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Not as much as I should be, honestly. But my office keeps it too cold for me to drink room temp. water. So I try to drink decaf green tea while at work, then I switch to my water bottle at home that holds 24 oz. I usually drink one of those. But I've been doing this for the past 8 weeks, so it seems weird to be catching up…
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I like to say, "Don't count the calories, make the calories count!" There's more to what you eat than just calories. There's vitamins, fiber, and probably a whole bunch of other stuff that we don't even know about yet that is good/bad for our bodies. I try to make sure at least 90% of my calories are from good sources like…
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I workout in the afternoons but most of the time it's for reasons beyond my control. :noway: I take a spinning class twice a week, and it is scheduled at 4 PM. So I have to actually get up early and get to work so I can leave for the class. I'm also on my company's softball team, and we practice in the afternoons after…
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It took 3 weeks before I saw the scale move, too! I initially lost 1 lb in the first week and then stayed there for 3 weeks before I FINALLY saw a decrease in 0.5 lbs. I don't think I entered starvation mode, but I think my body was in shock from just eating better and exercising more and was like "Hang on a minute here!"…
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EEP!!! Sorry about that. :( Is it possible to change this title? :embarassed:
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I do enjoy the occasional beer with dinner, but only if I have enough calories leftover at the end of the day. For all the talk here on MFP about "eating your exercise" calories, I'd say it's better to indulge to reach your calorie goal than to risk going into starvation mode. :laugh: I'm a Sam Adams girl myself. Love me…
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A lot of it is also how you dress for your body type. I am a classic pear-shape, and I have learned to not accentuate my hips in the clothing I wear. One coworker guessed I was 125 lbs but I'm 155 lbs! I've also got a lot of leg muscle so it's heavier than my other flabby areas. I'm hoping when I get to my GW of 140 lbs…
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*raises hand frantically* Oooh, ooh, me me me!!! :happy: I'm 5'2" and 154.5 lbs. I'm hoping to get down to 140 lbs at least, then we'll see from there. Because we're cursed with the "little person syndrome", we won't lose that much at one time. And to be honest, I don't want to. I want this weight loss to stick! The main…
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This happened to me yesterday! I normally over eat on the weekends, but I try to be good during the week. Well night before last I stayed up late watching TV and recovering from an intense spin class and a busy day at work. Yesterday I was dragging so bad and considered forgoing exercising altogether. I managed to put in…
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This just goes to show how important it is to find an exercise regimen that you enjoy! You will never stick to losing 1 or 2 lbs a year if you are miserable. As for me, I gained 20 lbs over 8 years, or 2.5 lbs a year, 0.2 lbs a month. It really can creep up on you! It took me 4 weeks to lose 1.5 lbs (from 28 Feb to now),…
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Sorry for the double posts! Apparently I don't know the difference between reply and quote, lol! :laugh:
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No, and I should have! But I can definitely tell that my pants are fitting better and I'm losing the little pooch below the belly button.
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Well I'm trying to look at it as an overall lifestyle change instead of a diet. Cheating one or two days out of the week keeps me sane, honestly. I never go crazy, but I do have some more carbs and some alcohol. But starting back on Sunday, it's back to the diet. Promise! :wink:
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No, and I should have! But I can definitely tell that my pants are fitting better and I'm losing the little pooch below the belly button.
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When I was in high school playing softball at 18-years-old (all this to say at what I consider to be my "peak" physical condition), I was around 130-135 lbs. And since I'm never going to be working out 2 hours everyday and being active like I was back then, I've always set my goal to be 140 lbs. That's what I was when I…
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I have the same issue, so I don't know how much help I'll be. But something that makes me feel "better" about going a little over on the weekends is the fact that we eat a big breakfast around 10 AM, usually making us skip lunch, and eat dinner around 4 or 5 PM. So yeah, we go way over on our meals, but we're only having 2…
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Well after 3 weeks at the same weight and countlessly correcting lows, I've decided to lower my basal rate by one full unit. I'm hoping this will help me contain some of these lows because I'm pretty much ruining my exercise calories in glucose tabs, which are not very tasty IMO. I'm also just plain frustrated for being at…
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I don't like drinking regular water here at work because my office keeps their temperatures pretty cold. So I started drinking decaffeinated green tea after I drink my coffee in the morning (1 serving, but I don't count that as water). I switch to my regular water bottle when I leave work for at-home and when I work out. I…
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I will usually have a cheat meal, but not a whole day. It keeps me sane because if I had to stick to my calories everyday then I would get stressed out. And being stressed isn't good for weight loss, either. Plus, I've heard/read somewhere that having a cheat meal can be good because it revs up our metabolism by reminding…
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Hey! You and I sound very similar! I'm 5'2" and at my heaviest I was 160 lbs. I'm currently 156 lbs and would like to be 140 lbs. The best advice that I can give (from a combination of my own experiences and fellow MFP members) is patience. I want this weight loss journey to also be a lifestyle change, but that means that…
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I'm definitely not a gym person either! I have a free gym membership through work, but I mainly go and do the spinning classes there. I've noticed that I do better when I'm being directed, so a class, DVD, or Wii Fit are easy, no-thinking exercises for me to do. On my own, I like to go jogging outside around my…
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Weekly on Friday mornings after I pee and I am completely naked. I rationalize that I weigh the least at this time because I'm usually really good at sticking to my diet/exercise during the week. And if I get a positive result (i.e. a weight loss), then I will reward myself with an iced coffee or margarita that night. Plus…
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I have a pretty set routine for Sunday - Thursday. I consider Friday my off day because we usually go out with friends for dinner, so I don't have time to workout. On Saturdays, I clean the house, which doesn't sound like a true workout but after 3 hours or so I work up a good sweat, so I consider it a workout. :) Sunday:…
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I weighed in today and lost another pound! I feel so sore from working out like this again that I was kind of hoping for more. I can't believe that I worked out almost everyday this week and only lost one pound. But I stuck to my diet fairly well without starving myself. My arms are so sore from that freakin' Wii Boxing! I…
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I managed to lose 1 lb. this week. I'm just not sure if it's true weight loss or just fluctuation, because I can go up and down from 157 to 160 very easily these days. But this week is the first week I've really started working out as well as watching what I eat. I turned on the Wii Fit for the first time in forever (!) on…
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Been using myfitnesspal for awhile, but this is my first post on the boards. I'm not really sure I fit into this "not-that-heavy" category, but I've never felt that I was fat. I'm 5'2" and currently 158.5 lbs, and most of it is in my butt and hips. When I was at my most active, playing softball, working out 2 hours…
