DIS Ladies Only Meet 2006 Weight Loss Challenge - Starts March 28

[mommaU4]

mac and kim please please be healthy. Don't do anything to hurt yourselves any more. It makes me want to cry to read that.

 

[anut4disney]

Beth, it sounds like a great plan to me. At least losing a little every week is doing something. That is my biggest fear that I won't lose anything not even a pound.

 

[SnowWhite33]

I just want to say to everyone way to go for even making the effort that it takes to do this. The first step is the hardest. I know.

Anyone who has trouble just drinking water-and giving up the sodas, you can do it. I went from regular cokes to all water-I just stopped cold turkey. It was hard, but within a week my cravings went away and now I always have a water next to me. I can't tell that I've lost any weight from it, but it makes me feel good to know that I'm trying. If anyone has access to a water called Aqua Cal try them, they are flavored and calcium fortified. They have a wonderful taste with 0 calories, fat, sugar, or carbs. It's the same as water, just with flavor. They are also calcium fortified.

Good luck to everyone, let's all be proud of what we are doing.

And just a little mushy something-thanks in advance to the support that I will need, my "eeyore" mood is very difficult at times, and I'm going to have to count on you gals a lot.

 

[kelsco99]

I am joining this!

I am having salad for lunch!

I am drinking my water!

I am going to the gym after work!

I am going to tell my story when I have more time to post!

I am going to post my picture here and on the other board!

I am going to PM my weight to Kat! (264)

You didn't see that, did you?

Kelly

 

[SnowWhite33]

I am joining this!

I am having salad for lunch!

I am drinking my water!

I am going to the gym after work!

I am going to tell my story when I have more time to post!

I am going to post my picture here and on the other board!

I am going to PM my weight to Kat! (264)

You didn't see that, did you?

Kelly

See what

 

[SnowWhite33]

Ok, this might sound a little corny, but I've heard this song a couple of times and to me it's inspirational, and kinda fits what I'm trying to do with my weight loss and new lifestyle.

It's called Unwritten by Natasha Benningfield.

Unwritten

I am unwritten
Can't read my mind
I'm undefined
I'm just beginning
The pen's in my hand
Ending unplanned
Staring at the balnk page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you cannot find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release you inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else can, no one else can
Speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live you life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

There's a little more, but that's the main idea.

Ok, laugh if you want, I like it and for whatever reason it makes sense to me.

 

[mommaU4]

Beth, it sounds like a great plan to me. At least losing a little every week is doing something. That is my biggest fear that I won't lose anything not even a pound.

Well, I should have said that not only do I want to try to lose something each week, if I don't lose for whatever reasonI just want to maintain and not gain. The scale either needs to be staying the same or going down. No more creeping up, up, up.

You can do this. We all are in it together. I see that now.

 

[JennaTX]

Hey ladies, it sounds like everyone is off to a great start today.

I sent Kat my weight already, I might as well take the plunge and let ya'll know too, it is 190.5. It was what I expected.

Today is not really starting off that good for me, I woke up with some kind of stomach bug, I can't keep anything down, not even water. At least I am not over eating I guess, lol.

Beth, your plan sounds great. Small changes can really add up!

I also have to stop the late night snacking and control my weekends.

I am so proud of everyone! Give yourself a pat on your back from me!

 

[mommaU4]

Ok, this might sound a little corny, but I've heard this song a couple of times and to me it's inspirational, and kinda fits what I'm trying to do with my weight loss and new lifestyle.

It's called Unwritten by Natasha Benningfield.

Unwritten

I am unwritten
Can't read my mind
I'm undefined
I'm just beginning
The pen's in my hand
Ending unplanned
Staring at the balnk page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you cannot find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release you inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else can, no one else can
Speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live you life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

There's a little more, but that's the main idea.

Ok, laugh if you want, I like it and for whatever reason it makes sense to me.

No one will laugh. I think it's great that you shared that. In fact, I think we should all feel free to share any song, poem, story, whatever that inspires us or motivates us. You never know who else out there it might touch. And if nothing else it will do you good when you see it here.

I have a confession to make. When I first had my twins and the work seemed overwhelming at times I would sit on my bed and cry. One day as I was sitting there this other voice/thought came into my head like a drill sargeant saying get up and care for those babies and kids cause they need you and no one else is gonna come do it. It worked. And now whenever I have something I need to get done I think what would a drill sargeant say in this case and I take on that thought. Like a "just do it" kind of attitude.

Okay so maybe not all of you are hearing voices yet but you know what I mean. Just suck it up and order yourself to put down that cookie or walk that extra block. Step outside of yourself for a minute and talk to yourself the way someone else would. Just not out loud....

 

[sahbushka]

Hey everyone...things are going well so far. I am just having my lunch break now (a lean pocket and an orange), I had a 100 calorie granola bar for a snack earlier and am on my 4th water bottle. The only thing that sucks about today is being at work! At least I have you guys! Everyone keep up the good work!
Sarah

 

[SnowWhite33]

Hey everyone...things are going well so far. I am just having my lunch break now (a lean pocket and an orange), I had a 100 calorie granola bar for a snack earlier and am on my 4th water bottle. The only thing that sucks about today is being at work! At least I have you guys! Everyone keep up the good work!
Sarah

WTG!!!

I'm on my 3rd water, I'll have one after my workout at curves and then 1 with my dinner tonight-that's 16.9 x 5 or 84.5 oz of water I figure even at 10 - 8oz glasses, I'm over the daily requirement. If someone had told me a month ago that I would be drinking water the way I am(and enjoying it) I would have looked at them like they had 3 eyes!!

 

[macraven]

 

[mommaU4]

Hope everyone's first day is going well. I did good on my water. Drink 8 glasses already. And did okay on the food too, up until a little while ago. I cannot fix food for my kids. I am so used to snacking on their food while I fix it and then finishing what's left of theirs (which is sometimes almost a whole plate full!!). And that's exactly what I did in addition to eating my own meal. Ugh, such a stupid thing to do after doing so well all day. I am so mad at myself. Oh well. Can't change things now. I will just have to try again tomorrow.

 

[kelsco99]

Hope everyone's first day is going well. I did good on my water. Drink 8 glasses already. And did okay on the food too, up until a little while ago. I cannot fix food for my kids. I am so used to snacking on their food while I fix it and then finishing what's left of theirs (which is sometimes almost a whole plate full!!). And that's exactly what I did in addition to eating my own meal. Ugh, such a stupid thing to do after doing so well all day. I am so mad at myself. Oh well. Can't change things now. I will just have to try again tomorrow.

I know exactly what you mean. It is so easy to just do it and it is so rewarding in the moment but as soon as you are done, the guilty feelings start. You are on the right track by trying again tomorrow. Even better, you can start right now. Don't give in to any more cravings tonight just because dinner didn't go as planned.


oh and Mac, good job on the cake - not opening it and putting it right into the freezer.


I did really good all day - ate my salad and tuna for lunch...fruit as my snacks... it's dinnertime now and I didn't plan anything. I stopped in here first to get some motivation not to eat some easy quick convenient food for supper. I think it's working.... thanks Ladies

Kelly

 

[AdventurerKat]

Hey girls. Good first day! Beth, its not easy to break old habits and it may take time. But I know you can do it! And if you did do that today, you did better the rest of the day than you do normally. Baby steps.

I am trying to resist the urge of the nantucket cookies in the cupboard. First order of business is to force DH to eat the cookies and the second order is to outlaw them from the house, at least right now. I'm having a really hard time with them being there.

If you have not PM-ed me your weight TODAY please do so asap. If you told it to me three days ago, that's not going to work. I need to know what it is today. Unless your name is Amanda, in which case I know you are not home.

 

[Princess Michelle]

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[2BigKIdz]

Good job everyone! We are on the right track!

I stopped by Chili's on the way into work tonight and picked up a guiltless chicken platter, only has 9 grams of fat for the whole dinner and I did not eat the rice so I guess that takes a little of it away. I did have part of a salad as well so that added some fat/calories but all in all feel it was a decent low fat meal. I exercised when I got up and have already had 51 oz of water (well 32 of it was unsweetened iced tea but that counts as water, right?) Hopefully can get all or more of the required 64 in by morning in between running to the bathroom

good luck tomorrow ladies!

 

[SnowWhite33]

I did ok today until dinner, I made them spaghetti and had a little more than I should have. Just one helping, but I know that it's not good because of the carbs. I did go to curves and I did drink my water, so that's at least a little something.

Oh and I ate a snack size candy bar I couldn't resist. Tomorrow will be better....

 

[k_hase]

Great stuff today ladies!! Gym going, healthy eating, positive attitudes.

I ate pretty well, skipped lunch because of a meeting but ate it later. I should try that more often. I actually ate less later because my lunch was later and I wasn't as hungry. So today was yogurt and kashi cereal, an apple, a banana, two servings of honey wheat pretzels (one at lunch, one now), a lean cuisine, a ji-normous salad for dinner. Downsides-sweet potato fries with my salad and the bowl of kashi cereal when I got home from dinner. Also ran with my tuesday night group and did weights and core at the gym. Overall I ate an estimated 2200 calories, just about what I burned today. Even is good.

Now if I could just stop the snacking when I get home from dinner with the group!!


For those wondering, the fairly common calculation is that just to stay alive your body burns about 1200-1500 calories a day, then it also need calories to maintain what extra muscle or fat you have. I use 1500 as my base and then add what ever workouts I do to that to figure out how much I'm allowed to have in a day. I try to stay under or close to that number. So my workout today was about 750 calories but remember that I'm a long distance runner

 

[k_hase]

Tammy, don't freak about the carbs. Carbs are energy. The calculations for weight loss or gain are simple: too many calories no matter what they are made of = gain, too few no matter what they are made of = loss.

You could eat nothing but pasta and lose weight if you didn't have enough calories. That said, simple carbs (white bread, sugar, potatoes, pasta) burn faster and you get hungry sooner, but carbs themselves are the same as all the other calories.