Hi ladies,

Just joined a few days ago and on my first day of REALLY being good. I've read through the posts and wanted to add to the mix that we have here. It would be fun to have a regular LDS forum.

I have been a member my whole life. I live in Southern Oregon with my two children and husband. I'm a work-at-home mom and for that I can't myself as fortunate.

Anyway, I'm just trying to eat smart and make healthy choices. More vegetables and fruit, less processed foods, more lean protein, that sort of thing.

So glad to be here!

Jess

Welcome Jess! My hubby is an oregonian too. He's from Silverton, which is closer to Salem.

Hi Amy! welcome to the thread I grew up in California, I miss the warm weather.

I'm just starting out here, and find that after 2 weeks, my enthusiasm is already starting to dwindle.

I lost 5 the first week, gained it all back the next.

I actually got 2 weeks of C25K but now my knees hurt.

lol I know this too shall pass. I'm not going to keep getting fatter, I'm determined to lose the weight. I hate shying away from pictures with my girls because I'm ashamed. As soon as my knees feel better I'm getting right back on the treadmill.

Amy,

Congrats on the 24 pound weight loss! That's something to be proud of! Welcome to 3FC. It's a great site.

Julie, keep at it! Don't get discouraged! Keep up the exercise (maybe something not so bad on the knees?). I find that i need both diet and exercise to lose. If I just do one or the other than I stay the same or gain. I"ve kept up my exercise all week but I've been off plan on eating and haven't lost anything.

Have a good week ahead ladies. We just need to take it one day...or one work-out even at a time!

Amber

Julie: Thanks for the welcome. I just wanted to echo what Amber said - don't get discouraged. I know it's rough when the scale doesn't go in your direction but if you keep on working it will eventually head in the right direction. I know it's easy to get discouraged. After steady losses for 6 weeks, I stalled last week and even gained 2 pounds. I admit it, I got really bummed about it. But DH was so encouraging and I just kept doing what I've been doing and I have lost the 2 pounds that I gained and I'm hoping that I will continue downward at a decent rate.

Amber: thanks for the kudos on the weight loss. You've done awesome yourself. What have you been doing? I've been eating more veggies & fruits and I have eliminated processed foods from my diet.

What is everyone here doing for exercise? I generally do elliptical 6 days a week, weight lifting 3 times a week and I walk with my neighbor a couple times a week for about 2 hours (but we walk slow cuz she just had a baby so I don't really count it as exercise - more like socialization time). We also go on family bike rides about 3 times a week as long as the weather is good.

Hope everyone has a great week.

For excercize I have been jogging/walking 3 times a week (couch to 5k)
Doing eliptical 2 times a week.

I need to add in strength building. I had, but got a knee injury from jogging. It's almost better, but I won't jog this week.

Julie: What is couch to 5K?

Hey Julie,

I just thought of something else too. If you do start weight lifting, don't get discouraged if your weight stays the same for a few weeks or even goes up for awhile, that's normal when you start. I don't want you to get more discouraged then. My weight has stayed the same for over a month now (I just started weight training) but my inches are going down. Make sure you measure yourself and not just go by the scale.

Amy, I'm just decreasing calories and working out like a mad woman. This past month I've been trying to get in my fruits and veggies and my dairy. I'm a total junk food junkie and have been under calories but not getting in my good stuff. I've been trying to work harder to not only eat less but eat more good stuff. I've also recently added weight lifting so I can get some tone. Hopefully I'll start seeing results on that scale soon!

Good luck ladies! The holiday season will be my first while trying to lose weight. I really need to buckle down in the next 3 weeks so I can get to where I want by Christmas.

Amber

Amber, you are totally right. I figured my fat pounds because I have a body fat tanita scale. According to the numbers I've lost between .5 and almost 3 pounds of fat. So the gain has to be muscle!

223.0 at 44-45% body fat = 98.1-100.35 lbs of fat
226.8 at 43% body fat = 97.5 lbs of fat

Looking at it that way, I feel sooooooo much better.

I got some good running shoes today. I'm not going to start jogging again until next week, but hopefully it won't hurt so much next week!

Amy, it's great that your husband is so supportive. Mine is supportive too, but more in an I love you just how you are type way. Which doesn't make it easier to stay on track.

C25K is couch-to-5k it's a training program to go from your average couch potato to being able to jog in just 9 weeks. It's on coolrunning.com you go to training>new runners>couch to 5k running plan.

I got through the first 2 weeks and really like it. It's harder then heck, but well worth the sweat and endurance.

Amber: I've been doing weight lifting for a couple of months now. I just started a new toning program that I got out of Shape magazine this month and it is kicking my bum! I thought it would be easier becuase it uses a lot of resistance bands and light weights but WOW - it's hard!

I'm working on building leg strength without weights using Tony Little's Target Training tapes. I got them forever ago, and like them, though I've never used them religously.

I'm tired today. I need to find the utility bill, I've misplaced it and it is due today.

Hey girls, I was so excited to see this thread, but it looks like it died out a month ago! Anyone still around?
Christine

I'm still around! At a weight stand still for about 2 months now but I'm re0committing!

How are you??

Welcome to the board!

Amber

Hey ladies

I'm still lurking around, with little to say... a lot has happened over the last few months, and typing takes forever, so here's the readers digest version:

-hubbie lost lost his job, we couldn't afford to cobra the insurance, so we can't afford the gastric bypass

-I've managed not to gain any more weight, though I haven't lost any... mostly watching what I'm eating, I have no gym energy

-I quit taking my insulin regulating medicine because of nasty side effects, so I feel crapy pretty much 24/7...

-Hubbie got a new job, making about 10k more than he used to! The new insurance won't pay for surgery for anyone under 25yrs old, so we're still having to come up with 23k all by ourselves

-I'm starting the NutiSystem diet at the end of the month, and I'm joining a new gym... if I can lose any weight this way, I'll be happy. I figure nothing else has worked, so trying something new can't hurt anything

So, that's my life! We were pretty bummed about hubbie losing his job, but it has all worked out well- the lord takes care of idiots first, so we shouldn't have worried at all

If NutiSystem doesn't work, I'll start harassing his company to pay for the surgery. If it does work, I'll cry happy tears!

Anyhoo, hope you're all having a wonderful post-holiday relaxing time

Valarie