Get in Shape & Lose Weight for August 2014 Group

[WAHkoMom]

I had the biggest loss ever last week: down 1.2 pounds! Whoo hoo!

I am attributing this to two big changes I made about 2 weeks ago: no carbonation (I am a beer drinker - Miller Lite and I was drinking 2-3 seltzer waters per day) and no white food. Now, I won't say I'm religious about these rules, because I take Friday night through Saturday off (no food journaling, but I still work out Friday or Saturday). I have been weighing in on Friday morning instead of Saturday morning and this allows me to go out with my family or friends on Friday nights now, so I'm not feeling deprived if/when someone wants to make plans.

I've decided that when I eat carbs and sugar, I crave carbs and sugar. When I cut them out, I crave proteins and fruits. I stay full by keeping the volume on my plate high with veggies (I'm loving zucchini, summer squash, Vidalia onion and garlic sautéed with olive oil right now!!) and substituting complex ("good") carbs, such as brown rice, sweet potatoes and high fiber bread. I still have cookies, ice cream and white bread in the house for my kids (mostly DS14), but I've been successfully staying away with only an occasional "cheat" on my "days off".

Staying consistent with my strength training, walking/jogging workouts is key, too. I have to take advantage of my hiatus from work, so I get to the gym or the track 6 days a week.

When I started this challenge, I was six pounds heavier and I couldn't walk on the treadmill faster than 3.3 mph. Now, I am trotting at 4 mph for 1 mile straight and I'm very close to getting out of the 200's!!

This group is great for keeping my motivated and realizing I'm not alone!

Oh, one more thing - I was in Walmart Friday (looking for patio furniture cushions) and found Danskin tank tops for $5.96 each. I bought 4 - great for working out in the warmer weather, and you can't beat that price!

 

[Lety4480]

Hello, everyone!

In the past 2 weeks, I've lost about 4.6 lbs. I'm trying to eat healthier and not stay up so late so that I won't be tempted to binge when no one is watching. I've been doing a beginner's workout for kettlebells, and I'm going to resume phase 2 of Slim In 6 today. That first week was a pain, literally. My legs were killing me from the squat work for the kettelbell workout. I'm doing much better today. No pain. I did take the weekend off, but I'm ready to resume. 32 days till the family weight competition is over.

Hang in there, everyone! Best wishes to all.

 

[DISNEY180]

Question for everyone: Have you modified your fitness/weight loss goal(s) for your August trip from what they were originally? Please share as you check in this week..



I don't really have any specific weight goal as much as I use too. I seem to go up and down constantly. I lost 3 pounds 2 weeks ago and last week agained it back I believe alot of that is because I haven't been steady on my workouts. So this past weekend I did a work on Friday, at and Monday nite and went for a leisure walk on Sunday. I am not doing any strength training as cardio is my main focus with a bit of leg work. A big problem I have right now is my left hip issue, I am seeing a physio therapthist, register massage theraphist and a chriopator trying to help me get it feeling better but to no avail. Seeing my doctor next month and asking to see a specialist to find out if at least we can get a diagnosis as this started last fall.

My biggest concern is when I am at Disney. We have plans to enjoy the food so I have a bad feeling that whatever I lose I will gain right back when I go so all this work is just so I can eat more when I am there... I know walking will help no doubt there but some of our TS are after 6 and right now I don't eat after 7 to help keep the weight down..Maybe I should change my TS to earlier in the like lunches and just do a snack after that????

So for checking in I am at 218lb and 5"2 in height so I am a APPLE shape..but I have to be a Green Apple as those are the only ones I like...

 

[DISNEY180]

Hello, everyone!

In the past 2 weeks, I've lost about 4.6 lbs. I'm trying to eat healthier and not stay up so late so that I won't be tempted to binge when no one is watching. I've been doing a beginner's workout for kettlebells, and I'm going to resume phase 2 of Slim In 6 today. That first week was a pain, literally. My legs were killing me from the squat work for the kettelbell workout. I'm doing much better today. No pain. I did take the weekend off, but I'm ready to resume. 32 days till the family weight competition is over.

Hang in there, everyone! Best wishes to all.

Congrats on losing and adding to your regime.

I had the biggest loss ever last week: down 1.2 pounds! Whoo hoo!

I am attributing this to two big changes I made about 2 weeks ago: no carbonation (I am a beer drinker - Miller Lite and I was drinking 2-3 seltzer waters per day) and no white food. Now, I won't say I'm religious about these rules, because I take Friday night through Saturday off (no food journaling, but I still work out Friday or Saturday). I have been weighing in on Friday morning instead of Saturday morning and this allows me to go out with my family or friends on Friday nights now, so I'm not feeling deprived if/when someone wants to make plans.

I've decided that when I eat carbs and sugar, I crave carbs and sugar. When I cut them out, I crave proteins and fruits. I stay full by keeping the volume on my plate high with veggies (I'm loving zucchini, summer squash, Vidalia onion and garlic sautéed with olive oil right now!!) and substituting complex ("good") carbs, such as brown rice, sweet potatoes and high fiber bread. I still have cookies, ice cream and white bread in the house for my kids (mostly DS14), but I've been successfully staying away with only an occasional "cheat" on my "days off".

Staying consistent with my strength training, walking/jogging workouts is key, too. I have to take advantage of my hiatus from work, so I get to the gym or the track 6 days a week.

When I started this challenge, I was six pounds heavier and I couldn't walk on the treadmill faster than 3.3 mph. Now, I am trotting at 4 mph for 1 mile straight and I'm very close to getting out of the 200's!!

This group is great for keeping my motivated and realizing I'm not alone!

Oh, one more thing - I was in Walmart Friday (looking for patio furniture cushions) and found Danskin tank tops for $5.96 each. I bought 4 - great for working out in the warmer weather, and you can't beat that price!

Congrats on realizing what is or isn't working for you. That is huge and something I have to start looking at to help me. So you food journal too?? Do you find that helps? I write down my workouts but that is it.

Hi all

Sorry for the delayed check in. Weighed in today and I have lost 6 lbs this month. I hope to run more this month if it ever warms up

WTG and I agree this past weekend was warm for most of it which was nice to see.

I'd have to say no. I never really had a goal for how much weight I wanted to lose (8lbs so far) as I figured that would just happen as a bi-product of living a healthier lifestyle. I have changed what and how much I eat and not only started exercising but have worked my way up to running close to 3 miles a day, 3 days a week and walking the other 3 with 1 day off. My ultimate goal (which I have mentioned before) is to run 10 miles at the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 10 miler in October 2015.


Right now I'm continuing to train for my next 5K on Monday, May 26th. It's called The Black Fly Blitz and believe me, there will be black flies there. Blech!

I am so amazed at how many runs Disney has. One day I hope to do at least one but my biggest issue is I have alwasy walked faster then I have be able to run...

Hi everyone! I kind of checked in yesterday, so I won't go into detail about my very emotionally exhausting week...

I do want to discuss my goals a little bit, though. So there are 10 weeks until August 1st; more specifically 13 weeks until my trip. Since we started 12 weeks ago, I've lost 8 pounds which I'm very happy with given everything I've had to deal with during this time. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who have joined in this journey. I know I wouldn't have kept my focus through all this without you!

When I started, my focus was getting healthy with a 20-40 pound weight loss. That's still my long term goal for "eventually," and I plan to continue towards this goal after my trip. It may be possible to still reach the first number; 12 pounds in 13 weeks isn't entirely impossible. I'm shifting my focus, though, to getting in shape for the trip and hoping the weight part of it comes along for the ride. I'm going to focus more on walking/endurance and strength training. In other words I'm going to start training for the trip. I'm definitely a smaller size than a little less than 3 months ago (has it really been that long?) But I feel like I need to tone up now.

Food-wise, I'm going to try to eat more during the day. I usually eat 3 meals, so I'm going to plan two mid meal healthy snacks to avoid that hungry feeling late in the day. I've been losing it at night. Not late at night, but the time between getting home from work and dinner has been less that ideal.

For those keeping track, Lucy is feeling better. Enough to make me a nervous wreck. She's on crate rest for at least one more week. She wants to do things now that I'm worried will hurt her before she's healed. Her back end isn't as wobbly, but she is kind of listing to the right. I think I'll take her for just 3 more laser treatments (no more acupuncture).

I haven't always been posting, but I have been reading and keeping up with everyone. I'm wishing everyone good luck with your own journeys!

I am so glad to hear Lucy is doing better and I can only imagine how stressful this has been to you both. I find keeping focus is the hardiest part. I have no problem thinking about wanting to lose but the keep going part I struggle with. On Sat I bought a bathing suit one size smaller so my goal is to get into it by August. I am thinking of putting it on a hanger and put it on the wall so I have to look at it when I am on my Treadclimber.

 

[digiMom]

OK time to confess. I have not been good for a week. Granted, some of it was focusing on Lucy. But I've also made some bad choices food wise. Eating tomatoes, bread and eggs which I know goof up my gi tract but I wanted Mexican. Also too much prepackaged foods and fast food. I've also been slacking on the exercise. This morning I could really tell the effects. I feel sluggish, posture's bad, tummy's bloated. .. So I'm officially getting back on track. I exercised 1/2 hour this morning and for lunch I'm getting salad bar. Hope the rest of you are doing better than I am

 

[abmitch01]

I just started last week and met my goal of walking the dogs three times. But I haven't exercised yet this week. I just hate exercise so much but I know I have to or I'll never make it around Disney. We moved 6 mos ago and hadn't set up a place for the treadmill. DS set it up for me in the family room where there's a tv. So I have no excuses.

 

[coloredimage]

I'm just poking in here after stumbling across it. I started going to the gym regularly in January (after not having a gym membership since high school) but work from February until next week has taken away any free time that I've had (I'm here from 7 am - 8 pm and live an hour away) so I haven't had time to go back to the gym. My plan is to go back to my 3 days a week schedule come the beginning of June and go every day come the 20th (when school gets out) just to get in shape so I'm not exhausted and/or in pain/sick in August.

 

[DisMom1981]

I had the biggest loss ever last week: down 1.2 pounds! Whoo hoo! I am attributing this to two big changes I made about 2 weeks ago: no carbonation (I am a beer drinker - Miller Lite and I was drinking 2-3 seltzer waters per day) and no white food. Now, I won't say I'm religious about these rules, because I take Friday night through Saturday off (no food journaling, but I still work out Friday or Saturday). I have been weighing in on Friday morning instead of Saturday morning and this allows me to go out with my family or friends on Friday nights now, so I'm not feeling deprived if/when someone wants to make plans. I've decided that when I eat carbs and sugar, I crave carbs and sugar. When I cut them out, I crave proteins and fruits. I stay full by keeping the volume on my plate high with veggies (I'm loving zucchini, summer squash, Vidalia onion and garlic sautéed with olive oil right now!!) and substituting complex ("good") carbs, such as brown rice, sweet potatoes and high fiber bread. I still have cookies, ice cream and white bread in the house for my kids (mostly DS14), but I've been successfully staying away with only an occasional "cheat" on my "days off". Staying consistent with my strength training, walking/jogging workouts is key, too. I have to take advantage of my hiatus from work, so I get to the gym or the track 6 days a week. When I started this challenge, I was six pounds heavier and I couldn't walk on the treadmill faster than 3.3 mph. Now, I am trotting at 4 mph for 1 mile straight and I'm very close to getting out of the 200's!! This group is great for keeping my motivated and realizing I'm not alone! Oh, one more thing - I was in Walmart Friday (looking for patio furniture cushions) and found Danskin tank tops for $5.96 each. I bought 4 - great for working out in the warmer weather, and you can't beat that price!

Great job!!

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[DisMom1981]

I finally RAN the entire 5k plus an extra tenth of a mile without slowing down! Still takes me about 40 minutes and I'm only at 4.5 (went a little faster the last half mile) with a 0.5 incline.......still working on the treadmill. Still haven't gotten back control of the eating though.

I love following all of the accomplishments and competing with you on fit bit!!

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[WAHkoMom]

Congrats on realizing what is or isn't working for you. That is huge and something I have to start looking at to help me. So you food journal too?? Do you find that helps? I write down my workouts but that is it.

Journaling definitely helps me. When I don't track my food and calories, I eat way more than I should - I just pick mindlessly or make bad choices. I use the MyFitnessPal app.

 

[WAHkoMom]

I just had a super-yummy lunch! I roasted a bunch of vegetables (summer squash, zucchini, onion, garlic, broccoli, cauliflower and sweet potato; seasoned with olive oil, red pepper flakes and seasoned salt) in the oven at 450 degrees for about a half hour (I was checking every few minutes after 10 minutes to be sure nothing burnt, so I'm not sure about exactly how long, to be honest). Then I put about 3 cups of the veggies on top of 1/2 cup of brown rice (left over from last night's dinner). So much flavor!

 

[PennockFive]

Just finishing a very stressful few months of work, although my school year isn't done yet, I'm hoping to back into some better habits, rather than stress eating

 

[DisMom1981]

Journaling definitely helps me. When I don't track my food and calories, I eat way more than I should - I just pick mindlessly or make bad choices. I use the MyFitnessPal app.

Tracking always works but the problem is I never stick to it.

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[DisMom1981]

I just had a super-yummy lunch! I roasted a bunch of vegetables (summer squash, zucchini, onion, garlic, broccoli, cauliflower and sweet potato; seasoned with olive oil, red pepper flakes and seasoned salt) in the oven at 450 degrees for about a half hour (I was checking every few minutes after 10 minutes to be sure nothing burnt, so I'm not sure about exactly how long, to be honest). Then I put about 3 cups of the veggies on top of 1/2 cup of brown rice (left over from last night's dinner). So much flavor!

Sounds so good. What temp did you roast on? I always forget how good veggies are- sad. I love green and yellow squash sautéed w onion using a little evoo or just the spray can nonstick stuff even.

Just finishing a very stressful few months of work, although my school year isn't done yet, I'm hoping to back into some better habits, rather than stress eating

Was just talking with colleagues about how many triggers come from the workplace- although for some reason I still eat too much all summer long lol. I guess I'm just surrounded by triggers.

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[digiMom]

Countdown: 10 Weeks until August 1 (Really this time )

Dreams, ideas, and plans not only are an escape, they give me purpose, a reason to hang on.

~ Walt Disney​

 

[WAHkoMom]

I just weighed in and I've finally gotten down below 200! Down almost 10 pounds with just less than 3 months to go before Disneyworld. Dare I hope to be down another 10 before we fly?

Today's weigh-in proves that slow and steady wins the race. I plan to buy more veggies to roast because they were so satisfying. And I am going to have a "cheat" day Sunday when we have dinner with our neighbors, but nothing insane.

I hope you're all staying positive and focusing on the big picture! Happy Friday!

 

[DISNEY180]

HAPPY FRIDAY ALL Did 4 workouts this week and was up and down on the scale but have discovered don't do a workout and THEN eat yummy pasta which I beleive is the reason. DH and I got home yesterday and he decided to go for a run with our boys aka dogs so I said hey I will put dinner in the oven and do a workout now instead of at 7pm when I usually do it.. Great Idea not so good results... OH well from now on will stay to the plan of working out after dinner.

Way to GO WAHkoMom on your weight loss and yup slow and steady is the right path but for me it is the straying that gets me into trouble..

I love doing aprasgus on the BBQ with a bit of olive oil and seasoning

WOW 10 weeks til August WOO HOO!! getting closer for sure and can't wait..

 

[DisMom1981]

I just weighed in and I've finally gotten down below 200! Down almost 10 pounds with just less than 3 months to go before Disneyworld. Dare I hope to be down another 10 before we fly? Today's weigh-in proves that slow and steady wins the race. I plan to buy more veggies to roast because they were so satisfying. And I am going to have a "cheat" day Sunday when we have dinner with our neighbors, but nothing insane. I hope you're all staying positive and focusing on the big picture! Happy Friday!

I love weight loss milestones! That is AWESOME!!

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[digiMom]

I'm just poking in here after stumbling across it. I started going to the gym regularly in January (after not having a gym membership since high school) but work from February until next week has taken away any free time that I've had (I'm here from 7 am - 8 pm and live an hour away) so I haven't had time to go back to the gym. My plan is to go back to my 3 days a week schedule come the beginning of June and go every day come the 20th (when school gets out) just to get in shape so I'm not exhausted and/or in pain/sick in August.

Welcome! Getting in shape to enjoy our August trip is my main goal as well. DW is super fun, but very physically demanding as well, that's for sure. Looking forward to hearing about your progress..

 

[digiMom]

Hi all

Sorry for the delayed check in. Weighed in today and I have lost 6 lbs this month. I hope to run more this month if it ever warms up

I had the biggest loss ever last week: down 1.2 pounds! Whoo hoo!

I am attributing this to two big changes I made about 2 weeks ago: no carbonation (I am a beer drinker - Miller Lite and I was drinking 2-3 seltzer waters per day) and no white food. Now, I won't say I'm religious about these rules, because I take Friday night through Saturday off (no food journaling, but I still work out Friday or Saturday). I have been weighing in on Friday morning instead of Saturday morning and this allows me to go out with my family or friends on Friday nights now, so I'm not feeling deprived if/when someone wants to make plans.

I've decided that when I eat carbs and sugar, I crave carbs and sugar. When I cut them out, I crave proteins and fruits. I stay full by keeping the volume on my plate high with veggies (I'm loving zucchini, summer squash, Vidalia onion and garlic sautéed with olive oil right now!!) and substituting complex ("good") carbs, such as brown rice, sweet potatoes and high fiber bread. I still have cookies, ice cream and white bread in the house for my kids (mostly DS14), but I've been successfully staying away with only an occasional "cheat" on my "days off".

Staying consistent with my strength training, walking/jogging workouts is key, too. I have to take advantage of my hiatus from work, so I get to the gym or the track 6 days a week.

When I started this challenge, I was six pounds heavier and I couldn't walk on the treadmill faster than 3.3 mph. Now, I am trotting at 4 mph for 1 mile straight and I'm very close to getting out of the 200's!!

This group is great for keeping my motivated and realizing I'm not alone!

Congrats on your weight loss! I agree, drinks are such a calorie hog. And a sugar load. I've noticed that so many foods are loaded with fructose whatever or corn syrup. It's so bad for us!

Hello, everyone!

In the past 2 weeks, I've lost about 4.6 lbs. I'm trying to eat healthier and not stay up so late so that I won't be tempted to binge when no one is watching. I've been doing a beginner's workout for kettlebells, and I'm going to resume phase 2 of Slim In 6 today. That first week was a pain, literally. My legs were killing me from the squat work for the kettelbell workout. I'm doing much better today. No pain. I did take the weekend off, but I'm ready to resume. 32 days till the family weight competition is over.

Hang in there, everyone! Best wishes to all.

Awesome!

I just started last week and met my goal of walking the dogs three times. But I haven't exercised yet this week. I just hate exercise so much but I know I have to or I'll never make it around Disney. We moved 6 mos ago and hadn't set up a place for the treadmill. DS set it up for me in the family room where there's a tv. So I have no excuses.

We have an elliptical set up in the dining room off the living room. Right now I can see it peaking out behind a tv tray, my mom's rollator, some comforters and an air mattress (DS had sleepover )

I finally RAN the entire 5k plus an extra tenth of a mile without slowing down! Still takes me about 40 minutes and I'm only at 4.5 (went a little faster the last half mile) with a 0.5 incline.......still working on the treadmill. Still haven't gotten back control of the eating though.

Fantastic on making the full 5k!

Just finishing a very stressful few months of work, although my school year isn't done yet, I'm hoping to back into some better habits, rather than stress eating

You can do it!

OK, so my check in.. (you realize I'm burying it under all these quotes )

I'll admit, this week has been tough. DS had his band concert (which went awesome by the way), DD had her end of year best buddies party, which included parents and unfortunately a full table of sweets, Lucy had a setback on Thursday (not sure what happened, but she started limping again), and a problem popped up with a website I designed, developed and support and was trying to fix that around my regular job. I only exercised two mornings plus one evening of "TV exercise." Does anyone else do this? Where you watch tv while you do things like squats, leg lifts, arm weights and crunches? I'm not sure how productive it really is. I've weighed myself each morning, and my weight has swung over 4 pounds. I really am attributing this mostly to stress. This 3 day weekend could not have come at a better time.

I'm going to use this weekend to relax and re-center. I'm going to focus on putting good foods in my body (it's all about perspective). I'm going to be active, but not "exercise." A nature walk sounds nice, working on my yard, playing with my kids... When I'm feeling more like myself, I'm going to regroup on Tuesday and set a more focused fitness and diet plan again.

Good luck everyone and enjoy the weekend!