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Weigh in is on Monday's:

Monday 12/05/2016 - 233.4 LBS (but I'm retaining water as it's lady days, ugh.)

Well, I dragged out my scales, cleaned them up. Batteries still good after setting almost two years !

Stepped on them to re-calibrate, then on again to weigh. Could hardly believe my eyes, I thought it would read around 280 but instead was only 251 clothes on ! So I am almost 30 lbs better off than I thought. I still am going ahead with losing weight, I just do not like the way I feel at this weight plus the inconveniences experienced by this weight and what it is doing to my health.

So, my starting weight will be the 251 lbs. I think dropping 8 more during this month ought to be feasible so that and staying with the losing decision will be my goal.

251 start, goal 243.

B F R

Week 1 success
 

I know that it was mostly water weight since it was my first week in a long time of being good again.

This is the goals I set with the actual filled in........

December 5th goal: 198/194
December 12th goal:196
December 19th goal:194
December 26th goal:192
December 31st: 190

I've never found a particularly easy way. So, I keep my regular posts on my computer. There are couple of advantages:

1. I still have my post if 3FC glitches while I'm trying to post
2. With past months, I have long-term logs of exercise & weight

Great to see some folks back after an absence and some new people, too! Good luck, everyone!

aliisa: -8 lbs
Big_Fat_Rooster: -8 lbs
Bslope0: -10 lbs
darius: -10 lbs
Inferno: -5 lbs
JeskikaBeth: -8 lbs
jmhender: 168 lbs
kelijpa: -5 lbs
labnzab: -6 lbs
LadyA: -8 lbs
LaurieDawn: -8 lbs
MonteCristo: -5 lbs
raven90: 4 lbs
stronggal: 135.2 lbs
VickieLou: -7 lbs
WebWoman: 168 lbs
Weekend_Boater: -5 lbs
ZetaMD2Be: -8 lbs
Zoniegirl: 199 lbs

Hey guys,

I was doing some research about how much protein a woman needs when trying to lose fat without losing any strength or muscle. The 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight is the known standard, but I can never reach that amount!!! I like carbs too much.

I find that when I am dieting I seem to have a harder time lifting my weights.

I found out a male body builder was able to cut to 7% body fat and not lose any muscle and strength, and in fact gained strength and muscle, at around 80% gram per pound. So for me that would be around 110 grams of protein a day.

So I put together a list of foods that I like to eat which are high in protein. Below is what I came up with. I am going to try to stick with the list, if I get tired of eating the same foods, I will make some replacements, which will probably happen often.


1) coffee w soy milk, dab of sweet creamer - 5 (150 cals)

2) 1/4 cup oatmeal w/ nuts & dried fruit - 5 (200 cals)

3) 5 egg whites, 1 egg yolk - 30 (150 cals) (sub: cold cuts, cheese)

4) 1 beef burger w/ veggies - 20 (200 cals) (sub: egg/cheese quiche w/veggies)

5) 1 greek yogurt w/ fruit - 12 (100 cals)

6) protein shake - 30 (170 cals) (sub: smoothie protein shake)

7) 2 black bean veggie burgers - 24 (220 cals) (sub: chicken w/veggies)


Total: 126 g of protein (1190 calories)

Goal: 135.2

12/1: 139.8
12/2: 138.8 (did good)
12/3: 138.0 (fiddle faddle in the evening but good)
12/8: 137.6 (not so good weekend, but survived)

I can't believe I haven't had any Christmas splurges yet... But this weekend we have a church dinner, then next Friday, company lunch, then Christmas dinner with family.
So far 3 obstacles I will have to face. Haven't baked any Christmas cookies or goodies will probably do it this weekend.
Will be strong, and resist temptations to overeat. This time, will not make the same mistakes I did in November!

Let's go everyone, we can get through the Holidays, we can do this!!!

Good Morning all...

SW: 174.5
CW: 171.5
GW: 168.0

I just wanted to reach out and say hello to everyone and have a great day!

My weigh in days are Mondays. What day does everyone weigh in?

:goodluck:

:grouphug:

Thanks to everyone on the answers to my former post question :)

Hello everyone; today is Friday weigh-in day.
I have been losing tons of water over the last 3 weeks since I started my diet.
Good luck to everyone this month!

December 2016 Weight Loss Challenge
Goal: 10 lb

Date Weight Loss lb
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12/1 308.4 START
12/9 301.8 -6.6 lb
12/16
12/23
12/30

6.6 lb TOTAL LOSS
66.0% of goal reached

Small non-scale victory last night: Quit smoking 14 years ago, 9PM 10 December 2002.