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I need to loose 7lbs this month. I know I can loose about a lb a week normally. I just need to push it to a lb and a half. I have to be perfectly on plan and I want this sooo bad. I am trying to do 1400 calories and alternate that with 1200 every other day. I workout every day and and going to try so hard to get there. I am not going to eat any sweets or junk. I am going to do this!

Okay now that it is out there hopefully I can keep it up. I will post on here everyday this month.
Feel free to join if you like.

Good luck for your goal! I'll join in here with you!

I want to weigh 75 kilograms by my 24th birthday, which is the 2nd of October. I don't like to set too many time-based goals as I get a bit disappointed - but I think this one is possibly achievable. That's a 3.5kg/8pound loss. I'm going to try to actually stick to my calorie numbers rather than ranging so much within them. Minimum 1600/maximum 1700 on workout days, minimum 1400/maximum 1550 on non workout days.

awesome we will do this together! I have a wedding to go to at the end of Oct and I would really love to be in the lower 140's. HERE WE GO!

I definitely want to join in! I have been in the 160's since July and have been off track up until this last week! I need to stay accountable and want to be down into the mid or even upper 150s by the end of the month!

I think you can do it! I *hope* I can do it but I know it will be a bit of a stretch. 2 pounds a week for the next 4 - could be hard! I did it at the beginning this time without really trying, but my loss has definitely slowed down this past week. But let's go! Will try my hardest (without over doing it haha)!

jessica welcome!

robin Yes I am not sure if it is possible. It seems feasible and I am going to try but I might just make 5lbs and I will still be happy for a loss then not :)
So today is my higher day of 1400...I kept it to 1200 yesterday... and I worked out ....today a run...
will check in later

Hey! This morning I weighed in at 78kg. Tuesdays are not my official weigh in but I always have a check anyway. I'm hoping that half kg loss sticks! I deserve it, have been stuck between 78 and 79 for over a week.
That's a drop from 173 pounds to 171.9. So almost a pound. Hah! Overnight pound! If it's still gone tomorrow (when I weigh in on my parents super fancy digital scales) it will be official. But I'm changing my ticker anyway, it's been at 79 FOR AGES since the ticker won't do half kgs.

Also I think you were talking to me when you said robin? Maybe? Heh.

Hey,

I want to get in on this goal too.

I'm a newbie, but this goal sounds perfect for me. I really really want to get out of the 180's. I wear a uniform for work, and 7lbs would be the difference between wearing my uniform with a really scary spanx like corset type thing, and being able to breathe and raise my arms. :dizzy:

I lost 3 lbs last week going from 185-182 without any exercise, so this week I'll add exercise and see where it goes.

Hey flythinlyns, welcome! Sounds like a totally achievable goal!

flythinlyns welcome! good luck!

rainbowstripe sorry auto correct :) Way to go on the loss...just drink lots of water and keep in your calories and you will make it stick! I am praying to see 154 tomorrow and maybe 153 on Sunday....hmmmm working at it

Did my run today..feel good :) now to keep my calories in line tonight

ok so I haven't seen 154 yet but I am not worried still working out the TOM. I have been good about working out and keeping in my calories. Yesterday i went about a hundred over my 1200 mark but still under 1400 so I am not going to beat myself up about it.
Feeling good. going to get my run in and then go for a surfing lesson from my DH. woo hoo for extra exercising.

BLARGH! I am stuck at this silly weight of 78.5kg (173 pounds). Getting really frustrated as it's been 2 weeks now at this weight!
Did the intense (for me) 20 min turbo jam dvd workout yesterday, I guess I could have done something else as well but I kind of ran out of time.
Today I had planned to not exercise because I got my hair coloured yesterday and I'm not meant to wash it until tomorrow - and exercise for me always means sweaty gross hair that needs washing. But I have the whole day with no plans so it seems pretty lazy to do no exercise... I'm also feeling kind of down so will just take it as it comes.

Sun--Two types of exercise? Impressive, sounds like you are completely on target. Hope the surfing lesson is as fun as it sounds. :)

Rainbowstripe--Sorry your feeling down. But give yourself a pat on the back, for doing 20 minutes yesterday. And if you don't work out today to save your hair, well that's just the price for cute hair. ;)
What color did you go? Also have you tried the dry shampoo/or talcum powder trick, to get rid of post workout hair? I haven't tried it yet but am considering it. (Just have to figure out how to do it without getting it everywhere)

As for me, I gained a 1lb. Which is not surprising since I'm not on a food or exercise plan yet. I was trying for the chill approach, since I tend to get a bit neurotic when trying to loose weight. But a girl at work told me about an ab move called the banana so I'm excitied to tack that on to my 5 minute routine.

Hey flythinlyns, I went red again, it fades so quickly! See my current avatar/profile pic, I took it yesterday after getting my hair done. I am feeling really terrible today - I just started crying for almost no reason it would seem. I think maybe exercising would actually help me out a bit so I'm going to try to do some in a little bit, maybe just some time on the treadmill - too bad about my hair, I am going to wash it anyway I guess. I have got dry shampoo that I use sometimes when my hair gets a little oily at the roots but it doesn't seem to work the same on post-workout hair unfortunately.

I like the red!!!!!! Very pretty. Depending how much sun I get my hair ranges between strawberry blond-auburn (so I'm biased towards redheads)

Kind of bummed to hear the dry shampoo isn't that great. Still might give it a try, I really hate having to do my hair.

How about a wee walk, to help with those blues? Is it still light in Auckland? I had a really rough wknd a couple of weeks ago and I went out for a long walk, (crying the whole way behind my sunglasses) and at the end of it, I was all cried out and feeling pretty good, if a bit puffy in the face.

Sending you a :hug:.

P.S I totally love these smiley faces, I have to restrain myself from using them after every sentence.

Oh it's actually pretty good (the dry shampoo) but it just doesn't work the same for sweathair as it does for oilyhair - at least for me haha. Otherwise, if I have hair I washed 2 days ago and didn't exercise, it leaves my fringe looking like I just washed it - however this was before I was exercising nearly daily haha. I'm guessing you also might have a better choice in brands over there in the US!

It's only about 4pm here - but it's a horrible rainy day so I think I'm going to force myself to do some Wii fit. Thanks for the hug. I think perhaps I'm experiencing extreme PMS - I never usually get any symptoms but I am craving chocolate haha. It just feels so silly to be sitting at home crying by myself so I think I need to get busy doing something - my Wii is at my boyfriends so I'm going there now.

Good idea!!!!

Only managed 14 minutes before giving up. Pretty lazy I think. Something was clicking in my leg or ankle and it felt very uncomfortable so I gave up. I'm not usually a giver-upper, but I think since I planned today as a day off, my subconscious was stubborn to keep it that way haha.

rainbowstripeyour hair ius pretty! I used to dye mine red. hmm I hate post workout stringy hair. I have loose curly hair and it doesn't do well with daily washes. So I just air it out and pray I don't look icky. It was your day off so don't sweat it. My day off is Sunday.

flythinlyns ooh! the banana roll! they do that on P90X! so effective! you'll have spanking abs in no time!
let me know how the dry shampoo works out. I would love to look good after my workouts.

As for me I had a great time with DH surfing :) today I am going on the evening for hot yoga. I made a deal with my neighbor about watching each others kids when we can. So I am going to take out a monthly pass for yoga and go every other day. I LOVE YOGA! specially HOT YOGA>
hope you all have a rocking day. Will check in later :)

stargzr you're most welcome! Good luck with your goals and post here whenever you want to keep accountable!

sun Thanks for the compliment! I really wish I could do my hair like that myself haha.

I'm feeling a bit better today...but I woke up early this morning after having a terrible dream that my boyfriend had died. When I woke up he wasn't beside me so that was kind of worse, and when he came to say goodbye for the weekend (he's going away for 2 nights) I grabbed his hand ( I was still half asleep) and didn't want to let go. I hate dreams like that. I had trouble getting out of bed this morning but I did. Got in 40 minutes on the stationary bike. I'd only planned 30, but I wanted to keep going so I did.
Struggled through it with some TERRIBLE period pain - it's weird, I feel like now I'm healthier, my period comes a little bit earlier and the pain is worse for some reason - but last time the period itself was also shorter and lighter so maybe that's a bonus - I'm on the pill so I only have my period once every 2 months - nurses/doctor said it was fine to skip every second one since they're pretty horrible periods. Anyway, just a weird observation.

Have to go to work at 1.30pm (it's now 11.30am) so I should go shower and stuff. REALLY don't feel like working but it's only for four hours and then I get fish for dinner! Yay!

stargzr hey u! long time no see! Welcome and good luck Hon,

rainbowstripe weird dreams are icky. sorry you feel bad. Way to go on your working out! Hope work was easy.

So I went for Hot Yoga and it was sooo fun. I really worked out hard! My muscled are sore in a nice way. Hope you all had wonderful days. Oh and calories were doing good.

Hot Yoga! It sounds so intense...but then again, yoga in general sounds pretty intense to me - I am so unbalanced I think I would be terrible.

Stayed right on plan calories wise, but didn't get them in the best way. I had hoped we'd be having fish for dinner but my mum didn't want to buy fish or cook it (I would have been happy to...but she didn't ask) so she took us to the mall to get something there. Had grilled chicken with peri peri chili sauce and yes...some fries...damn TOM making me crave the salt and stuff. Funny thing is I couldn't eat the whole portion of either the chicken or fries, so it was actually not that bad and I was under calories when I got home so had a couple of snacks.

Trying to think of something fun I can do for exercise tomorrow (Saturday). It's just about midnight Friday now and I am thinking about sleeping. Couldn't be bothered going out tonight or anything, period pain and a headache are keeping me company instead haha.

Hope you all have good weekends!

rainbow- sorry you are feeling bad~ glad you kept to your calories

kinda in a hurry.....kept in calories and did my run..woohoo~

so as for yesterday...I kept in calories and did 2 hours of yoga..ahhhh feeling great, today is my day off so no workout.. still gonna keep the calories down.

Feeling a bit of fustration with my weigh ins....seems like the scale is stuck.....but I have lost another inch off my waist.

sunI so know your scale frustration, I've been facing some of that for the past two weeks. I've decided to stop weighing every day or every second day - or if I do, I won't count it as my "weigh-in" per say.

I kept on plan with calories all week, though last night (Sunday) I ate my four mini cookies as planned and REALLY wanted more. I swear I haven't had these kind of crazy wanting-to-eat-everything cravings during my TOM before, but maybe I have and just didn't notice - and ate everything haha.

Woke up feeling terrible this morning (Monday), just so tired and really didn't want to get out of bed and go to work. I was tempted to call in sick, my mood is so terrible - but since it's sole charge I kind of can't call in sick unless its really urgent. I need to sort out this mood of mine but I'm not sure what to do to shake it. I think it's just feeling like I'm in this mundane work/exercise/days off work routine. I don't do anything worthwhile with my days off work. I'm scared to get back into my painting studio. Just a small rant!

stargzr- Hi! Sounds like your on a great plan. I'm always in awe of runners.

sun- I love how your mixing it up surfing to hot yoga, very cool. I'm going to get some dry shampoo with my next paycheck so I'll keep you posted.

rainbowstripe- I know what your saying about feeling like you've wasted days off, I was in that rut about a month ago. It was particularly annoying because I always had such big plans for my days off, but ended up on the couch all day. :( But on a happier note, you paint?

Okay so I'm bursting with news. I just got back from my first 4 day trip since Feb, and I'm so pleased with myself I exercised twice on my layovers. (Something I haven't done in maybe 2 years). In Canada I went on an 8k walk, which ended with climbing 202 stairs. My pace was more turtle than hare, but I was outside and loved it. Then the next day in Utah, I went for a walk around a small lake at the hotel. First lap was just walking, second lap I walked and then sprited (only on the parts where nobody could see me). Then I did my 5 minute exercise routine in the hotel room, and it ended up being more like 15 minutes. It's baby steps I know, but I'm enjoying it, which is a novel concept to me. However, I'm a little ticked off, I haven't been restricting my eating, but I have been eating way less, and moving more. Yet tonight when I stepped on the scale I was expecting to see a loss, instead it said I gained a pound!!!! I don't usually weight myself at night, so I'm not too worried yet, but I really want to see a loss in the morning. :crossed:

flythinlyns Yeah! I'm meant to paint. I mean... I studied at university with the aim of furthering my skills/ideas and becoming an artist. I've been out of art school 2 years now and I have a studio where I'm meant to paint. I've had a few group exhibitions... but in the last few months I've had no inspiration and I'm kind of scared to start painting again. I haven't even been in my studio (which I rent) for over 8 weeks now.
Weighing at night is always disappointing haha - I find that I'm usually a kilogram heavier at night! And go you on exercising on your layovers! That is awesome! Baby steps are amazing - I was about to share one of my own!

So my achievement baby step is - and for me it's actually pretty big because I've been avoiding it, dreading it, not wanting to do it for ages - is that I just did my first actual outdoors-on-the-sidewalk jog/run. YAY! I went 2.5 kilometres in 24 minutes. I feel great. It was hard. I got sore, the air was cold and painful going into my lungs, I got stitch/cramp, but I never stopped. When I couldn't jog, I slowed to a fast walk. I feel good! Aside from the fact I seem to have developed a cough in the 40 mins I've been back at home....

Way to go!!!!! Running outside is way harder than inside, so that's quite a big achievement. I know what your saying about the cough, I got that the other day, somehow I don't think that's the "burn" everyone talks about.

Weighed myself again this morning 181.2!!!!! Down a 1lb. (Never thought I would be celebrating that number, but a loss is a loss)

Are you going to try the outside jog/run again?

flythinlyns Hah it was definitely not the talked about "burn"! I think it was because it's still pretty cold outside (we're just coming into Spring now in New Zealand) and possibly also (unfortunately) a slight hangover from when I used to be a smoker :( But it's not going to make me stop! It felt good though! Today my leg muscles are burning! So I must have been getting a good workout! I think I'm going to try again after work tonight - I think it might be harder, but I enjoyed it so I'm going again! Yay for being down a pound!

stargzr Thanks for the encouragement! Also I love your avatar - my mum is a HUGE Snoopy/Peanuts fan and collector, she has been for over 40 years!
Yay for a new day and doing superbly on it! And good for looking forward to your run! I hope that I can call mine a run at some point haha - as of yet, it's not quite a run...it's like...jogging/walking intervals.

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As for me... my muscles are SO sore today haha. It feels good! I am kind of excited about doing my jog/walk interval workout outside again after work - I'm just hoping the weather holds out! It looks ok at the moment but in Auckland rain can appear at any moment without warning. I'm on track with food but feeling SUPER hungry today. Will keep on track though, I have a bunch of my snacks here. I feel like I should have some protein of some sort but that will have to wait for dinner.
Going to the movies tonight and taking my own popcorn I think. Either that or I'll see if I'm on track with my calories for an icecream treat. Haven't been to the movies in about 5 weeks (long time for me, I usually go once a fortnight sometimes!).

flythinlyns way to go on all your exercise! glad it did go down instead of going up like you thought.,

rainbowstripe Way to go on the running! I run on the treadmill and am not ready for the outside. Don't sore muscles feel sooo good? after these few days of yoga I feel my abs in a great way. Have fun at the movies!

stargzr Way to go on making this day count! I always seem to go through bouts of serious weight loss and then a few weeks of maintaining. its so mental really. Just mind over tongue :P

Am down 2 lbs since last weeks official weigh in! woo hoo! So today and yesterday were good days calorie wise. I ran today for about 16 minutes alternating another 10 minutes of brisk walking for about 2 miles. working my way up to running 5km in one shot! Tomorrow more yoga.... now that hubby is home I can get a couple of classes in while he watches baby girl. hope you all are doing well!

sun Go you! That's awesome! I'm hoping to see a drop tomorrow or Friday this week - I weigh on both days usually! The muscles do feel good but so sore! I am walking around the store where I work looking like a pirate with a peg leg! Hobbling everywhere! I'm wondering whether doing the jog/walk again this evening could be impossibly hard.

stargzr I don't think I'm running, I think I'm jogging haha. I don't know if there's a difference really...

I could not jog/walk again outside after work yesterday - my muscles were aching so much, I knew it just would be too hard and not in a good way. But I was determined to get some exercise in so I did 28 minutes on the stationary bike. It was not easy, way harder than usual, after 15 minutes I was ready to give up, the burn in my muscles was so intense! But I kept going for 28 minutes. The muscles are still sore today. I'm going to do an exercise dvd later on today before I cook dinner for my parents. I've got some ground turkey - have never cooked with it as it's pretty rare to find here in New Zealand, so I'm not sure what I'll do with it yet! Was going to weigh in today but I think I'll save it for tomorrow morning. Maybe. Haha, I don't know. No I think I will weigh in now, it's my usual day to.

77.6kg. So...down nearly half a kilogram/almost a whole pound. 171 pounds exactly now. Sweet! Will do my other weigh in (with my Wii fit) on Friday, hopefully it will be a little bit less! TOM is coming to an end so I'm hoping that shows me something a bit different.

rainbowstripe way to go on the weigh in! Don't push yourself to run if you feel like you can't. Also my uncle who is an orthopedic surgeon told me to run every other day so my muscles and joints have time to heal and I don;t ruin them.

stargzr way to go on giving blood. I also appreciate those who do that as it was blood exchange tranfusions that saved my daughter when she was an infant.
your day sounds so busy! Hope you enjoy your run tomorrow.


As for me....I ate in my calories although I had a rough night and got almost no sleep until morning( baby is sick). Then I went shopping for birthday/cake/ stuff for next week for my daughter's birthday. After that I ran to yoga and detoxed! my shirt was so full of sweat I could wring moisture out of it.~! ewww and yay at the same time!
Will check in tomorrow!

Sorry ladies I'm going to be a complete Debbie Downer......I've totally lost the plot.

So I've basically undone all the good work I did over the weekend. I was feeling great less than 24hours ago, and now I'm totally sick. Sore throat, cough, congestion. :headache: I feel rotten, and like my body has totally let me down.

Today I've eaten, 1/2 a choc muffin (not enjoyabe at all), 3 servings of theraflu, 1/2 a choc shake (hated it), and chicken soup & a piece of brown bread, a mexican coke and 4 pinwheel cookies, oh and 1/2 a fruit drink supposed to help fight of colds. Exercise you ask? I climbed the stairs to my apartment (incredibly hard).

And the kicker about all of this, is had I taken care of myself, and drank my water and eaten my vegetables like I know I have to do when I'm flying I would been feeling great.

Why oh why did I do this to myself?

Okay sorry for whining. Everyone else has been doing so great. I think I'm going to go lie down, keep up all the good work everyone.

sun Hope you manage to get a better sleep tonight! And yay on the extreme sweat workout hah!

flythinlynsOh no. That's no good that you're sick. I'm sure that once you get over some of the gross feelings from being sick you'll perk up a bit? I don't think you ate too much, but yeah as you say, not the best choices. But tomorrow is another day.... I hope you feel a bit better soon, rest is good.