Official "Friends of the Fort" Weight Loss Group!

[terri01p]

Went to the doctor this AM and somewhere along the line I've lost another 3 pounds...so I'm down 6 pounds..

6 from 50 = 44 ( more to lose ). everybody dance now...

 

[Shannone1]

Went to the doctor this AM and somewhere along the line I've lost another 3 pounds...so I'm down 6 pounds..

6 from 50 = 44 ( more to lose ). everybody dance now...

That's GREAT Terri !!

 

[Just Beachy]

Terri - Congratulations!!

Martha - That's great! I can't wait to try it, too! (I have to get an mp3 player first tho.)

I had a moment (ok maybe a couple of hours!) of weakness on Saturday. I haven't cheated once in 5 weeks, but Saturday something came over me and I couldn't take it anymore! I gave in to ice cream and popcorn!!! And it was gooooood!! Hopefully that was it for another 5 weeks.

Hope everyone is doing well!

~Kelly

 

[Tent Camping Mom]

Went to the doctor this AM and somewhere along the line I've lost another 3 pounds...so I'm down 6 pounds..

6 from 50 = 44 ( more to lose ). everybody dance now...

Congrats!

 

[VACAMPER]

Well done Terri! Keep up the good work. I've had a good week but i was just looking at the menu for our upcoming mem. day camping trip. All I can say is its gonna be tough not to eat. The dinners i can handle. Grilling in healthy. Breakfast is whats gonna be hard. I love cooking a big breakfast at the campsite and i'm looking forward to using my new dutch oven for the first time. I've been waiting to use it all winter in hopes of baking biscuits and rolls.

 

[PolynesianPixie]

That reminds me!!!!! I did those stuffed shells (the recipe VACAMPER posted a little while back) last weekend in my dutch oven~they turned out great!!!!!





Great job Terri!!!!!! Way to go!

 

[djblu883]

well I'm working hard at being good....hormones are paying havoc....i hear "CHOCOLATE" in my head all the time lol how long does friken menopause last??? Sheesh? I am eating tiny helpings and lots of vegetarian meals...spinach salad today unless the dentist kills me...taking soup in case lol.....hope everyone else is doing ok!

 

[mom24diskidz]

I have been doing this program for about two months ..Stick with it It gets better I promise..I just can't stand listening to his voice anymore.." Hi, I'm Steve" Good Luck ..

 

[Rhonda]

well I'm working hard at being good....hormones are paying havoc....i hear "CHOCOLATE" in my head all the time lol how long does friken menopause last??? Sheesh? I am eating tiny helpings and lots of vegetarian meals...spinach salad today unless the dentist kills me...taking soup in case lol.....hope everyone else is doing ok!

Dove makes individually wrapped little sugar-free chocolates (dark and mint) that are really good!! They've helped me through many cravings!

 

[Stepanie]

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD WEEK,BUT I DIDN'T LOSE A POUND. I AM ONLY AT THIS TWO WEEKS I HOPE IT STARTS COMING OFF SOON.

 

[PolynesianPixie]

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD WEEK,BUT I DIDN'T LOSE A POUND. I AM ONLY AT THIS TWO WEEKS I HOPE IT STARTS COMING OFF SOON.

I know how frustrating that is!!!! Just know that you are doing good things for you! Every bit of exercise, every salad, and every cookie not taken is one thing that you are doing for YOU! Don't give up! The weight will come off! If you are exercising, remember that muscle weighs more than fat and burns more calories even at rest!!!!!! The results are there...the scale can't tell you everything!

 

[Tent Camping Mom]

If you are exercising, remember that muscle weighs more than fat and burns more calories even at rest!!!!!! The results are there...the scale can't tell you everything!

This is so true and if you work the largest muscles (the butt and thighs) those calories will burn even better. Can I say butt here? If not, then I'll say gluteus maximus.

 

[terri01p]

So far I've done good this week ,of course it's only wednesday , I think it's the calm before the storm...lol...it's next week I'm worried about, my dh is off from work next week and we have no travel plans, so this means we will be sleeping late, eating junk and grillling out alot, also we have a memorial day party planned for monday so that's even more junk. We do plan on painting our living room and one of our bedrooms so perhaps I'll pick up a paint brush and get a work-out

I'm not going to weight friday, I think I will wait until the first friday in June to survey the damage...

Good luck to everyone for the rest of this week and for next week as well, I hope everyone has a fun and safe holiday, traveling or not.

Side note...we had planned on going to Myrtle beach for the memorial weekend but because of gas prices and lack of money we have decided not to this year, it will be our first memorial day home in years.. we are putting our money into a fund ( envelope ) for next year for WDW, so I put up the money I would normally have spent in Myrtle B. and I have a little WDW fund going for next year...

 

[seabee]

Well, I got my Wii Fit today. It is pretty cool. I will unlock more excercises as I score higher. I will be honest the strength training made me a little sore. You have to keep repeating the activities though to get enough reps but it's good. As you go along you get more and more excercises that are harder. I think it will be fun, we will see what I get for results.

 

[PolynesianPixie]

Well, I got my Wii Fit today. It is pretty cool. I will unlock more excercises as I score higher. I will be honest the strength training made me a little sore. You have to keep repeating the activities though to get enough reps but it's good. As you go along you get more and more excercises that are harder. I think it will be fun, we will see what I get for results.

That sounds great! We have a PS3...they need to come out with something like that!

 

[Rhonda]

I'm actually looking forward to stepping on the scale tomorrow morning (I think)! I didn't join Curves, but I started doing the treadmill down at our gym this week. I walk at 3.2 mph, at a slight incline, for a mile. I know that doesn't sound like much - but for me, it's a great start! At least I'm off my butt! (Yes, we can say "butt" here, LOL)

I have an appointment with a personal trainer at the gym next Friday. (I was hoping for "Raoul", but I'm getting "Lou Ann". ) She's going to put me on a good personalized exercise routine, and show me how to use all those torture devices (oops - I mean exercise machines). In the meantime, I'll stick with the treadmill this week.

 

[PolynesianPixie]

I'm having a bit of an internal conflict.....maybe you all can voice your opinions.....

I'm trying to balance health with what I'm comfortable looking like. Ultimately, my main focus is being healthy. I want to be in shape enough to think running a 5k is no biggie. I don't particularly want to be "thin" though. Does that sound crazy? I really don't think its a laziness thing....I just like having curves For example, I watched American Idol last night....I thought Jordan Sparks looked beautiful! Right now my BMI is 27. If I loose down to where I want to be I'll be 25.5-just slightly overweight. Weight watchers wants my goal to be between 20 and 23. Am I sacrificing my health to keep on those extra pounds?


BTW Rhonda, great job on the treadmill! 3.2 for a mile is wonderful!

 

[Tent Camping Mom]

Am I sacrificing my health to keep on those extra pounds?

No, I don't think so. I'm the prime case scenario. I'm overweight but my last physical proved I'm healthy. In fact, my doctor asked me if I was on cholesterol meds because my lab work showed it was lower than most people my age and at the ideal levels. I exercise fairly regularly and stuff my face fairly regularly and overeat fairly regularly, but I do make mostly healthy choices and have been gradually converting my family to healthier eating habits. Such as whole wheat pasta instead of white, brown rice instead of white, lots of green veggies, oatmeal for breakfast with a side of veggie bacon. Meats are turkey, chicken, and seafood. I don't cook red meat at all but DS will have that at school and DH will occasionally grill red meats but we also have grilled shrimp or tilapia along with it. I don't buy processed meats, they're loaded too much with nitrates and sodium. I cringe everytime we're at a baseball game and DS asks for a hotdog, but I let him have it because what's baseball without hotdogs. Occasionally, it's ok. Moderation is the key.

 

[Rhonda]

I'm having a bit of an internal conflict.....maybe you all can voice your opinions.....

I'm trying to balance health with what I'm comfortable looking like. Ultimately, my main focus is being healthy. I want to be in shape enough to think running a 5k is no biggie. I don't particularly want to be "thin" though. Does that sound crazy? I really don't think its a laziness thing....I just like having curves For example, I watched American Idol last night....I thought Jordan Sparks looked beautiful! Right now my BMI is 27. If I loose down to where I want to be I'll be 25.5-just slightly overweight. Weight watchers wants my goal to be between 20 and 23. Am I sacrificing my health to keep on those extra pounds?

Maybe it depends on how much muscle you have? If you're in shape enough to run a 5k, I would think that more of your weight will be muscle tone - and since muscle weighs more than fat, that's where your extra pounds would be coming from. (Did that make sense?)

But, curves are definitely good. Sometimes I think that these charts that tell us how much we "should" weigh are way off. It depends on your own body, and where you feel you are comfortable and healthy. It's not healthy to be a stick either.

 

[Tent Camping Mom]

I walk at 3.2 mph, at a slight incline, for a mile. I know that doesn't sound like much - but for me, it's a great start!

Not bad in my book. A couple of years ago I was showing a friend how to choose the settings on a treadmill and with her at about 5 ft. 9 and 130 pounds with legs up to her neck, I figured she could at least handle above 3.0 walk, but when I set it to 3.5 she yelled at me to slow it down. So I slowed it to 3.0, she still yelled at me! She wasn't happy until I set it at 2.8.