Thanks natamars! Ooohh and Greek yogurt sounds yummy!
Ilene, good idea! My honey is on an exercise kick, too, but he's not so much a fan of the healthy eating. I hope I continue to have the willpower to pass these things up, but if not, I'll definitely let him know. He's supportive, so I'm sure he'll oblige
yesterday i did alright food wise, prob around 1300 calories. I went to a bar with friends, and rather than diet coke i drank water, it worked out ok, but i might have to go back to diet coke...it's just so good!
today has been great foods wise, around 800, had a large lunch, and might skip dinner. i don't want to eat late at night and have to work from 6-10...maybe a just a little snack before work!
Today i started a new class, and it was really bad. I could tell my students were bored. just sort of feeling down on myself about it, my BF is tired of hearing about it. I have already planned a better lesson for tomorrow, i just hope they don't hate me already...
Pretty happy with yesterday - went with my son on a play date and was there for over 3 hours and didn't eat. I had some nuts and cheese in the car on the drive over. Had Greek yogurt with almonds, 1 t honey, and 1 t raisins for breakfast. Dinner was salmon and a big salad. Bought some 100-calorie dark chocolate bars form Trader Joe's (only 7 carbs) and had one for dessert - delicious. Did 30 minutes on the Elliptical.
Plan for today:
Stick to planned food - packed b'fast, lunch, and snacks
1 hour body sculpting tonight
Try to get 20-30 min elliptical in addition
I did weigh in this morning and am down .5 from Friday to 146.5(well, 146.6 and then 146.4 so took average). Would love to be at 145 by Friday! Feels weird to say - 144 was my previous high weight!
maenad- well done on cals yesterday! doesn't that always feel super rewarding?? good luck with tomorrow's lesson!
natamars- yay for being down!! and good job with the willpower at your son's play date. i'm sometimes so bad about snacking
I stayed on plan the whole weekend, taking in about 1200-1500 cals a day. I cannot get my lazy butt to exercise, though! Ugh. Nonetheless, I'm down 1.4lbs today, weighing in at 163.6 Woohoo!
today's class went alot better, feeling better about life again!
Yesterday i had about 1050-1100 calories. not so bad.
Today i felt a little weak, i think i might be getting a cold or something. so far i am at about 800 for the day, i will probably get a light dinner before my lesson tonight.
Great work, everyone! We should do a tally soon to see how much we're down combined.
maenad, take care of yourself and drink lots of fluids.
did well with the food yesterday, although i bagged on the gym. Had to log in and work when I got home, then all of a sudden felt exhausted, but also starving. ate a huge salad with turkey and cheese and was still hungry. went to bed at 8PM instead of eating again.
plan for today:
stick to food plan
water
yoga class tonight
eat snack rather than dinner. brought bigger lunch including salad to eat at work
OOhh yoga! It's been quite a while since I've attempted yoga... well done natamars. My legs burn in empathy. One of these days hearing about you and the rest of the feathers making some serious exercise efforts will be motivation enough to get me off my lazy but One of these days...
I'm down again! 162.4 this morning! I can see those 150s on the horizon!! Early next week perhaps?
yesterday was extremely off plan! I drank alcohol for the fist time in 2010, but i kept it low, and stuck to hard alcohol (a few shots of vodka.) I am disappointed, but it isn't the end of the world. I was put in another situation where i was the only sober one and i guess i cracked under the pressure (most of all the annoyance!) I ate a bit too much, but it was all really healthy, prob around 1800 calories for yesterday.
Now for the exciting news: I lost 2.2 pounds this week! I guess being so good the rest of the week paid off!
shasha, that's awesome! I'm sure you will be in the 150's by next week.
maenad, doesn't sound like you did so bad. it is tough being the only sober one - at least i think so, in my younger days, i never was! and i have to say i am so jealous of your weight right now. i can't wait to be in the 120's again!
met my goals for yesterday. squeezed in 20 min on the elliptical before body sculpting. my arms were killing me from all the downward dogs the night before - ow! and i had to modify some of the ab stuff - she did about 30 min of abs, which is about 20 more than i can handle. but i hung in.
my official weigh-in is tomorrow, but from a preliminary check i am going to have to start counting calories again, probably monday, giving me the weekend to shop, cook, and measure. i'll aim for 1200-1500, sticking to low-carb thru v-day, and see where i end up.
Today:
planned food
water
Zumba! class
thanks for this thread - it is really helping me with accountability
I had a surprising weigh in this morning. I'm down 2.6lbs! That's surprising since I had a few "oopsies" with off plan snacks. Beer, popcorn, chocolate chip cookies...I thought I'd be lucky to get down half a pound this week. But I did start exercising again.
Natamars: It sure is hard being the sober one! I have never really been the sober one before, and it is a hard role to adjust into!
This evening was pretty bad. My BF wanted to take me out to dinner, i tried to get us to stay in, but he insisted. We had wine (2 small glasses for me) and steak. The steak i got was drenched in a butter garlic sauce (I had no idea seeing as though i couldn't read the menu...in turkish, using words i didn't know). I thought, what the heck! I'll eat all the steak, then eat all the sauce with my mashed potatoes. disaster. I think i must have had 1500 calories in that meal alone, along with the 600 earlier in the day.
I really need to get serious again....wednesdays and thursdays are always hard because they're my days off. Tomorrow i am making a big pot of lentil soup for the weekend. doing some shopping for veggies, and fruits.... i hope to be 123.2 again on sunday when i weigh in next.
Sat marks 2 official weeks of calorie counting! And it's flown by pretty easily. I'm hoping it's all that easy...
mkendrick, good stuff! That whole exercising thing seems like it helps... I've gotta get on that, blah.
One day at a time maenad! Just take the weekend to refocus and you'll be back on track before ya know it! I'm off to happy hour with my boyfriend and sister. Oh boy, talk about being the only sober one. Wish me luck and willpower
Ok so I just found this thread and I probably won't make 10 lbs but can I hang out.
I just found out that I am going to the bahamas in march (working trip but still) and I want to feel good....
Also my sister is getting married in st thomas in september while on a cruise. We are booking a balcony room, but I only get to keep it if I make 130 by the final payment in july.
I am 154 as of monday and I am sooo tired of constantly "trying". Everything just happens sooooo slow. I have a gowear fit yet I still find myself struggling with how much to eat every day. Should I eat for a 1lb loss or a 2lb? I have heard that when you are close to goal that trying to eat to little to have a deficit to lose 2lbs per week can actually stall your weight loss completely.
One of these days...
