Motivation

Bummer...can't work out like usual this morning...have to drop off a car at the shop with my husband and then have committments at my son's schools...

I hate getting off my routine...glad we have an elliptical...going to have to get on it tonight after the boy's hockey.

Goal today is to stick with 1200-1300 calories in case the workout doesn't happen....

Of course I woke up starving...going for the protien bar or the oatmeal...can't decide.

Good morning and have a great day all!

Welcome to the group Waterphoenix :) happy to see you made it out of the 160's :) congrats :)

Dee - I have three kids also, so of course that didnt help with the belly, ugh...  and yeah i am too cheap to try anything expensive on my skin, lol..  WHOOOOOHOOOOO you got on the bike , yay :) and 20 min of yoga this morning :) yay :) (hey drink some water ;) )

ltlmsmfft - i kinda figured surgery would probably be our only options, just hoped maybe there was something else along the way we could try...  yay on exercising yesterday, and WTG on the lb loss :) YAY :)

Pooh - just stick to the plan of the day and you will do great... :) and if you have that bite of brownie, just make sure its not tooo close to bed time and its not too big of a  bite :)


okay, my scale is still acting all funky, its either 156 or 157.5  so since i took the 158 yesterday i entered the 157.5 for today, its still a half pound loss either way :) GO ME :)  tomorrow is my 6 yr wedding anniversary, and its a good thing my hubby wont be here for it, lol.. cos i dont wanna go out to eat just yet lol...

have a good day all... and remember WATER WATER WATER.. :)

What have you eaten today???

Breakfast- quaker instant grits BACON!  (they were really yummy, low fat and low cal, made me feel like i was cheating)

Lunch= Cherry coke (won't give it up) and Lean Cusine Shrimp and Angel Hair pasta very good

hmmm my day is basically just started.. had time to eat a bowl of frosted mini wheats with skim milk, a lo carb monster and did my hour of billy blanks basic training tae bo... probably will have a lean pocket for lunch, though i am going to try to start adding in a salad instead??  havent touched my water yet, bad me..

hey everyone!! im back.. been swamped at work... had this crazy i mean psycho chocolate craving and i couldnt figure out where it came from. well monday i figured it out.. i never though that i gained weight during TTOTM but to my amazement i stepped on the scale and gain 5 lbs overmight.... im hoping this passes..  still drinkin my water had some tuna for lunch and am undecided about dinner seeing as these cravings for pizza and mcdonalds are on my right and left shoulder whispering sweet somethings in my ear... where is my protein bar??  time to go to the gym.

Hi everyone and welcom Waterphoenix! 

I didn't do too great with yesterday's goals.  I did finish drinking my 1.5L bottle of water before I left work (made the bus ride home interesting!) but I didnt do my cardio workout.  :(  I was still feeling down when I got home, so I took a nap on the couch.  I guess the good thing is that I didnt reach for some junk food for comfort.

Today's weight was 149.2 but I am going to give it a bit and see if this weight sticks around for a few more days...   Today's goals are pretty much the same - drink my water (I am almost done, and I still have 1.5 hours to go at work) and do my cardio workout.  I went for two walks today on my breaks too. 

I dont really have any good suggestions for loose skin, but I have heard drinking water and rehydrating yourself helps a lot.  Another good reason to keep drinking!  I personally have been doing Pilates for almost a year, and find that toning and conditioning really helps when you are loosing weight.  I love Pilates!!  :) 

Messam - shoo those cravings away and reach for something good for you :)  about that time of the month.. i havent had it since mid august (this is pretty much normal for me since i had my left ovary removed and then my tube on the right tied after my last child)... but i swear i still have monthly pms and bloating... keep the water intake up (remember 1/2 your body weight you should drink , changing the lbs to ozs..  157.5 for me today so i have to drink at least 79 oz of water, 16 more for the hour of exercise i did..so thats 96 oz for me..) and hopefully this TOM weight change will go away.... 

Heather- its okay that you didnt exercise yesterday, today is another day :)wtg on the 149.2 :) my weight seems to fluctuate so much that i think i would give it a good week once i get into the 140's before i actually move down to it lol..    and wtg on the water drinking today :) i dont think i could do Pilates, seems like it takes a lot of body strength, that i dont have..  gotta get some actual muscles in my body first...  (guess i need to increase my protein for that) 

Keep up the great work all :) gonna grab my cup of water... drink drink drink.. lol.. 

Brigitte

messam- when it comes to the cravings i have found it's best to satisfy them without going overboard.  if i don't what happens is i eat some of this and some of that never feeling satisfied because it's not what i really want.  for pizza run to the store and get a lean cusine veggie pizza (only 4.5 g fat) and for mc donalds,  get 1 kids meal and SPLIT it with your child!  it's enough to give you the taste without going overboard.  follow it with some ff frozen yogurt or another low fat item to fill your tummy.  For those who don't have kids immediately cut the portions in HALF and THROW THE REST IN THE TRASH to avoid the temptation.  I also suggest not eating there or in the car.  Wait till you get home or your destination.  This way the fumes from the grill wont tempt you to order more.

Hey, just started calorie count today.  Weighed 157 this morning.  Need some help getting motivated to exercise.  Can't seem to make myself do anything.

Welcome to the group and to CC Staceysgirl.. :)  have you checked out the tools yet??  figured out how many calories you should be eating,  and how many you are burning??   do that first off...  and keep track of EVERYTHING you eat/drink during the day.. it will make you hold yourself accountable for it..  DO NOT go below 1200 calories a day, your body needs this base number of calories just to keep working..  at a sedatary rate..  and you dont want your body to go into starvation mode... also DRINK THAT WATER... you are right about where i am, so you need at least 79 oz of water a day ...  8 oz more per half hour (i think) of exercise you do...

On the motivation of getting up and doing said exercise.. You WANT to lose weight, right? You WANT to get into shape. Get up and DO IT!!  You WANT to feel better about yourself..  even if you just start with doing ten minutes of slow walking a day it will help..  I HAD to literally force myself to get up OFF the couch and JUST DO IT...  You WILL feel better if you do.. I DO :)  and I have worked my way up to one hour of cardio m-w-f-s-s and one hour of Calisthenics t-t. :) and as you do it more often, you will feel better, and be able to do more...  i know its hard to start out... but you CAN DO IT!!  we know you can :) 

i'm about to sign off for the day.  i'm headed to the gym for 79 min of workout time!!!!  i'm keeping right on my goal of 420 min of exercise for this week.  I can do it and so can you!!!!!!

Bye ltlmsmfft - wow 79 MINUTES, you go girl :)

PROTEIN ???    Is anybody here getting the amount of protein they should be getting??  my understanding (please correct me if i am wrong) is that you should get 30% protein, 30% fat, and the rest in carbs..  If you are doing this, PLEASE tell me how :)   Thanks

Brigitte

just came back from the gym... i ate my protein bar..  and i think i might have weight lifted and ran those fast food cravings away.. feeling like salmon for dinner.... so far so good.

Yay Messam :) you think?? you might have weight lifted??  LOL...    I dont do fish.. ugh.. probably should??

Really excited about finding Calorie-count.com.  What a fantastic tool in losing weight.  I have been able to stick to my 1224 calories for the past week and have lost 3 lbs.  I am down to 153.  I am so happy with myself.

My tip!  Log everything you are planning on eating in the morning right after your breakfast.  Then you know what you can splurge on or treat yourself with and not end up at the end of the day wishing you had not eaten something.  It helps also to make good choices for side dishes at dinner instead of the fattening ones that seem so easy to choose. 

Good luck all, hope you find this plan as easy and fun to follow as i do!  Sheila

Could somebody tell me if i am doing this right??

the allowance calculator says this...
Calculate Calories Needed for Goal Weight

You should consume about 1500 calories a day to reach your goal weight of 135 lbs.

the expenditure calculator says this...
Daily Calories Burned


You burn 1700 calories during a typical day.


so okay, this is todays Total Calories Consumed        1,592

and this is todays Total Burned Calories        2,428

now thats a deficit of 836, and thats okay to lose weight right???

heres the answer i got on the weightloss board..

"As long as you stay between 500 and 750 you are on track.  Be sure to eat enough, drink enough water and work out.  All together you will achieve your goal in time  This is not a race, it takes time. "

See, I knew the 148/149 was not going to stick around for long!  Today's weight is 150.2.  My goals for today are to drink all my water, go to my pilates class (1hr), and then find something healthy to eat becuase I am going out for dinner.  Sigh, its sad when going to dinner causes stress becuase I cant find something healthy to eat.  I almost dont want to go, but its rare for my boyfriend to ask me to do something with him and I dont want to turn him down...

I dont get near enough protein either.  I have started trying to eat some more light dairy, egg whites, chicken at dinner.  I haven't found a good way to increase my protein, but I think I will take a bean salad to work next week for lunch.  That may help.

Unicat - as for Pilates, when I first started I was still around 200 pounds and hadnt done any real exercise in ages.  I was just starting to do some cardio and decided to try this class offered through my gym at work.  It was intro level, and really basic but I needed that to start.  I was recovering from a bad back injury, a pinched nerve AND a broken tailbone!  I think its the same as any exercise, you have to take it slow and know your own limits.  Some days I cant do the moves and have to modify them.  I personally love it and havent had any back issues in almost a year!

Good luck to everyone today with your goals!! 

Oh by the way I have added some of you as friends, and feel free to add me as well!  :) 

I'm new to this site and 156 pounds. I am hoping to eventually join the 130's club, but to be honest I have been in the 153 - 158 range for about a year. I think my body is just happy here. When i decided to start working out I was 178 (18 months ago) so the weight has been coming off very slowly. I am hoping that this will result in my body wanting to stay at a lower weight permanantly. In the 18 months I have dropped two sizes. Weight training has replaced a lot of the flubber with muscle so i'm a size 8-10 now. Hoping to be a 6 by the summer, but we'll see how that goes. I am eating about 1,450 calories a day and work out 5-6 times a week with a break on the weekends.  Good to know there are other people out there on here in the same weight range.

Hi everyone! 

Heather- Just about every restraunt has grilled chicken on the menue as a sandwich or appetizer so try to stick with that and sometimes I even lie to the waiter and tell them I am allergic to oil, butter etc. to make sure they don't add any fat to my food. If you tell them you are on a diet they don't care so much, if they think they might kill you by adding butter to your veggis they take that pretty seriously.  You can get the info you need by first asking do you put any butter or oil on your veggis?  Then respond with Oh darn I'm allergic to that can you prepare them without?   Do you know where you are going to eat?