chickadee Thank for the reminder! I forgot I was sick haha.

ailisapearl chug chug chug water! I am sure you can bump that down in a couple of days as long as you eat clean and drink water.

minoja That sounds a bit scary. Sorry you have to take all those meds now. I am sure you can lose weight even without jogging. I know some women who have lost tons of weight with just walking. Its all about calories in versus calories out so as long as you care walking fast and long enough you should be fine.

steph You can do it!

So I went and worked out hard today and it felt great! I watched my calories and feel so nice and strong. We moved into a new house and unpacking is alot of work but its so nice to see it shaping up! Hope you all did well today!

ItsMyTurn: I don't think I realized that you have RA! One of my co-workers does too, and I know the challenges she sometimes faces with it. She is a marathon runner though, so there is still lots of potential. :D (Not that I'm suggesting you run a marathon; despite the fact that I run now I still think those people are slightly crazy, even though I am totally awed by them!) Anyway, your stubbornness is a very admirable quality, and it's going to win!!!

JayTee: I read your reminder about making the day a good one several times today, and I swear it's what made me do my strength exercises tonight even though I've felt totally beat all day today. I just couldn't let the day pass by and tomorrow be regretting not getting the exercise in, you know? Thanks for the nice comment on the photos. :)

viklane: Really happy to hear about the drop! :)

AilsaPearl: Sodium, water, who knows, but you didn't gain that much fat in two days, certainly! I am a daily weigher and so I know how those jumps can impact mood... but you know you kind of asked for it by getting on the scale when you normally wouldn't, right? :lol: It's like when I get on the scale at night after I've eaten a big dinner a few hours earlier - of course it's going to be up!! :) Btw, I hope you know I'm just trying to make you laugh this off, and not worry about this temporary jump - it really doesn't mean anything, as it doesn't accurately reflect any small fat gain that might have come from the takeout. Fear not, and don't get discouraged - things will be back down soon. :)

minoja: I'm SO sorry for that terrible scare, and I'm sorry for all the frustration you must be feeling right now. But you CAN and WILL still lose weight even without getting your heart rate up the way you would with jogging or other more strenuous aerobic activities. Food is a HUGE part of the weight loss equation, and you have a good handle on that; and both the walking and strength exercises will do a lot of good from a health/fitness perspective even without the higher calorie burn of more strenuous cardio exercise. My cardio exercise was almost exclusively walking for the first ~7 months of my weight loss, and I think it worked great for me. Remember too that as you continue to slowly increase your cardiovascular capacity with the walking, your heart rate will be lower at the same level of exertion... so you should actually be able to increase what you're doing in time. :hug:

Princess Sophia: Oops, sorry, I missed you when I was working on that long post at the same time you posted! I added you below - good luck this month! :)

Steph: I think you did awesome last month considering the challenges at work! I am looking forward for you to having things slow down soon. :)

sun: Glad you're feeling so good!! Reading about all the work you're doing with the move, I can't help but think about all those extra calories you're burning with all the added activity. :D It's official: my thought process has been forever altered (warped? :lol:) by this whole weight loss experience!


Updated April Weight Loss Goal List

minoja75: Get to 229 lbs
InControl2Day: Get and stay below 125 lbs
aniela26: Get under 205 lbs
philana: Get to 135 lbs
PaintedButterfly: Lose 4 lbs
viklane: Get to 222.1 lbs
nicolae: Get to 174 lbs
dcapulet: Lose 8 lbs
Aunrio: Lose 1 lb per week
KymmLynn: Lose 8-10 lbs
Jester: Lose 5 lbs
JayTee: Lose 10 lbs
hbr777: Lose 3 lbs
AilsaPearl: Get to and stay below 145 lbs
ItsMyTurn: Get to 187 lbs
ashori602: Get to 166.6 lbs
Marniadec: Lose 4.6 lbs
amanda1230: Lose 5 lbs
delyn: Get to 150 lbs
gardenerjoy: Be under 75.1 kgs for 14 days or more
LeeciesLosingIt: Lose 10 lbs or more
chickadee32: Get below 140 lbs
KaylaxoLynn: Get to 244 lbs
sun: Get to 168 lbs
PrincessSophia: Get to 135 lbs
Steph7409: Get to 144 lbs

Btw, the Athenos whole wheat baked pita chips I bought recently are killing me. They aren't that terrible for you other than being a bunch of unnecessary carbs, and I've only consumed about half of the 9 serving bag in a week and a half, but those ~500-600 calories that I probably didn't need over the past week and a half are still going to add up. I can't stop eating them though! I lay in bed at night and think about them, and every time I open the pantry I just have to grab a few. The sodium content isn't that high but they taste really salty to me, and my body must be craving salt or something because d*mn that saltiness tastes soooo good. I'm not going to be able to buy them again; I just can't trust myself with them. :(

Taking my own advice today ... ONE freaking day at a time! HATE that I regained 15-20 of what I lost, but I WILL drag my sorry, ever expanding a** to the gym and spend an additional 10 minutes on the stairmaster to make up for the salty chips I put in my mouth last night! Like Chick, the voices of saltiness keep me company. Like unwelcome house guests, I must tell them to leave!

You can do it today, Sarge!!


This morning, out of nowhere, 2.2 lbs whooshed off. What?? I haven't seen a whoosh like that in ages. All water I was holding on to, I'm sure, but woohoo!!

Thank you AlisaPearl, sun and chickadee...I am going to try to focus on my eating and just walk as often as possible. I really love this site because heart condition or not there are so many on here that understand what I am going through and who have had similar obstacles in their way. The ability to vent to others who know a little about what I am dealing with is the biggest support system in the world. I am thankful for all the positive feedback, I think if I didn't come here I would probably find myself sitting in bed with a tub of ice cream feeling sorry for myself...instead I feel motivated to keep moving forward!

Good luck to you all as well and chickadee I hope those pita chips will soon release their hold on you! I know about salt cravings...sometimes I will add some tomato slices to my salad just to salt them up and get my fix...the only thing it doesn't provide is the crispyness of the usual deliciously salty snack.

chickadee: thanks for setting up the thread and keeping a nice list, that helps! I know what you mean about salty-ness. It's my biggest craving - though strangely enough I am able to not touch them and instead am grabbing sweet stuff left and right just because my mom bought it. Sweet stuff is so not my craving. So why? UHG.

JayTee: You can do it! You lost them once before, so why not again? ;) Just doing it twice to make sure you are doin it right! hihi

sun: goodluck with the unpacking, that usually takes me forever. I always htrow out one or 2 boxes during the next move becaue they never got unpacked so I figured I don't need the stuff that's in them. lol

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I am going only slightly nuts. I've been exercising so much the past 3,5 weeks, I've been eating on plan for atleast 3 weeks of those 3,5. And for the past week and a half for sure. But my weight is at 141/142 for about 2 weeks now. UHG! I know I need to be patient, but my scale can show incremental changes and it's not showing me any movement. That is sort of annoying. I don't need to drop pounds and pounds, but atleast half a pound would be nice. lol.

I'll be fine. I feel a bit icky today so I don't know what to eat. I just had a peanutbutter jelly sandwich. Hope it helps. I somehow always think it helps settle my stomach but so far no effect.

I'm on day 3 of the 14 days to weigh below 75.1 in April. Yay!

AlisaPearl: Yep, it happens. I "gained" 5 pounds in 24 hours with a Japanese lunch one memorable day. It was all gone 3 days later. Hang tough!

minoja75: I don't run. I tried when I first started this journey but I come up lame every time with Ilio Tibial Band Syndrome. It is possible to get in great shape without running. I really think I see better scale results with long slow workouts than with short intense ones. If you can manage to work up to an hour's walk each day and throw in some strength training, you'll see dramatic results! And, even if you don't manage quite that much, you'll get there eventually.

philana: it's not uncommon to get a stall after you've lost a significant amount as you have -- it's just your body adjusting to its new dimensions. If you get bored with it, change up something. Eat some nuts when you would ordinarily have something more starchy or eat a fruit instead of whatever sweet thing your mom's been bringing in. Sometimes a small change like that will make a difference (or at least keep you entertained).

10lbs down or to 160 strong, but I doubt it ...will work for food!

3/31 -1640.
4/1 - ?
4/2 - 170.2
4/3 - 168.2
4/4 - 164.4 (it's obvious that I currently have some H2O issues)

Originally Posted by gardenerjoy:
philana: it's not uncommon to get a stall after you've lost a significant amount as you have -- it's just your body adjusting to its new dimensions. If you get bored with it, change up something. Eat some nuts when you would ordinarily have something more starchy or eat a fruit instead of whatever sweet thing your mom's been bringing in. Sometimes a small change like that will make a difference (or at least keep you entertained).

The thing is, I lost the first 22lbs last summer, then I went on a maintenance break, when I got back at the end of Jan I could not really find my groove but I did lose another 3 lbs. But ever since then I've been around the same weight. I've been offplan for 3 weeks in that time so I lost 4lbs of gained waterweight 3 weeks ago. But other than that the past 2 months have been about the same.

I have no set eating pattern. One day I'll be into beans and salad, the next day my mom cooks something nice with meat the other day I'll have a mix of everything. I eat few carbs but sometimes I eat a bunch. (140g is a lot for me!).

Oh well! Haha. I will be fine eventually. The reason I'm frustrated is because I know how weightloss works and what can cause the stalls but none seem to apply to me. I am either overlooking something or my body is holding onto water like it has never done before.

Well here I am again. If the scale doesn't move down in April I am taking a sledgehammer to it, fer shure.

SW: 156
GW: for the damn scale to move down, I will take anything at this point

@loose seal....i'm right there with you! if the darned scale doesn't move down soon it has somethin else coming.... good luck!

Not my official weigh in day but couldn't keep myself from the scale this morning! Lost 3 more pounds! Definitely helps put me in a better frame of mind no matter what new obstacles were thrown in front of me.

Good luck everyone!

Originally Posted by AilsaPearl:
@loose seal....i'm right there with you! if the darned scale doesn't move down soon it has somethin else coming.... good luck!

I'm thinking sledgehammer, explosives or hurling it off of the roof! :lol:

Good luck to you too! I just keep telling myself "it has to move, it has to move" . . . doesn't it? :dizzy:

I'm a few days late, but I'm ready to jump in!

My goal for April is 7lbs lost.