quote:Originally posted by Cajetaguy: Weight Progress: I just surpassed the -30 pound mark. Since mid-January I have lost 32.2 pounds, and my Body Mass Index number is now a decent 22.6.
My strange way of celebrating was to pick up two 15 pound dumbbells, walk around the room, and then put them down. Quite a difference.
My currrent workout schedule is to use a treadmill five times a week, and to use dumbbell weights three time a week.
Congratulations!!! That's great - good for you!
Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out of our habits grows our character; and on our character we build our destiny.
Just posting- I did my push ups and crunches this AM. I am recommitted to doing them just after my walk. If I want until after breakfast I don't ever do them. Laurie, I am making this my goal this WEEK. Thanks for the suggestion. (I'll see about carrying it on- just want to get this week under my belt.)
This is my first time trying it. I've really been feeling out of control lately. I am hoping baby steping back through the basics will help get me back in the game. A lot of the steps I am choosing for the month were my early steps when I started last year.
When I get to a new week I want to keep up on the previous weeks goals. If it starts feeling like I'm overwelmed I may make each goal a 2 week goal instead.
Laurie
There is no luckexcept where there is dicipline.
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I want to do my crunches and push ups every day. I was doing great with this for a while and just quite during April. 50 crunches per day and 20 push ups.
My other goal is to continue to be clean with my eating- for me right now this means that I weigh and measure food and do not eat from Sophia's plate or the cooking pot. (I probably don't need 10 bites to see if I've salted enough!)
As far as my weight- I feel that I am in a good place- at the highest point of my goal weight. I am ok with it, but would like to go down up to 5 more pounds over the summer. I think that clean food and the increased cardio might help.
quote:Originally posted by Sandy: Remember that (statistically) the slower you loose, the more likely you are to keep it off!
Trust me, that is what I console myself with when I get discouraged about the fact that it's taken me 10 months to lose 30 pounds.
I know I'm not 20 anymore and, on top of that, I have some additional challenges, but it is still frustrating to work as hard as I'm working and still have to fight tooth and nail for a half of a pound loss per week (if I'm lucky).
Yea, I know...life ain't fair, Sheri! Boo hoo!
Personal Healthy Habits Challenge - 10/1 to 12/31/08: 1. Exercise: Get back to consistently working out 3-5 X week. 2. Food: Get back to consistently preparing healthy lunches for the week with increased veg servings. 3. Behavior: Reduce intake of sweets.
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Now 11.2 gone, 14.8 to go. I have to admit that I am a little proud of myself since this weekend. We went on a mini-trip (sat & sun), but I still lost 1 lb. for the week! I made sure that I drank all my water, ate salads before my meals and stopped eating when I was full. I ate basically the foods that I wanted, but just practiced portion control. I promised myself before the trip that I would not get depressed if I "slipped" up and to actually have fun without worrying the entire trip about gaining weight. What a nice surprise when I weighed this morning. It really made me realize that I have made positive "changes" in my life, I'm not just on a "diet".
Sheri, You really are SO CLOSE. The babysteps'll get you there. Remember that (statistically) the slower you loose, the more likely you are to keep it off!
I am not doing so well in getting to my May 8th weight goal of 150 or below (I'd chosen May 8th vs. April 30 or May 1st like most folks because of my vacation).
I've been exercising 6 times a week, have increased both my cardio time and intensity, and have been eating pretty darned clean, but Easter weekend didn't go exactly as planned and I did have a few times of eating out and, even when I try to eat clean out, it seems to cause either a gain or at least not a loss.
The 2 weeks past have seen small gains, but gains nonetheless...the last thing you want to see when you are working toward a major vacation goal. I had hoped to crack 150 by the time I leave for vacation and I don't see that happening now. I really upped my veggies last week and am doing that again this week, in hopes of dropping a little.
Depending on the day and the time of day, I'm around 2.5 to 4 pounds away from my goal weight for May 8. Just about the most I EVER lose in one week is maybe a pound or 1.25 pounds so, with less than 2 weeks to go, I don't see 150 happening.
So close but so far!
Personal Healthy Habits Challenge - 10/1 to 12/31/08: 1. Exercise: Get back to consistently working out 3-5 X week. 2. Food: Get back to consistently preparing healthy lunches for the week with increased veg servings. 3. Behavior: Reduce intake of sweets.
Posts: 7356 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
Thank you for your kind words . I actually am doing a bit better, feeling more like myself. I went walking on Sunday, convinced my mom to go with me and we are going to try and make it a weekly thing. She is going to try and do some walking be herself too. I told her how surprised she would be to see it is almost effortless when you have a buddy. Right now I am eating a few strawberries with cottage chs., so I am getting my healthy habits back. I was pretty bummed I gained 5 oounds back after it took me so long to lose them, but i think I can me back on track by July 1st which was my target date for the 10 , but now it is 15 pound weight loss. Maybe I can get pretty close. Hope all is well with you and I wish you a good week.
Stacey, I have had times when I am doing well for while and then eat something outrageous that I really don't even want. I have had to work through feeling like I don't deserve to be thin or the idea that I am destined to be fat no matter what I do or eat. I journal to work through this stuff. I don't know what the meat pizza was about, but I could relate to the self-sabatoge. Take it easy and be good to yourself.
Hi I have not been around so much this week although I really should have been.I Have had a very bad eating (only after I get home) and unmotivating non fitness oriented week. Today at this hour is Sunday and I am going to start clean tomorrow. I need to take a deep breath and remember how far I have come and how good I feel when I eat and behave healthfully. It is not usually this much of a struggle, I need to figure out what is triggering these actions. Even my husband has said that I have been eating things I don't usually really like, for instance a super fattening loaded pizza. He got heartburn from it and can't believe that me who always orders the veggie type would order this super meat lover greasy type thing. I feel sick just talking about it or writing about it now.
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I wish I could give him nuts, but he is deathly allergic to any kind of nut... which really makes lable reading a must for me! But thanks for the idea on portion sizes!
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