I feel a bit odd continuing to post to these threads, since I reached my goal weight back in September. But, I will give my monthly plug for Sparkpeople.com, since I fully credit them for finally being able to quantify Eat Less Exercise More = Weight Loss. We have a SDMB team over there…come check us out!
I am actually a bit underweight now, so I’m going to work on eating toward the upper end of my calorie budget. I don’t think eating two desserts is the wisest way to do that, so I’m going to try to eat a bit more during the day.
I do have a goal…I will be working on toning up my tummy and my butt. Ivylad and I are going to Key West in June, and I’m going to buy a bikini! If you had told me this time last year I was going to be able to fit into a bikini, I would have laughed in your face. But, the weight is gone, so I might as well show me off!
ivylass, you are such great a cheerleader, please don’t feel odd posting these! I heartily second your SparkPeople recommendation. It has been a great tool and resource. Tracking my food and exercise keeps me honest, and it clicks for me personally in a way that Weight Watchers never did.
I’m so glad February is over - although weight loss-wise it went OK, it was a struggle mood-wise. I have high hopes for March! I heartily second your SparkPeople recommendation. It has been a great tool and resource. Tracking my food and exercise keeps me honest.
My new favorite light meal is Fage 0% greek yogurt (thanks, Sattua!) with a cup of berries and a little bit of brown sugar - with blueberries, this works out to 171 calories, 1g fat, 4g fiber, and 16g protein. I constantly struggle with getting enough protein, since I’m trying to eat less meat and I don’t like beans very much, so the high protein of the greek yogurt is great.
I’ve been on my low carb diet for 21 days now, and even though I’ve been faced with great temptation (including pizza that smelled like it was made of heaven), I haven’t given in once. The last sugary treat I had was a valentine cookie my mom gave me during the first week of my induction. I’m still not weighing myself, though. I wish I could report back to the thread with hard numbers.
This week is going to be an interesting one. I’m leaving for Vegas for a conference on Wednesday, and I’ve already come up with a plan and a way to reach said plan without becoming too inconvenient/impossible/frustrating. It’s mainly going to be keeping myself focused–last night I had a dream that I slipped up once and so I just figured “to hell with it” and kept eating whatever I wanted. But since I don’t want to die of weight-related health problems, or diabetes, and that desire is stronger than the desire for dessert, I think I’ll be okay.
Oh, and a special Curse You to **jali **for introducing me to Emerald 100-calorie Cocoa Roast Almonds. I couldn’t find them at Publix, and I’m almost out. twitch twitch.
I’ve gained back all of the weight I lost, and am not happy about it! I just haven’t been able to stick to Weight Watchers, so I’ve signed up for SparkPeople. Hopefully this will be the kick in the butt I need to get back on the weight loss wagon.
I was down six pounds since beginning mid-January, but a couple of visits to family plus three days in New Orleans are going to make tomorrow morning’s weigh-in… interesting. I started at 182 and left off at 176; I’m prepared for the scale to say… maybe… 178. I hope. crosses fingers
More cheers for Emerald cocoa roast almonds, woohoo!
Yeah, I’m definitely on the high end of the five-or-so pound range I’ve been in lately.
I’ve been kind of dancing around it, and I haven’t really said anything on the board yet (not like I think anyone particularly cares) but my boyfriend of almost nine years and I broke up last month. So on the one hand, I haven’t been too hard on myself eating-wise. On the other hand, I’m single for the first time in forever, and could really use some weight loss!
We’ve had a houseguest for the past several days, who will be staying for at least several days more, and I’m basically in maintenance mode and trying desperately not to fall off the wagon. I’m having trouble getting up the courage to do a workout video in front of said houseguest. I am still eating well, though, except for a pizza episode last night that I think was monthly cycle-related. I am still at 7 pounds lost since Jan. 1. As long as I can not backslide while the houseguest is here, I’ll be happy. (It’s MrWhatsit’s brother - last time he was here I indulged in a lot of ice cream sundaes and other treats because, hey, houseguest! Party time! So I’m very pleased that so far I have not indulged in any diet-busting treats while he is here.)
I’m doing good. I only had one slice of that NY pizza which would be truly miraculous if I believed in god. I can hold out another few months until I go back east to see my mom and can have it again. I blew off working out today because I have cramps and I’m busy wallowing in self pity but I haven’t been reduced to begging my partner for some of his chocolate stash.
Helen’s Eidolon I’m so sorry to hear of your break up. Nine years is a long time and I’m sure you’re very sad right now, no matter what the reasons for your break up. Be kind to yourself! Actually that includes gentle exercise and NOT hitting the chocolate which will just make you feel rotten the next day! Hugs.
For me, things are plodding along. I am now 21 weeks into my new lifestyle and have lost a total of 10kg. I am down to losing a pound a week or less at the moment, I need to tighten up my diet, add a LOT more veg, a little more fruit, and a lot more excercise as I am not hitting my 45 minutes a day target more than three or four times a week which is not enough. On the other hand it is a very slow and gradual downward trend which is nice to see. I’ve got another 12kg or so to go.
So at the start of this March thread I am at 69.6kg. What numbers will the start of April bring??
Hi, all. I’m jumping into the weight loss thread and just joined the SDMB SparkTeam.
I went back to Weight Watchers last week. I’m a Lifetime member and a former leader, fer god’s sake, and I have more pounds than I want to think about to lose to get down to my Lifetime weight.
My biggest problem right now is that it’s too freakin’ cold to get out and walk in the morning before work, which is my best time to get exercise in. It’s MARCH, people! Tomorrow morning it’s supposed to be 10 degrees at the time I usually walk. When it’s too cold in the morning, I’ve been taking my walking gear to work and walking in the beautiful arboretum that’s right next door, but tomorrow at noon it’s supposed to be 15 degrees and windy – windchill of -2!
Hi, everyone. I have been a bit undisciplined with my eating over the past week and a bit–ah, this morning told me why. (It was PMS, wherein I and potato chips become one, and I could eat Saskatchewan.) Still, looking at February 1 and February 28 weights, I was down 2.something pounds from the start of the month. Slow and steady, but better than crash(dieting) and burning out.
I have been diligently showing up for my SuperSlow weight training workouts and honestly trying to go to muscular failure every exercise. As my husband says, it’s just once a week (really!) and I don’t have to do it for another seven days. The next day I feel a little residual soreness, but it’s a good kind of sore, and is gone the day after that.
Every week, I am stronger. Every week, I either do more reps or work with higher weights. The nice thing about weight training with a personal trainer (my husband) is that every rep and weight is recorded, so I can look and see progress.
So I’m building muscle and working on eating because I’m hungry, and stopping when I’m full.
I’m also walking–wimped out a bit today due to having my period, and “only” walked the dog 2 kilometers. I feel good.
Have a great March, everyone! Spring is coming, and it will be easier to get outside and be active!
It’s good to be below 200 again, although I did get down to about five pounds lower up to about last August. Still thinking about 175 long-term and, like Bakerwaves, I’m using Lent as a suitable occasion to deal with a few bad habits that have crept back in, not least the last-thing-at-night sandwich that was getting to be too darn common.
In fact I undershot my target weight by another 1.5lb, so I now stand at a grand total of 152.5lb (10st 12.5 in real weight), which is 35lb down from where I started. And I’ve got nice gold key ring to prove it too.
I think the amount of time I’m spending in the gym is having a real impact on my weight loss because I’ve been relatively slack about what I’ve been eating over the last couple of weeks and I’ve STILL lost weight. I’m aiming to lose another 4lb to make me 10 and a half stone in total, then I’ll stop because anything less and I’ll start to look gaunt (I know that from last time).
So thanks for all the support and kind words Dopers, it’s been a real help. I’ll be sure to keep checking in to make sure I stay on track, but the hardest part of the job is now done.
After a small gain last week, I lost 4 pounds this week. This, of course, earned me a scolding from the Weight Watchers site about losing too much weight. Today’s weigh-in puts me at 200.4 which is irritatingly close to 200. Total loss since January 3: 16.4 pounds.
I was feeling pretty happy at the end of last week - working down to just above 86kg. On Friday lunch I biked 10 miles, then ran 3 miles (the hard bits of a sprint tri). That really killed my legs.
Then the weekend
I had to skip my Friday evening workout because I had to go on my first Street Pastors patrol round the village (that was four hours of slow ambling though).
Saturday morning was a mens cooked breakfast at church. Then my wife and I had lunch at the pub (she works bar, and had drinks on the book that she had to use by the end of the month). We did manage to have a really light dinner.
Sunday I slept in, so did not make the gym before church, and in the afternoon had a pretty light bike ride, taking photos of some other church members doing a sponsored spin class for our local church charity. I didn’t do the sponsored spin because where I work, every week someone asks for charity sponsorship, and where I live, everyone I know already supports the charity. And then I cooked a really tasty roast chicken, followed by apple crumble and custard.
So I was back over 87kg this morning. Bah. Back to the grind.
I’m still 191. It’s killing me that I’m 1 pound shy of a 50 lb loss since last March. I still have 51 pounds to my goal. I worked out every day last week; 1 hour on weekdays, 1/2 hour on the each weekend day, and nothing. I hate that.
