Weight Loss

I am 40 years old, 5"5 and 148 . My goal is 137 and i  should be 137 by July. Would like to find  somebody to do this together, to support and to help to reach goals.

have a great day , everybody

Leila - you're doing better than anyone right now!  I haven't been to the gym all week, but this is a temporary setback.  Once Mackenzie's out of swim class I'll be back on track.  It's only been two weeks but it's derailed me.  I am proud of myself, though, for keeping track of my calories.  The last two nights I've had neighbors come by and ask me and Mac to dinner (hubby is out of town) and I've had beer both nights. (that explains why I haven't posted!)  But I've eaten very light both nights and that, again, is a new habit that I've picked up here on CC.  The bad part is.. I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm not going to have dropped any weight this week.  I guess we'll know tomorrow! :-)

I've been clicking around on the message boards and I keep seeing everyone talking about zigzagging their calories. It's usally mentioned with someone trying to break through a plateau in their weight loss. Do you guys know what that means?  Maybe a moderator can tell us! 

Keep it up, Leila - you're my inspiration right now!

Oh, and that's a pic of my little one taken at the beach a few weeks ago. 

I am 53 and have 60 pounds that I want to get rid of.  I  walk and basically that is it . Also on a 1,250 cal. diet plan.

My problem is proportion control and I am an emotional eater.  I am not really into sweets that much but love cheese, meat, olives, smoked oysters, well actually, I crave them.  I am trying to snack on  cucumbers and other veggies but that is such a delite and nothing is better than grazing over the salad bar or taking a corner of a piece of pizza with nothing on much on it while everyone else is grabbing 4 pieces at a time without a care in the world. LOL

Hi girls,

I am glad to hear about you Alison. Your daughter is so cute, great picture. I was doing pretty good all this week, going to the gym and watching my calories. I weighted myself today - lost one more pound, i am 144 now!!!! I am so happy. I am loosing a pound a week, maybe it's not  a lot, but i prefer to do it slowly.  I don't know anything about this zigzagging, but i would like to know too. 

Welcome lilithinwaiting, i am also eating 1200 -1250 calories a day. Hope to see you again here.

Lela

Hi Lilith - welcome!  I'm also an emotional eater, and I think that Leila said she's one too.  The cool thing is that after doing the calorie counting, a lot of my cravings went away.  Have you lost any weight yet?

Leila - CONGRATS!!!  That's so awesome.  You must be so pleased. I'm happy too, because I lost another 1/2 a pound!!!!  I'm 126.5.  I'm THRILLED, especially since I haven't exercised this week.  I was dreading getting on the scale, but yay, it worked out! 

Lori, where did you go? - we miss you! 

Here's an article on zigzagging calories that I found - it is for when you're doing everything right but still can't lose.  It makes sense, but we're all losing right now, so it's not for us..

http://www.articlesbase.com/fitness-articles/ zig-zag-calories-for-weight-loss-74803.html

Thank you, Alison! I am happy, now i can wear clothes that i couldn't for some time. It's a great feeling, you feel so much lighter. Congratulations on your weight lost too, that's great!  I am going to the gym today after work, planning to go. It is so hot again, today it will be 100F and humidity. So it depends, last time i went to the gym it was so hot,  just couple fans were working.

Lori, where are you ??

Leila

Oh my gosh, Leila - don't they have air conditioning at your gym?  Or was it just broken that one time?

I am not sure but it felt like there was no air conditioning at all. So i went to the gym today and it's the same thing, something is wroing with conditioning, i didn't stay. Maybe tomorrow in the morning will be better.

I'm back girls, sorry away for so long. My son had to stay over night at the college  he will attend this coming fall. It is close to my daughters so I stayed there on Wed and Thurs night.

Welcome lilithin, hope you are planning on staying with are little group.

I didn't have a good week. Two weeks ago I was 110.4, last week I only lost.4 which brought me down to 110 even on last Friday, then this week I GAINED .4 and am back up to 110.4. So needless to say I am the same weight that I was two weeks ago, not a good thing. I really don't get it I have been doing pretty good calorie wise, not being faithful to the workouts is killing me.  I had a calorie deficit so I shouldn't have gone up, but I did.

Good job Alison and Leila, you both lost and I am happy for you guys. Next week I will being doing it with you as well. I really am going to get back to this seriously now, enough with thinking I can play around and still lose. I was doing so well the first month, so I will do what I was doing then. No more yummy food for me lol, and lots of working out.

Alison your little one is a cutie.

Have a great weekend everybody!

Lori

I just looked at my weight log and realized that the first time I got down to 110.4 was on June 10th, which was two and a half weeks ago. So I am no better off than I was back then, that is depressing.  I know it is good that I haven't gone way up, but I feel like the past couple off weeks were a waste. I know I sound like a cry baby, but I am actually mad at myself. I remember a few weeks ago my cousin asked what I was down to, and I told her just about 110 pounds. So if she asks me again and I have to say the same thing, I will be ashamed to have to tell her the same thing. She knows I'm always counting calories, and will think I am wasting my time. I know I can't let it bother me because I am doing this for myself, but it does bother me. 

Sorry to post two posts in a row, but I just had to vent.

Hi girls,

I am glad you are back Lori. Well, you will be back on track and everything will start working like it should again. I guess we can't  really play with the calories, i mean we should get at least 1200 not less. Otherwise our body thinks that we are starving. But you know all this, sorry. It is hard for me sometimes to eat 1200 calories, but i snack on something and at least do my minimum. You will be all right, Lori, i am sure. But you didn't gain a lot, that's good.  Maybe you really shouldn't take it so close to your heart Lori, you do it for yourself and there is nothing to be ashamed of  if you don't have a progress all the time.  The lady at my work is with Weight Watchers and she told me yesterday that she was loosing and gaining half a pound during a month. She was able to loose it at the end, but it took some time. So don't worry, everything will be all right and we are here for you.

We went yesterday to the japanese restaurant, where we eat pretty often. I love sushi and my husband too. He was in Air Force for 17 years and was stationed in Okinava Japan for 7 years. So  actually he opened for me the world of japanese cuisine. And i just fell in love with it, especially sushi, misu soup ( tofu soup). I didn't know that sushi has so little calories and it is so filling. Do you like japanese food or any other ethnic foods?

It is very hot today again and i am sweating sitting at the computer. So i will wait with gym until it will get a little cooler. Anyway i will have a lot of walking to do today, we go shopping with my girlfriend to the big shopping center. Maybe it will be raining today again. Yesterday on my way home it was raining so hard that i couldn't see the road, only lights, hardly. It was thunder and l lightning, it was really scary. I even don't know how did i make it home, but i did.

I had a healthy breakfast today with oats and fruit and going to keep it the same way for the week-end.

have a good week-end, girls

Leila

Lori, hi, we missed you. Does it help to know that I would kill to be 110.4?  Or 111, or 112?  Ha, ha!  But I know, we each have our own individual goals that we're eager to obtain.  You can do it!

Leila, you poor thing, I'm going to mail you a block of ice!  They should give you your money back at that gym!  I hope they fix things soon.

My only exercise this week was a walk, but I got a blister and had to limp home barefoot! It was weird because I was wearing socks and shoes that I always walk/run in.  Oh, well.  My daughters swim teacher wants her to go one more (extra) week to work on floating.  UGH!  It's so inconvenient and has really cut into my workouts, but what can I do?  I have a pool, and I have to keep my daughter safe.  So I planned ahead for Monday, and packed both my swimwsuit AND my gym stuff.  I know it's a lot of time at the gym, but so be it.  We can do anything for a week, right? 

Leila - I adore sushi.  I totally crave it sometimes, and back before my daughter was born, my husband and I used to go to our favorite sushi restaraunt for Thanksgiving.  Isn't that crazy?  I also love indian food! 

Here's to a new and healthy week, girls!

Alison

Hi everybody,

Yes, i hope that they fixed it during the week-end in the gym. I really miss gym and hope i will go today after work. It cooled down a little today so maybe i will go no mater what will be in the gym.  The week-end was really busy with running errands, shopping and visiting family. I was in my calorie range, even had hard time to eat 1200 cal. It is important for your daughter to know how to swim, of course and you will have great time in the swimming pool and in the gym. I wish i could swim in the pool, but i can't find anything close.

I love indian food too, Alison, and we went again to the japanese place on Sunday. We just love sushi

have a great day

Leila

Hi

Alison I hope your blister is better. I wish I was going to lessons with you daughter. I'm 43 and couldn't swim to save my life, had swimming lessons as a kid, but still couldn't do it. Starnge that all of my kids can swim like fish. By the way I know a lot of people would be happy at my weight, but like you said My own goal is important. I will get there, just can't give up.

Leila I couldn't imagine going to the gym without  A/C, I'm glad it's a bit cooler for you today.

Hope you girls are doing well. Yesterday I spent the day with a friend I haven't seen since high school, we had a lot of laughs. Then today I spent the day with a friend I haven't seen in about ten years. We spent the day at my daughters, and she brought her two daughters. It was nice to see each others kids all grown up.  Both days I did very well with the calorie thing, so thats a plus. I'm thinking that the next weigh in might go well for me.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Emergency, emergency... I don't know why I did it, but I stupidly got on the scale at the gym today.  I guess because I've been working out (well, I worked out Monday and today :-) ) and I was just SURE I'd lost more weight.  Guess what?  BACK UP TO 128!!!!!   And I've been good, you guys!!!!!  How could that happen?

I guess the point is that we need to stick to our weigh in days, cause the scale really goes up and down a lot within any given week. But boy, it really freaked me out. 

Another weird thing is that I didn't get my period in May or June.  I took a preg test, and I'm not pregnant, so I guess I'm starting early menopause . This is not a huge surprise to me.  I had a hard time conceiving.  My fertility doc told me I had some issues and might start menopause early.  Lori - maybe you could advise being a nurse - could that have something to do with having a hard time losing the weight? 

Alison

Alison maybe you are gaining muscle it weighs more than fat, which would be a good thing. What time did you go to the gym, we weigh more the later it is in the day, or maybe you are retaining fluid ( has your sodium intake been high in the last few days?)

As far as it being harder to lose weight during or after menopause, this is very true. I blame menopause and my age on my slow weight lose. Menopause wasn't natural for me, it was induce by chemotherapy. That is when I gained my extra weight, as soon as my periods stopped. I weighed 93 lbs on my wedding date in 1982, same weight after first, second and third child. I didn't gain a pound and didn't have to watch what I ate ever in my life, until about 6 years ago when lovely chemo stole all of that from me. So know you know why I want my body back, it was always the same for so many years and then it was gone. I know that age alone would have changed it some, but I do believe early menopause was the most major factor. As far as not getting your period for two months , you can ask your doctor to do hormone blood tests to determine if you are in early stages of  menopause. If you are I'm sure that has something to do with the slow weight loss. I hope this has helped a little. If you are not beginning menopause your doc may want to run other tests, to see why your period is absent.

Doesn't it suck when you get on the scale after doing good and get disappointed?  I know to well how that feels, but we have to get through it. Maybe on Friday things will look brighter for the both of us.

Leila did you make it to the gym today? I didn't, and I'm sad to say I don't even care.  I  have decided that I am going to  put  it off until next week. I am going away from Friday morn until Sun afternoon. I'm hoping to take my 2 year old grandson with us, if I do I am going to pick him up Wed. Which means Wed thru Sun would be no gym. Some things are just more important, and this weekend is going to be dedicated to enjoying life( I do plan on counting calories and eating right).

Enjoy the night. Lori

Hi girls,

I am glad you were both here today. I was very busy at work today, i even didn't have a chance to write. So, yes i went to the gym today  and had a good workout on treadmill for 45 minutes. I really missed gym and i am going to go on Thursday, we have a short day at work. I am also planning to go on the long week-end couple times. Oh, Alison, you probably are gaining muscles and it's great. I would prefer muscles to the fat. Don't worry ,you  will start loosing again soon. I hope that your blister will go away and you will be able to walk again, like you used to. I have plans for the week-end - not having any plans. We are invited to couple family parties, but we are staying at home or going to the movies with my husband. Maybe if it won't be so hot, we will go to Annapolis. It's just 30 minutes away from us but it's pretty little town with narrow streets and old buildings. Besides that, it's a port and famous US Naval Academy is there too. We like to go there and walk for hours and look at the beautiful boats. I agree, Lori, family is more important besides that you are going to watch your calories any way.  I usually weigh myself in the morning, first thing. I think that it matters when you do this. Do it again on Friday, Alison, maybe you will see your weigh loss. 

I am doing good with my calories, have a hard time eating minimum calories. Today i was so busy that forgot about lunch, when i have got a salad i didn't want to eat anymore. Today i have couple hundred calories left, i will probably eat watermelon

Have a great week-end, girls!

Leila

Leila if you don't mind me asking when you are on the treadmill, what speed do you walk at? Good for you going today and again on Thursday. I don't understand how you have a hard time eating your calorie limit, I could eat three times the amount I am supposed to easily lol  Sounds like you will be getting your exercise in on the weekend by walking around so much. I'm planning on doing a lot with the little one, so maybe I will burn lots of calories. One good thing is I will have him with me, so I won't be tempted to have a few drinks, that otherwise I would have. I bought a seedless watermelon today, I might have some tonight too.

Lori

Thanks guys for cheering me on.  It was later in the afternoon that i weighed, so maybe that was it.  I will get my hormones checked and see what's up.

Leila - hooray for you - you are so "in the zone" right now.  You're an inspiration!  My blister is gone, and I'm just wearing different shoes now :-)

Lori - thanks for the advice.  You're an inspiration, too - I didn't know you went thru chemo.  That means you are truly a survivor - that is so wonderful!

Good night girls

Alison

Hi everybody,

Usually i walk uphill with 3.5 or 4. It depends on my energy level. As for the calories, i didn't eat yesterday what i supposed to eat, just had 1188.I don't know what is wrong with me, i just don't feel like eating a lot now. Maybe it's because of the heat, but it is much cooler now. This morning i ate my oats but couldn't eat what i usually eat. I don't know what is going on but any way i feel good.  I really miss walking and can't wait when we will go to Annapolis on week-end.  I hope to have time to spend in the gym without looking at the watch.

Well, girls, have a wonderful week-end! We have weigh in on Friday.