Weight loss for Wishers and becoming Leaner Meaners!

[Creativebeth]

Sarah: We've all been there! There are so many times I want to skip the work out. But, I have to tell you that without the workouts, there is no success! If you want to be successful, you have to put in the time. I am not above bribery with myself to get it done. If you work out tonight, what would you treat yourself with? Bubble bath, some time with a good book, and DIY facial? Find something you want enough to put in the time.

I have been running/working out for so long now, you would think it would come easy, right? WRONG! Never my first inclination! I basically was a 'sweat-a-phob'. I love to sit on the couch with the remote!

But, if I want to be successful, I put in the time. Now I go a bit overboard with my workout time......it HAS to get done. I have a lot of balls to juggle some days to get it done, but it is a priority!

If I hadn't started running, I would have gained every single pound back that I lost......I am lucky to be working on only 25! Ask yourself this...."Have I done everything possible today to get to my goal?" When the answer is no, you know what to do!

Consider this long dissertation as your kick in the _ _ _!

Beth

 

[jeanneg]

Hi all! No time to post much, but I just wanted to give everyone (esp. Beth!) a big THANK-YOU for the much needed support. Even though the weight doesn't want to come off, I am feeling great! I am eating lots of bulky healthy foods and find that my cravings for junk are way, way down. Hopefully that will translate to possibly a tiny loss tomorrow, but we will just have to wait until then to see.

Will write more tomorrow.

 

[DuffGT06]

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[Cindylou]

Good Morning Lean Meaners.

Reporting weight: 138. That's down 0.8 from last week. I am just so excited to see a loss this week. Yea!!

My point total was 33 plus the extra pt for pushups so make that 34 this week.

Hope everyone had done well this week.

I'll post more later.
Cindy

 

[DuffGT06]

Good morning!

You're not going to believe it but the scale said -3lbs today! I don't know how that happened, only thing I can think of is I don't think I had any red meat this week. Thanks so much for pushing me to be better. Total loss to date: 4.5lbs.

Points wise I'm at 29. I did not count my fiber again this week so that's what's killing me in that category.

 

[jeanneg]

I think I did, I think I did.......YES! I'm down a pound! Not very much, but at least I'm traveling in the right direction. Log me in at 214. As far as the points go, I had 47. I forgot to do my pushups one day and didn't get all my water in on another. Thanks to those wraps, the fiber thing is much easier.

Cindy: I think the push-ups will give you an extra point each day, not just one for the week. Beth, please clarify. Congrats on the weight loss!

Sarah: 3 pounds! That's awesome! Keep up the good work!

I had an interesting lunch yesterday. I was out of turkey so I took a high fiber, low carb wrap (90 cal.) and sliced it in 2. Then I toasted 2 Oscar Meyer Light weiners (90 cal. each) and rolled the half-wrap around each. No condiments, but I added some alfafa sprouts for extra texture (kinda like a healthy sauerkraut) It was a nice change from my turkey/tomato wrap and had only 270 calories total! I wouldn't have a hotdog everyday, but once a week it makes a nice treat. Plus, I'm thinking that the wrap is a much healthier choice for serving hotdogs to our kids rather than those white bread rolls that have practically zero nutritional value.

Have a great weekend, everyone! I have my long walk tomorrow morning (which is only 6 miles this week) and I will reward myself with my once a week bagel and store-bought coffee. Ahhhhh, heaven!

 

[Creativebeth]

Cindy: Yes, if you do the pushup challenge each day, it is an extra point a day. Let me know what your point total is with the adjustment. Good job with the loss! Any loss is a good one!

Sarah: Are you glad you got your workout in? I think so! Great job with the 3 pounds.....it's tremendous!

Jeanne: Well, there you go! You're saying 'just' a pound, but that's what it is supposed to be! A pound a week is awesome.....that's what I would want all the time. I like the big lossess, but it isn't worth the weeks of no loss. I would rather see the steady decline each week. Please see that as a affirmation that you are doing the right things!

Okay so far we have:

Cindy: -0.8 (total for 2 weeks -1.4)
40 points

Sarah: -3.0 (total for 2 weeks -4.5)
29 points

Jeanne: -1.0 (total for 2 weeks -4.0)
47 points

Debra: -1.0 (total for 2 weeks 1.5)
39 points

Vicky: -0.9 (total for 2 weeks -1.1)

Amy: no weight loss
25 points

Wendy: 234 pounds (no weight loss this week)
26 points

Kim: no weight loss
no points


I will edit as people post.

For the coming week:

1) 64 oz water (1pt)
2) 25g fiber (1pt)
3) 15 min exercise (1pt) for a total of 2 points a day for 30 min
4) multi vitamen a day (1pt)
5) Floater point of the week: 5 fruits and veggies a day (1pt)

Exercise challenge: Sit-up challenge. Start with 5 sit-ups the first day and add 5 a day for the week. Last day would be 40 sit-ups. You get and extra point each day if you complete the challenge.

That would make it possible to obtain 7 points a day. For the entire week, you have the possibility of obtaining 49 points.

A good goal would be to continuing each of the Floater points that we do each week, even though we are not counting them for a points. They are all good habits that would benefit you if you can do them!

AFM: Well, I am so pleased how well this challenge is going! I am glad that most of you seem happy with how things are going. If anyone has suggestions from week to week, please just let me know!

I had a very successful week. I am glad I took off 3 pounds, but still unsure why it happened. My friend was asking me how I did it, and I have nothing to report! I am doing things the same way, but for some reason it's more successful right now. I am hoping that maybe I can get these pounds off sooner than later! My total points for the week was 45.

I didn't get up to run today. Greg is taking the boys to baseball lessons tonight at 5:00, so I will run then. I am hoping that it's not too hot.....I want to get a long one in today.

Beth

 

[DuffGT06]

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[bunnyfoo]

Hey Lean Meaners! Happy Friday everyone! Just checking in quickly...

Sarah - Good job on getting out there and getting your workout done! There are days after work that I have absolutely no motivation to do anything but I deep down I know I always feel better once I start exercising! Fantastic job on the 3 pound loss!! WTG

Jeanne - Congrats on the 1 pound loss!! I was just at the supermarket last night trying to decide if I really should be eating hot dogs. I didn't know they made ones that were only 90 calories. It seemed like everything was really caloric - even turkey hot dogs. Wagyu is a breed of cattle that is originally from Japan. Wagyu meat is really yummy because the fat is marbled throughout. I think Wagyu is used to create Kobe meat.

Cindy - Woo-hoo for the 0.8 pound loss!! The dentist went well, it was a pretty routine checkup. No cavities!! I've only had them once and that was enough. When is the race you're volunteering for being held?

Wendy - I think I'm going to have to sign up for a Facebook account one of these days. I feel like I'm the only person who doesn't have one. I haven't quite figured out how Twitter works (I feel so old ).

Amy - Happy Belated Birthday Delena!! How was her party? I like the looks of your July 19th race. Free ice cream at the end! Yum

Beth - WTG on the points and the 3 pound loss!! Did you manage to get your run in tonight? For next week, is it okay if I do crunches instead of sit ups? They work the core but your legs stay flat and you don't come up as far (my back).

AFM - I'm down 0.9 pounds! What happened to the other 0.1?? It would have been nice to see a nice even 1 but I'm happy! I have to recalculate my points. I left the spreadsheet at work. D'oh! I had an hour training session last night at the gym - did some deadlifts, weights, variation on plank exercises and the Spiderman crawl since no one was around . Maybe Thursdays aren't the best day to go and workout But I guess it wouldn't be a good workout if I didn't have to work for it.

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[Creativebeth]

Vicky: Crunches are fine. No problem. How ever you all have to adjust is fine! Good job with the weight loss!

Beth

 

[Cindylou]

Beth: Adjust my pt total please. I had 33 + push up pts. I did them Sat-Fri so 7 days, but not sure if today counted since technically today is part of week 3 not week 2. So I either have 39 or 40 depending on if today counted for push ups. Sorry I'm so confused.

Cindy

 

[getnthinr]

234. And 26 points (fiber, vitamin, exercise - except for one rest day). I'm not sure what went wrong, which is a sure indicator that I need to log what I'm eating for a week or two. The food I'm eating is healthy, but I must be eating too much.

Aside from the one rest day I took when my Achilles was complaining, I exercised very consistently. I'm up to 5 miles a day walking now (plus last Saturday's 13 mi bike ride).

This morning I'm headed to try out the area Galloway group. I am so overweight and out of shape, I am almost sick with worry about whether or not I can keep up. (The last two years I couldn't but they swear this year I will be able to because they have a new group leader.) If I hadn't told someone I was going, I'd definitely just get on the TM this morning. I'm so blue I can barely push myself out the door.

 

[getnthinr]

yikes - double post

 

[Cindylou]

Wendy: You can do this. And even if you don't keep up, getting out there and making the attempt is great. Don't be blue. Any movement is good movement. Pixie Dust for you. ( I can't ket the smilies to cooperate with me this morning, sorry.)

Cindy

 

[Creativebeth]

Wendy: I am sorry you are blue today.....I know how it feels, I really do. When you are trying so hard, it's defeating when things don't go your way.

That aside, I want you stop and evaluate. Jeanne was seeing things the same way as you a couple of days ago. ((((see my post to her!))))) There are many strikes against us here.

The first one that I find glaringly obvious is age. As I get older ((((not calling myself or you old!!!!))))) I find that things that used to work for me, no longer work. It's frustrating I know. You have to experiement with things for a week at a time to see where you find success. Maybe it is portion sizes. Take a week, and really concentrate on portion sizes. Keep to your same diet, but eat less. When I got the Master Your Metabolism plan, I really buckled down and watched (and journaled) my food and portion sizes. I have been 'dieting' for a long time, and with time I found that I was eating to much and way over a serving size.

If the portion size thing doesn't work, try changing up what you eat. Maybe you are in a rut!

Why I think I am being successful right now is that I am only working out 1 X daily. When I was working out 2x daily, I wasn't losing anything. I think it was from not eating enough and replacing what I was burning. I know WW is a plan that adds points to your total with exercise. If you don't do this, your body is really unwilling to let anything go.

This is not a sprint (lose as much as you can in a short time). This is a long distance race......you know all about this. You can't go out too fast when you are facing many miles ahead of you. You will burn out and not finish the race!

My weight changes so much day to day..... I am firmly keeping to the one weigh-in a week. Keeps a good guideline to weight, and you don't drive yourself crazy. It isn't all about the scale. STOP fixating on it!!!!!

You can do this, and it doesn't matter if it takes 6months or 2 years......it is success either way.

What will happen if you can't keep up with the group? Then you can do it in your own time. Your still getting it done, but only on your own terms......
That's what we all do! Don't put so much pressure on yourself. You are still healing from an injury on top of all this! Be kind to yourself!

Beth

 

[Creativebeth]

Hey Meaners!

I have been up since 7:00, and have gone to the laundermat and finished 8 loads of wash! I am glad to have it done. Yesterday got away from me, with too many things to do. I just couldn't get to the wash.

Alex has a baseball game today..... Nice Saturday, huh?

Yesterday I did get a long run in......when I got to run, it was pouring rain out, so it was the TM. About 3 miles in though, I looked out and it had stopped raining! So I got off the TM and finished my run outside! I did 9 miles!!!! I am glad to have done it yesterday. Tomorrow I am running as part of a tri team (5K) in place of my injured sister. I don't have any desire to get up at 6am and hang out until probably 10:30 to actually run, but my sister can't do it. So, its on me! Yeah!

I hope to log a few miles later tonight......we'll see!

Beth

 

[deekaypee]

Where did the week go? Between my projects and DOOD's it's been one of those odd, heavily intense, research, writing, and editing weeks, so not a lot of time here. But it's good to see everyone doing so very well, and next week should be lighter.

Beth: Thanks for doing all this work with the challenge and the information. I really appreciate it. I can't say I love the push-ups or sit-ups but I know they're good for me. (Missed out on Friday's sit-ups, so, dang. I might shift to crunches, as well.) I didn't know that about fiber, either. And your advice about clean eating it so solid. I keep trying to move in that direction, bit by bit. A lifestyle change. You're so right that our journeys are not sprints...no wonder we chose long-distance events to train for.

Love the news from your exercise journal. What a streak! And I think that a little bribery is just fine, if it helps you get your runs/WOs in. I highly recommend it in fact, because you get the diet Coke, you get the benefits of running, and you feel good about yourself too. That 3 pound loss is just a bonus! Good luck with tomorrow's tri. The waiting around will be the hard part!

Cindy: Yay for your 5K, smart race or no. Each one gives you a little more experience under your belt. But I empathize with the frustration. I find short races to be so difficult in setting and maintaining a pace. I'm slow, so it shouldn't bother me or matter to me, but I still want to race, kwim? And big kudos for being a volunteer coordinator. I really respect that.

If I were you, I'd so be in vacation countdown mode. I'd probably be packed. Of course, you've got a tri to focus on, so the vacation might feel like a little-but-good work itself. How long have you been doing them?

Oh, and congratulations on your -.8 this week. (I obviously need a more accurate scale.)

Vicky: Yeah, uh, Pilates. Gonna get back on that, I promise. I tend to fall off such wagons pretty easily. And the push up challenge will stay--I understand there's a sit-up one? Like you, I have a wonky back and don't know if I should commit to that challenge. But I do really well with structure, as it turns out. Good for me to know.

But on to your news...sugar-free for over three weeks. Fabulous! And I do think our taste buds get trained. I need to cut back on the sugar. You set a good example. And the lost inches? You know how I feel about it--so very important! And your -.9 pound weight loss is icing on the sugar-free cake! P.S. I so want to see a picture of you doing the Spiderman crawl, although I admit I think of you in a blue and red costume while you're doing it.

Mike: Love seeing you here. Chuckled at Mike's Lair. And now I want to go to a Sox game. Your DS takes right after his father, I see. You set a good example for us all.

Chris: PD for your job situation--I hope it all works out for the best. I know it will. And WTG with your weight loss. Just fabulous. And thank you for the Goofy thread. I need to get on their regularly. And I will. Oh, yes, I will.

Sarah: Yes, stress headaches and migraines. I'm an infrequent sufferer, but they're awful. And like you'd, I'd just rather know about the job situation. And glad to hear that Bailey is doing better; that's one less thing to worry about. Btw, Soarin' is one of my favorites. And ah, the jeans test. Doesn't everyone have a pair of jeans that is the measure of success? I do.

I'm late to the motivation post--sorry. But I know you got good advice. I've been really thinking a lot about Cindy's advice, and asking me what's stopping me from succeeding. The answer is always me, and that usually motivates me, because I know I'm my biggest obstacle. Although that's not to say I don't bribe myself either. for the rough day but a big on the 3 pounds!

Amy: Happy belated birthday to Miss D. I hope you've had (are having) a fabulous party today. Congrats for signing up for three races and having DH do one with you. I didn't know he runs. Guess I think of you as the athlete in the family, huh. Oh, and a race with beer and ice cream? Are you in heaven or what?

Jeanne: I know it's frustrating, but that scale fluctuation is normal. Your body's not keeping the pounds. Really, it's not. And WTG with running (not jogging ) your mile! I give full credit to your determination to rock NYC--and the music doesn't hurt. And just as evidence your body isn't keeping the pounds....WTG on another loss!

Wendy: Oh, you're so sweet. I think I'm really going to love the Goofy this year. So many people doing it that I now know, so I won't feel like I'm training alone. I'm glad we all in this together (although, no, I'm not breaking out into a HSM song about it).

Just caught up with your Galloway post of this morning, so am editing. You make every race seem like fun, and you convey the joy of the moment in all your RRs. I'm hoping the group meeting went well and you can pace with the new leader. More important, I hope that you're not in pain. You're smart not to risk injury. And forget about pace--you've proven yourself in the field. You're a group leader here, an inspiration to us all. And any group would be lucky to train with you, not vice versa. I'm glad you told someone you were going, because I know you feel better having gone out there and faced your doubts.

As for me: Let's see.

Challenge: -1 pound, 39 points. (A day of fiber, some push-ups.) Yay for me. I'll work on doing better. The fruits/veggies should be no problem for this vegetarian. Eating an apple as we speak. Or I should say, as I write.

Big news here? Let's see. I rescued a bird who had gotten into our apartment building this week. I think I was almost as scared for it as it was. I managed to capture it and release it without damage to either one of us. DOOD comes home Tuesday in the early a.m., so routines will need to be reestablished and space claimed. And it will be back to cooking meals for the meat-eater. THAT I didn't miss.

Oh, yeah, and here's the best news! My sister-in-law had the baby this morning! I'm a very proud aunt to a beautiful niece.

 

[deekaypee]

The mixer starts here on the 'Ohana thread.

'Ohana Monday Mixer

Ah, it's summer. The 4th of July is right around the corner. Summer always strikes me as the time for family vacations and road trips. And I'm sure many of us who are traveling are either participating in races--and to those of you doing events in the summer heat--or we're continuing to train. So...these random thoughts made me think about the challenges of traveling for WISHers, whether traveling to an event or for other reasons.

This week's mixer asks you to share your best tips and strategies for traveling. We're interested in all things related to staying active on the road, from packing your gear to what kind of exercise you prioritize while squeezed for time and in unfamiliar territory.

A sampling of possible questions: What are the must-brings? How much to pack? How to pack your gear--tips and mistakes to avoid? How to best deal with bulky shoes and stinky clothes? What kind of XT do you do while away from home--do you have anything you bring with you?? What about your guidelines for running/walking in areas with which you're unfamiliar?

I'll probably ask a race-specific traveling question closer to January, but tips on race packing are always appreciated. And those of you who are on the road frequently, for business or pleasure, your expertise is much appreciated.

 

[BenPeterman]

Hi,

Stay away from foods that come in bags or boxes. Unless it is healthy cereal like Total for example. But stay away from boxes of cereal with cartoons on it. They tend to be the sugary kinds. Incorporate more healthy foods like lean meat, nuts, fruits, and vegetables.

Be more active. Exercise every day. Even if it means spending twenty minutes a day on a stationary bike. Just try to break a sweat each day. This you will keep you healthy and burn more fat.

 

[Creativebeth]

Good morning Meaners!

How's it going?

I would like to finish out last weeks challenge, but still need Amy and Kim to check in with weight loss and points for week two.

Leading the way this week is Sarah with a 3 pound loss! Good job Sarah! And point leader would be our Jeanne with 47!!!! I will hopefully be able to post it officially today if everyone checks in!

How's the sit-up (crunch) challenge going for you all?? I hope everyone is on-board for it!

AFM: My weekend was really nice, but I went off the wagon a little yesterday. After finishing the run portion of the Tri relay team (5K), we went boating with friends which always includes snacking! I endulged myself with several of my own cookies ((why did I bake them????)) which of course started the sweet demon in me! I did refrain from the ice cream stop later though......always a difficult thing to refrain from though!

I logged 35 miles last week, with a long 9 mile run on Friday. I hope that I can either maintain or at least lose 1 pound for the spa weight loss thing, so I don't have to pay a dollar!

Tonight is a Red Sox game at Camden Yards. Adam, ds#1, has been looking forward to this for a VERY long time. We have really nice seats behind home plate......he love it I am sure! I will have to be good and not participate in the snacking!!!! Please think about me! Maybe the high cost of the food will keep me on track!

Beth