In summary, there are a few people/things standing in my way, although for the most part it is me. The medications I am on now do not cause weight gain, but it is still difficult for me to lose weight on them. There is still an occasional day when I wake up with vertigo and then have to debate how much movement is okay and in the end, I almost always decide to not exercise that day.QOTD: Share 3 or more positive aspects of your first week in the BL Challenge.
CC -
to you! You have come so far, and I am proud of you! You will get to where you want to be. You've got a better dr, bingeing has cut down, and you are killing us with the exercise.
I forgot to do 3 aspects, so I am going back and re-answering QOTD:
1. I lost a pound!
2. Despite an emotional week, my first birthday without my daddy, birthday foods, and crazy life, I kept my emotional eating under control.
3. This one is funny, but since all my others tie together, I'll post it. While my brother didn't wish me happy birthday, he did give me one of his famous back handed compliments. We tease each other relentlessly, usually when there is a monkey, gorilla, etc. on tv we'll say there you are, etc. We've bought each other ugly stuffed animals b/c they remind us of each other, etc. Well, he told me "I saw you in Lowes' yesterday." "WHAT?" "Yeah, they had their Halloween stuff out." "Oh, was it a princess?" "No it was a skeleton, just bones. Told Gina it looked just like you."
I'll take it!
Well I only lost .5 but after last week end I will take it!!!! I was so worried I gained some.
To rearrange Dr. Seuss "A loss is a loss no matter how small!" Good job!
I was successful with my exercise plan. I walked 2-6 miles each day (2 on gym days, 4-6 on non gym days) and I went to the gym 4 times. Unfortunately, I at bad all week. My weight was EXACTLY the same.The last one I will need some help on. For those of you who have changed your eating habits, how do you do it without giving up the things you enjoy or if you did have to give up the things you enjoy, how do you feel satisfied? How do you teach yourself to like vegatables and healthy foods? I love fruits and I like salad (but hate the work of preparing them!) but for veggies, I only eat corn, carrots, peas, green beans and broccoli.
Don't be so hard on yourself. Look at the exercise you accomplished! That alone will make you healthier, which is the main goal. As for the eating, first off, I see potential here. Carrots and broccoli. I take a 2-3 c. bowl of carrots with me to work every day. The crunching takes care of my need to chew and eat, and they fill me up like crazy. I try to keep hummus there, too, for a different flavor combo. I make sure I eat the bowl full, it's kind of a mini challenge. I eat a large serving of broccoli before I eat anything else for lunch, again with hummus or sometimes a very small amount of ranch dressing, less than 1tsp for a whole 2 c. bowl. When you grocery shop, grab baby carrots, broccoli, have you tried cauliflower? cucumbers? I cut them all up as soon as I get home, so we have them available for snacking and meals all week. This helps my girls, as when they are hungry they know mamas going to say "fruit or veg". I must admit, that this is one thing I am so super proud of, to have that change in their diet. I put out a plate of the veggies when I am cooking, and we all snack on it before dinner. Do you like baby spinach? I know you mentioned you like salads. I love the stuff, especially once I learned how few calories are in a huge bowl, which is filling for me. I try to take it at least 2-3 times a week for my lunch. I fill a huge bowl, add a couple of tsp. of light vinagrette dressing.
I will promise you this. Once you begin the changes, your body will slowly start to reject the bad stuff. When I eat greasy, fatty foods, I get serious stomachaches. One thing that helped me was to read the wonderful things that broccoli, carrots, spinach, etc. do for you. As for giving up things, for the first few months, I had to give it ALL up. Completely cold turkey. All sugar, most white breads, flours, etc, all junk food. No splurges. No cheating. One cheat became a fast fall down a steep hill, so I had to have the willpower to say no. Once my body got used to the new foods, I got over the cravings for the most part. Now, I am like Rose. If I REALLY want something, I have it. Sometimes a taste, sometimes a half a serving, whatever. Otherwise, my brain builds it up to be the best thing ever, and I can't get over it. Yesterday, DH bought cookies that looked heavenly. They were huge, and yummy. Since I indulged and ate 2 of the beasts, I didn't have any calories left for dinner. Went to bed hungry. Lesson learned, for the day.
Well...I got through my first full week and have lost 2.5 lbs. I am very excited and know that with all your support I will reach my goal.
Wonderful job!!!!!!!
Tough to answer, since it has been a lousy week for me... I came down with a bad cold/sore throat, had to work unexpectedly two days, and have been in high gear getting some stuff done around the house. My exercise has definitely been on the back burner.
I'm still fighting this stupid cold.... headache is mostly gone, sore throat is improved, but now I'm coughing and sniffling... so no run again today.
P = sorry you had such a rough week! Hope you feel better, mentally and physically, very soon!
3 Positive Aspects of the 1st Week: 1) I ran the day after I got back from my vacation 2) We restocked the house with good food right away 3) I was able to get a couple of days of "office laps" in for an hour yesterday and today -- it's like bonus walking in the air conditioning, without any colleagues around
GREAT job Maria!!!!
Taryn, you're making entirely too much sense for me to understand you. It's like we speak two different languages or something. Again! You with the smart planning. I have actually done something similar in the past and it was helpful. I think I'll give it another try.1) I exercised 6 days this week. I never did really want to, but once I got started, I was glad to be getting it done.
2) Craving diet coke every morning this week, but haven't had one since... last Sunday?
3) I feel like I really am making progress toward finding the balance of sustainable lifestyle changes.
Connie - great job this week! AS for my language, that's how I've always rolled. It drives DH crazy when he's home - he's forever telling me "just go to bed" Well, I will, once everyone's bags are packed, clothes are laid out, dishes are in dishwasher, face is washed, lunches are ready, coffee is made, and laundry is rebooted.
One thing I have had to learn is that I can do something in 5 minutes. It's hard for me not to finish something, but by chipping away at a project, I feel better. If you like lists, make one of each step, (old clothes out, sort by size, sort by season, etc) when you can cross one step off, you'll feel better than if you have "organize clothes" written down and have to wait until the project is done to do it. Another hint - don't fold anything till its' done. You'll be looking at those tags way too many times to deal with that until the end!
Lost .8 for the week! Contributing the small loss to my overindulgence last weekend and this annoying bloated feeling I've had the last two days.Gonna be hard as I'm a BL addict!!!
Tracey - think about how you felt all those weeks you had to post a gain! You lost, baby, you lost. I'm an addict too. Good thing we have a support group for that!
I started out very strong and lost 3 lbs, then stress, life and a nasty cold put a damper on that. I was up a pound from my starting weight today. I normally weigh in on Sunday as that just works best for me. Maybe I'll at least break even by then. It sucks having a head cold, sore throat, ear ache and worst of all bed spins (with no alcohol involved).
I hope you feel better soon! You've made some strides that you can be proud of!
You deserve some time to unwind. Im sure the girls with have a blast with there grandparents. Have a great time at the game.Your sophie tells you more about what happened at PS then my kindergartner tells me. I feel like I have to pull teeth to get anything out of him. I guess its a boy thing. Hit my half way goal. Official lost 30 of the 60lbs
that was a 2.2lb weight loss for the week.
WAY TO GO LINDSAY!!! I am sooo proud of you! I hope they have fun. I miss the little princesses, though. I have NEVER been the mom to take time away from them, so it's hard for me. VT games are almost the only time we go out. I know we need more date nights, but I really just enjoy the family time, when we can squeeze it in!
1 pants (and other things) are almost falling down
, thats a good thing and a bad thing (because I need to go shopping I hate clothes shopping!
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2 Even though I was feeling lousy most of the day Sunday, I made better choices with my food rather than unwise choices
3 Even though my calves were still really tight from standing and dancing on a hill all night Saturday, I went for my run on Monday (although I was supposed to go on Sunday
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Bree - isn't it the best feeling! Awesome about the size pants, and I will tell you, clothes shopping gets more fun as you try on stuff you never think you'll wear and it fits, or even better, is too big! Good luck on your race!
1. I lost a pound-but I had to fight for EVERY ounce.2. I now have a place to go to for support
Thanks everyone!
3. I am learning a lot more about healthy eating, exercise, etc. What I learn on this thread is invaluable.
I know what you mean about fighting for every ounce! But way to go! I am so glad you mentioned the lack of emphasis on veggies growing up. It helped me to realize how far I've come in "project healthy kids" with my own girls! As for cooking with veggies - I 'm weird like that. I 'm not a casserole/mixed up foods person. I keep mini bags of frozen veggies, and lots of cut up fresh veggies, and they are my sides. All those chunks of veggies would make me GAG!!!!
I weighed-in this morning on my trust friend the Wii Balance Board and I am pleased to report that I maintained. I feared a gain, so I am content.No new do-upper lip waxing. Unfortunately.
CC - you are on your way for a loss this challenge! Keep it up! Good job getting the app done! I think my DD is going to need those upper lip waxings soon, even though she's only11. She got a hairy body from her Daddy.
She's pretty pale, and it's dark, I'm starting to notice, and I'm sure she'll be more self-conscious about it as she gets older. I'd love to do it now, b/c it bothers me. I'm such a terrible mom!
Tomorrow is the big mud run. I will have to leave early but will be sure to post photos and tell about the race. In many ways I am terrified but it is another chance for me to prove to myself how far I have come.
GO SUPERJEN GO!!!!!!
I am down 2 pounds for the week, which I'll definitely take, especially considering I went to a birthday party and a Rockies game over the holiday weekend (and had a sangria afterwards).
Great job! We sound a lot alike w/ the organizing, and methods to eating out madness!
Wow, I can't keep up!
I am happy that all my hard work this week paid off- I lost 4.6 lbs. I increased my distance & intensity on my walk & really stuck with my water drinking. I averaged 69-110 oz a day!
GREAT JOB KELLI!!!!
UGH! Not feeling great again today, but definately better. Trying to decide if I should call the dr or just see how it plays out for the weekend.
Feel better soon!
I am so glad it's the weekend and I can get all the work-crazy out of my head for a few days. I need to relax, today I was so busy I felt like I was running a marathon!3) I've acknowledged to others that I am trying to lose weight and be healthy, I always used to hide it before and keep it secret so not to be embarrassed - I can be confident about it now because I know I will get good results to be proud of.
I know what you mean about work. I don't think I've ever been so glad to see 3:40 on Friday! I will tell you that the public acknowledgement helped me a lot, especially once I started losing. Almost like I would seem like a faker if I cheated. It's funny b/c now, a friend of mine had cupcakes and said "I would offer you one, but I'm pretty sure it's against your religion now."
So proud to say Im down a total of 4lbs!
Ive worked out every day this week.
GREAT LOSSS!!!!!!!
Mike keeps saying--you need to eat when you're hungry. I have really learned to ignore being hungry, too much I think, so I'm going to work on this. My goal is to have a planned snack every afternoon that has at least some protein in it--starting tomorrow, because I had a really late lunch today!Taryn--Have a great time at the VT game!!!!! So glad Sophie is enjoying preschool!
Good for you! I know what you mean about hunger. I can ignore hunger a lot better than a craving!
I went in to work today for a couple of hours. Next week I am sticking to my scheduled hours--I have been "donating" just a few too many lately. Next weekend is parent's weekend, so we are going to see DS!!!!
We are even running the parent's weekend 5k--well actually Mike and I are running 3 miles before, doing the 5k, and 3 miles afterward. It's our last long run before W&D.I was down again. 2.4 from last week. I'm going to leave my maintain weight where it is for now, and see how the next couple of weeks go. Mike also suggested maybe going to 5 small meals a day, which I am thinking about as well. I wouldn't even mind going down a bit more--that pesky belly is still sticking around--I just don't feel in control of anything right now, which is what is bothering me.
Awesome that they have a 5K run on parents' weekend! I wish I had your loss, but then, I didn't have your exercise, so I can't complain! I think I have about 10 small meals a day. That might be the key for me. I eat a little something every 2-3 hours until about 6 or 7.
I am maintaing (not by choice!)
Enjoy the weekend everyone!
Better than a gain!
Also, I wanted to chime in on the artificial sweetener/refined white sugar and flour/diet or non-diet soda stuff Ive read a lot of books about diet/health/fitness/ food in general over the past year and a half or so, almost all of them treat these things as poisonous to your body on some level or another. Thats what really hit home for me poisonous! The sooner you can cut back and eventually eliminate these things from your diet, the better off youll be from a health AND weight loss perspective. Dont get me wrong, I still have a Klondike bar or some Hershey Kisses every now and again, but I went from drinking four or five cans of Mountain Dew a day to nothing but water, milk (organic, but thats a whole other conversation
!), green tea with honey, and V8 Fusion juice on occasion. I use whole wheat pasta and whole grain bread (having a hard time finding sprouted around here for some reason but I would get that instead if I could). These things have made a tremendous impact on the way I feel on a day to day basis and I truly believe that these changes especially the soda and sugar changes have contributed to a better quality of life, even before the exercising got ramped up and the weight started coming off.
Ah... a subject close to my heart! Still working on the flour part, I love bread so much, especially artisan breads, and they are hard to find in the wheat versions.
2. Having committed to this forced me to go to my WW meeting yesterday rather than skipping it because I knew I hadn't done well. Since I am using those WIs for my weekly BL weights, I had to go so that I'd have something to report to Shannon for the week. I drank my water every day so that I could at least have 7 HH points. LOL!My goal for this week is to average 20 minutes of exercise every day.
Good job CAM!!! You are on your way!
Hey everyone, I am up a little bit, but I guess that is to be expected since I didn't eat much last week and now finally have my appetite back, I just have to watch myself and not over do it.
#1 I am alive
#2 thank God I am alive
#3 I cherish everday because I am alive!
Great perspective. We thank God you are alive, too!!!!!!!
I'm down 2 pounds today. It was 4 yesterday but apparently there is a little adjustment somewhere. It will probably be gone tomorrow but I don't mind having a bit of a head start on next week.
Thanks for coaching last week, and hosting every week! We couldn't do it w/o you! 2lb loss is good!
I'm going to post tomorrow's QOTD now just in case I sleep longer than I plan to do so. I'm going to preface this with the following: I struggled immensely in deciding upon tomorrow's QOTD. The events of 9/11/01 will always be with me. However, my goal as coach in the 2nd week of this challenge was and is to motivate. As such, here is tomorrow's QOTD. What is one fitness goal you have for yourself? And, What is one thing you can do to help yourself achieve that goal?
My goal is to run a half marathon. I had planned one for November, but have backed away from that just b/c of my schedule. I don't want to get myself into something that I can't complete. I know it sounds like excuses, but I'm not sure 1 month is enough to get it done. (1 month b/c that's what I'll have after Brad goes back on 1st)
You've all inspired me. I just printed out the c25k. I have never ever wanted to run, but I know that I need exercise so I'm willing to give it a try.
Watch out, it's addicting!
ell I was so excited that I hit the 30lb mark that I went out to lunch with some of my staff. I needed a break from work. I ended up eating a few pieces of bread. A cup of NE clam chowder ( a brothy kind) and a half of a cheesesteak hoagie.
I have no idea who took over my brain while I was making the choices. I have not indulged like this in a while. I will honest and say that I was completely punished for it. I made 3 trips to the bathroom at work and another when I got home. My body was really traumatized by all I ate.
Yeah, Lindsay, I did the same thing. I was just celebrating Friday, and that darn DH that gets in my way brought home cookies! So yeah, cookies for dinner, and a few onion rings he brought home too. I've been in the bathroom a lot, too. Amazing how our bodies reject the bad stuff now!
Home from our night out! Waited an hour but it was worth it! BBQ Chicken pizza was heavenly! Of course they were practically forcing us out as the band was setting up next to out table! I had two raspberry white Russians and something called a Kracken Up! Really tasty!
Glad you had fun!
I just got back from my walk, I spent an hour doing the P90X legs and back routine then went out for my 30 min walk. I did the week 3 day 1 with my walk fast walk slow version. I am excited to try it with my new shoes next week. Unfortunately I have to wait til Tuesday
1. I managed to move past my plateau with all of your help and lose 4 lbs2.
Great job!!!!! P90X scares the soup out of me!
Gotta be quick, gotta get ready!
#1. Remembering 9/11.
#2. Homework is DONE! I can enjoy the weekend!
#3. One month from today, DH is on 1st again!!!!
#4. Gonna have some liquid calories today!
#5. Let's GO HOKIES!!!!!
HAVE A SUPER SATURDAY!!!!!!
TARYN!
! I'm going to go ahead and log out for the weekend. Wishing you all a happy and healthy weekend 
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to our two newest members, MacG and MickeyMagic! 
Woo hoo! 11 pounds to goal! 
I've been cutting down on my Diet Coke but haven't managed to kick it yet. I admire you for being able to do so. 
! The last time I put anything on my bum that was smaller than XL was before I was pregnant with my son that was ten years ago! 
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One thing that I can do to help myself achieve that goal is to make sure that I am running (or run/walking) three times every single week so that when November 1st rolls around and it is time to start my training, I will already be rocking and rolling! 
for you and your mob tonight! Good luck!
How many years? Your dinner sounds wonderful. Have a fabulous day
