bothering me all evening.
  • lids0578
    lids0578 Posts: 12
    HANG IN THERE. I GO TO A PUBLIC GYM ONCE A WEEK AND I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT PEOPLE STARING, BUT JUST HOLD YOUR HEAD UP AND KNOW YOU ARE THE BETTER PERSON.
    YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.
  • Shelley130
    Shelley130 Posts: 142
    Hi all. Bad water day for me. Think I'm about halfway to my goal, but my day's almost over. :ohwell:

    Bad day in general, I guess. Has anyone ever been taunted for being fat WHILE you were very obviously EXERCISING? I mean, if you hate me so much because of how I look- then shut up and let me work on it! Geez. :mad:

    Some people disgust me.

    P.S. Sorry for the random thought... just something that's been bothering me all evening.

    That sucks! I haven't had anyone taunt me but I do have people who look at my machine stats. So I will be on the elliptical puffing along, sweating, breathing like a dying cow, and I will catch the skinny girls next to me trying to see how long and what level I'm on. The only thing that saves me there is since I weigh so much more than them I burn much more cals in a shorter time haha.

    Who cares what they think. I know personally when I see a heavy person exercise I'm thinkin "you go girl!!" :flowerforyou:
  • ColoradoGirl
    ColoradoGirl Posts: 423 Member
    Hello everyone.. how has your week gone? Mine has been super busy!!! At any rate I stayed did well with my water most days (Wednesday, I should Have drank a little more). The good news is that I am down 2 lbs for the week@ Yahoo!!! :happy:

    I have another crazy busy day again today so, i have got to get it started and get into the workout room!
    Will we do any different kind of challenge this week?

    Thoughts?
  • BetterVersion
    BetterVersion Posts: 459
    Hey guys! Thanks lids and Shelley for your responses :happy: I'm over it today. Especially since the scale was so nice to me this morning... I'm down three pounds this week!

    I managed to salvage my water intake yesterday and am glad to report I exceeded my goal.

    Only bad thing is I have to check in with the doctor today, too. He'll be ecstatic with my weight loss so far, but unfortunately he won't get to see that additional three pounds since my appt. is at 3 in the afternoon.:grumble: I'll have eaten twice and drank a lot before that time. That extra weight will be counted in addition to the 1.5-2 pounds extra I always get for wearing clothes (since at home I'm an undie-weigher :blushing: ) But I'm still hoping for him to be able to record a 10 pound difference, and that'll be decent enough.

    How about you guys?? I hope everyone is doing well!
  • Shelley130
    Shelley130 Posts: 142
    I don't take the chance!! Those undies could weigh pounds!!
    Nude weighing is the only way for me :laugh:
  • leshawnturner
    leshawnturner Posts: 382
    Rude people are stupid people and they are everywhere unfortunately and I don't know who told them it was okay to talk out loud!!!:noway: Keep doing what you are doing because in the long run you'll be happier than they will ever be!!:drinker: I've had a really rough week this week. I'm up 2lbs after I was down 1lb at the beginning of the week!!!:cry: The scale is starting to really hurt my feelings...it would be different if I wasn't watching what I was eating and killing myself working out (I did a 52 min FIRM workout yesterday that was a beast!!!!). BUT I AM!!!!! Tomorrow is my tough day with workouts (Zumba in the AM and FIRM in the PM) who knows maybe the scale will go back down after all of that...
  • clheide
    clheide Posts: 112 Member
    happy friday everyone! i weighed in this morning at 191.0 (down 1.6lbs from wednesday, 2.2 lbs from last week), which i'm pretty happy with because i'm just a little bit closer to my short term goal of being under 190 by the end of the month!!! going to a concert tonight, so i'm hoping that all of my rocking out will burn more cals!!!

    make it a great day all!!!
    =) charity
  • Shelley130
    Shelley130 Posts: 142
    leshawnturner:
    the scale and I have such a love hate relationship as well. Maybe try weighing just once a week to avoid the 1-2 pound roller coaster.

    clheide:
    191.0?!?!?! Yay! You're Awesome!!
    :bigsmile:
  • BetterVersion
    BetterVersion Posts: 459
    happy friday everyone! i weighed in this morning at 191.0 (down 1.6lbs from wednesday, 2.2 lbs from last week), which i'm pretty happy with because i'm just a little bit closer to my short term goal of being under 190 by the end of the month!!! going to a concert tonight, so i'm hoping that all of my rocking out will burn more cals!!!

    make it a great day all!!!
    =) charity

    Congrats! Your total weight loss is truly inspiring, and to see you're still going at it gives me hope for when I get a little further along (I have a hard time imagining I can ever lose much more than fifty pounds.)
  • BetterVersion
    BetterVersion Posts: 459
    Rude people are stupid people and they are everywhere unfortunately and I don't know who told them it was okay to talk out loud!!!:noway: Keep doing what you are doing because in the long run you'll be happier than they will ever be!!:drinker: I've had a really rough week this week. I'm up 2lbs after I was down 1lb at the beginning of the week!!!:cry: The scale is starting to really hurt my feelings...it would be different if I wasn't watching what I was eating and killing myself working out (I did a 52 min FIRM workout yesterday that was a beast!!!!). BUT I AM!!!!! Tomorrow is my tough day with workouts (Zumba in the AM and FIRM in the PM) who knows maybe the scale will go back down after all of that...

    I agree!

    I'm sorry to hear it's been a rough week for you. Keep it up and you WILL see it pay off. Do you ever use any other scales? I don't know which one you use, but perhaps it's time to replace it??? LoL- that's the first conclusion I always come to when I'm not seeing any losses for a time. The scale is my scapegoat, and is in constant threat of being replaced if it doesn't give me what I'm looking for! hahaha:laugh: :laugh:
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