Featherweights Planning & Chat June 3 - 9
 

I had an extremely haphazard week last week. I'm having trouble working the day shift into my life :p But this week I'm on evenings 3-11, so I should be able to get my healthy lifestyle in before I go to work.
I need to take my vitamins, drink my shake for breakfast everyday and get a couple of decent lifting sessions in.

I just need to get back on track generally. I've had a good day so far and my SO and I have set a 5 week competition/challenge so that should help. He's aiming for 12lbs, I'm aiming for 7. A little friendly sparring won't do either or us any harm as we've both been faffing around lately. I'm hoping this is going to work and that it's going to inspire me to get my head back into it. Holiday's in just over 5 weeks and I weigh exactly the same now as I did the last time I had a beach holdiday and I remember how terribly self conscious I felt then.

overate a bit yesterday. I have to reassess how I do long run days, I had the calorie room, but I felt stuffed and ate more than I would have enjoyed. I would prefer a big lunch after the long run to a big dinner I think.

I've been adding a lot more walking this week that I dont count to my exercise, so hopefully that will bump things up a bit.

Where is everybody? I know it's slower on the weekend but sheesh!

I have been lurking all weekend myself. I got a terrible cold on Thursday and have been feeling terrible :faint: . Is it possible to make your stomach muscles ache from coughing too much? My stomach muscles are killing me and all I've done for 4 days is cough and blow my nose.

I do think I am feeling just a tad better this evening (just a tad).

Well hopefully our featherweights will show up soon. They all must have had a busy weekend :shrug:

Hey, guys! I felt a bit adrift last week, but had a good weekend. Looking forward to a new week!

Good luck to all!

I did that one winter. Ouch! They were sore for about 3-4 days after the cough stopped.

I am frantic this week and next fighting City Hall :tired: and have just found out that one of our "key" people is basically useless.

I weighed myself a day early and it was not good - up 1.5 lbs. to 142.5. I'm just going to try to not get back up to 145 which is where I seem to be headed right now :yikes: . No more eating out until I'm back to 140 - no control of calories there!

Will post when/if I can
Dagmar :fr:

Had a fairly OP weekend. Only one really bad dinner out. My ticker has remained the same.

Morning!
I think somebody put a goodly portion of caffeine in the coffee maker this morning. I'm jitzin' ... Better have a bit of that shake and get walking.

Abby -- I get sore abs alll the time when I have a coughing kind of cold...

Yesterday was not a good food day, thank goodness I had biked 30k before the get together at some friends... Today is low carb and back on track...

I get sore abs also if I have a cough for a few days.


I am down 2 pounds this week I saw 130 for a day but was back up this morning I think I can handle a 2 pound loss. It will probably be a month or so before I lose again althought I am hoping that next weigh in I will see 130.

Planted flowers this weekend and bought paint now next weekend I will have to paint the house (well where I can reach DH can go up the ladder)

Sore abs from coughing? Try bursting the cartilage between your ribs while coughing! I did that a few years ago--my doctor said the pain can be worse than a broken rib. I was in pain for almost 8 weeks. I hope that never happens again.

I was pretty much on plan all weekend, but I'm afraid that my weight is going up rather than either down or maintaining. This week I am going to do a much more conscientious approach and see if I can't get the scale to start going back down. I'm tired of maintaining at 140 and would prefer to maintain at 133-137. I set up some small goals at home and will make good decisions all day today. So far, I'm on track and I have a meal plan for the entire week, so all should be good.

Dagmar~I hope city hall gets their butt in gear and helps you out. Sorry to hear about your gain. It's the stress.

Canadian mom~wtg on the 2 pound loss! I hope to be there myself at the end of the week.

abbyin~hope you are feeling better so you can get back on track!

susan~better have something to eat to counteract that caffeine!

ilene~wow, 30k bike ride! How long did that take? I think I'd be too tired to go out with friends!

Everybody have a great day!

Horrible weekend, eating wise. I did ok on Saturday, except for about a a half-dozen oreos and a half-dozen beers, but last night my husband stopped and got chorizo and eggs and tortillas and also got tamales and crackers to put pico and shrimp on. I controlled myself pretty well, but still....:^: How can you resist such a mexican feast?? I told him he must want me to get fat again! (He said I've never been fat.:love: LOL! But on the plus side, my knee is doing better and I've been able to run like four times in the last week, including getting up and running for 30 minutes this morning before the kids were awake. Lucky that I have a track right out my front door! So, I haven't lost much, but I know if I keep up the good habits, I will.

Abbi---How you feel better soon! Stomach muscles should only be sore from working out! LOL!

Sounds like most of us are in a bit of a lull, weight wise. Maybe there's a circadian rhythm going on here. I was looking at my weight loss journal from the last few months and it looks like I always start off the month with a bang, then gain a bit, then almost give up, then start losing again at the end. I need to break this habit if I"m ever gonna lose. Here's to a new month of victory for us all!

Today's the first day of the new challenge!! I ran this morning and am off to do pilates as soon as I get off here. Hopefully there will be a new, slimmer me in my swimsuit in 14 days!!

:( I gained 3 pounds last week -- before I adjust my ticker, I'm hoping that it's water. I knew I was a bit off plan last week with eating, but I don't think I ate an extra 10,000+ calories!!!

Or better yet, I hope those 3 pounds were calorie-burning muscles! :D

In slightly better news, I'm glad the strawberries I left in the work fridge over the weekend didn't get moldy -- they did get overripe though, which I kinda like since now they're more fragrant and sweet, albeit slightly mushy.

Also, TIME magazine this week had a big feature (with several stories) on food, appetites & weight control. I was particularly entranced by the article on the Biggest Loser, where the contestants admit to less than healthy lifestyles trying to lose weight for the money and how one guy regained most of the 100+ pounds he's lost on the show. Good read!

AW -- That sounds like a good article... I'm going to Google to see if I can read it on line...

Alison -- 30k took me about an hour and a half, not too bad really...and I did take some breaks in there, I visited a friend and we had coffee... Good idea on changing your plan if this one doesn't work, it may be just the ticket to get things moving again...

Such a dull day today I am feeling totally lazy, but I did have a really good leg workout...

Day two back on the waggon - it's time for bed here and I've stayed OP. I've had such a disastrous 2 weeks that getting back on track has proved hard. Having the other half ring up to boast about how well he's eating, how much exercise he's done and how he's going to crucify me at Sunday's weigh in is surprisingly motivational. He's such a sweetheart - if the aggressive competition is too much for me he'll just change it into cajoling support. I'm liking the aggressive attitude at the moment.

Ilene- if you find a link to that Time magazine artcle will you let us know? I'm such a computer moron. I sometimes wonder how I ever found this site.

Hope everyone's having a great day :)

Hi everyone.

I'm still on my high over losing down to 145 so if I'm in a lull I haven't paid attention! Nothing happening right now, but would hardly expect it to as I'm settling in to no more than 2 pounds loss per month.

I posted a thread last week in the "Plus to Petite Shopping" forum here called "Sewing our own, Altering, Fitting Anyone?" or something like that. SusanB already found it. Thought I'd mention it here with our Featherweights in case anyone here has tips/secrets/advice.

Definitely a "Biggest Loser" watcher here so will read the article. Generally I think it has been a good phenomenon. I was saddened last season by such hard first workouts that the contestents were running to windows of the workout area to vomit, and also thought making them all sleep miserably in sleeping bags on the floor of the workout area the first night was kind of emotionally/mentally a weird message to send. I'm a big advocate of exercise along with diet and so making exercise into something outrageous/shocking is a bad idea in my book. I notice they won't make diet into an outrageous or shocking thing on camera, certainly not as it affects their food sponsors. It's like they make diet Dr. Jekell and exercise Mr. Hyde. Oh well, I'll be watching next season, too!

Good luck challenging, Doughnut.

Good job on 2 pouds, canadian mom.

I did about a half-hour floor workout today.

Here's the link http://www.time.com/time/specials/20...626456,00.html The other articles AquaWarlock mentioned seem to be just as accessible. Cool.

Hi folks. There's a thread here somewhere that Hrbabe started about that Time issue. I think there's a link in it.

I've pasted the TIME article link in the current events sub-forum of 3FC, thread here:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114331

I ate beyond full at dinner today :( Chinese with friends, options are more starchy than I would've liked (which I realized after I got up from the table) but not too bad (and I don't believe it took me off plan either).

I also did my weekly 10K today and an hour or two earlier than usual (dusk), it's amazing how a few little degrees can make the workout so much more challenging/exhausting. But I survived, and it's actually nice jogging my way back with the light out.

Thanks Warlock! I've been catching up on today's posts and forgot all about it :) That might mean it's time I shoulda gone to sleep!

Morning!

Good morning Susan and everyone else :wave:

Went to my son's tennis banquet last night. He got MVP :high: plus 4 other awards between his team and the league they are in. He was pretty proud. I got a horrible blister on my foot from some shoes I wore. I don't really understand why since I've worn these shoes many times and never had a problem. I guess I'll just slap a bandaid on there and go walk on my treadmill though.

They have mexican food at the banquet last night. I did "ok"! They had great chicken fajitas with beautiful chicken in it but I also had 1 cheese enchilada and just a few chips. I had saved lots of calories for it so hopefully that will be fine.

I took the night off last night for the banquet so that was a nice treat. I go back tonight though for my regular 10 hours then I have to stay after for a meeting so 13 hours total but I have Wednesday night off so that will be fine.

Hope everyone is doing great. Talk to you later. :gossip:

Good morning Susan! And everyone! Hope everyone's week has started out well enough. :)

That Time article is really interesting, especially the Biggest loser part. I'm such a fan of the show, it's interesting to see a behind the scenes look. And no wonder Kai seemed really dazed and kind of drunk-looking at the season finale last year, in the sauna and trying to basically purge herself.

One thing that bugs me about the show is that there is only one winner. I think there should be at least a male and female winner, since the women usually weigh less than the men to begin with... so they'll have less to lose.


Anyway, so far so good for me this week. I have four days left on this detox, and I'm looking forward to being done. Not necessarily because I want junk food, but because I'm bored with the food I can eat. I really want to have regular cold cereal and milk in my coffee and a muffin. ;)

I made it to the gym today and it's amazing how much stronger I feel after just ONE week of steady strength training, that's definitly a motivator. And since my mom wants to get back in shape she and I have been out walking everyday at least once (we're aiming for twice, but time doesn't always allow for that).

Good morning everyone!

Whittlin~I wish I could settle into 2 pounds per month!!! I've realized that I haven't been maintaining like I should be (139-141 since January) and have decided to kick it up a bit to get back to 139 by the end of the month. That's going to be 4-5 pounds (yes, I was up to 144 yesterday) for this month. I haven't sucessfully lost anything (and kept it off ) since September. I think that since my body has had such a long rest, I should be able to do 1 pound a week!

Aquawarlock~I don't think I'd be as upset with the starches as with all that sodium. Water weight gain with any Chinese food for me!

Catstoungue~you're inspiring me to join the gym. That and I was looking at the profile of my DH this morning and he REALLY needs to get moving. When we got married, he weighed 155 to my 165 (we're both 5'8") and now he's 175 to my 143. I just don't know how to convince him. Perhaps I'll just walk over and sign us up and TELL him that he has to go with me at least twice a week. Once he sees the change, he'll be more willing to go more often (I hope).

Jane~isn't it neat when the kids earn kudos like that? You should be very proud of your son! We went to DD's band awards on Sunday and it was really nice because the director was introducing some of the members when he stopped at DD. He really praised her for going above and beyond this year. It made me proud of her (and it made me cry).

Susan~work must be keeping you very busy. You pop in, but it isn't the same.

Well, gotta go check for that thread and read the Time article. Oh, yeah, I guess I ought to get some work done, too!

I think my issue with TBL is the one episode I watched was a finale and the female would have had to become seriously underweight to have beaten the male who won. It should at least be a % of EXCESS weight, not a % of total weight. It really puts the people who start out right around 200lbs at a huge disadvantage compared to the heavier contestants.

Didnt record yeterday after yoga, I was probably a bit over. I could go back and do it, but not feeling inclined at the moment. I have leftovers from dinner though, so maybe when I get around to figuring out what they cost, I 'll put it in.

OK I read some of the time article...I totally believe the apple/pear insulin thing. Until I did South Beach I could not lose weight except on ridiculously low calories, and this time around it practically slid off. I also think that may be why I am stalling a bit, I kind of migrated back to older habits, so while my calories are the same, my food isnt as insulin friendly.

Aw thanks Allison ... I am working lots (drat!) but I do read whenever I can.

Right now, I'm beside myself because I can't get into the hussman fitness site to calculate my BF caliper measurement. I should have written it down somewhere. I think 11 mms is less than last time.
Obsessive you say?:yes:

A regular person would be brushing her teeth or something :D

I cannot get the link to the article to open every time I try internet explorer shuts down on me. I have been trying all day. Oh well I guess I am just not meant to read it.

I am such a 3FC addict! I got home from work and DS#1 was on the computer! I had to wait ... imagine!

I'm pretty happy lately. I seem to be able to watch what I eat even if I'm working every day. I had a few sweet treats at work tonight but nothing damaging. Even though I couldn't seem to get the exercise thing going when I was working 7-3 last week, I'm doing OK on my days off and on 3-11.
And it's working. I'm swooshing down very nicely.
Which is a good thing but it's reminding me of my pooooor record at maintaining. I'm reading Ann Fletcher again and hanging around lurking in the Maintainers Forum more.
Then there's the old how light is light enough struggle. Hovering under 130 has been my goal for months. 125 or so? I do slosh about 3 or 4 lbs easily. Maybe 122 would be safer. That'd be 40 lbs lost which sounds good :D
But honestly I don't care much for the number on the scale. I'd just like to be rid of the little tummy rolls.
DS#2 told me earlier today that my size 4 Austin jeans (my favs) are kinda almost too big. I've had a really discouraging battle for small clothing before. Since then I've discovered tailoring which might help circumvent that trouble. When I couldn't make larges go around my belly, I sure never foresaw having that problem.:dizzy:

It's a trick being almost there, isn't it? And I'm sure this kind of quandry is what starts us back on the upward climb.

I am aware that I'm rambling but sometimes it helps to write this stuff down. And I'm so sure some of you will have something wise and comforting to say :hug:

I do so appreciate you all. Thanks for listening.

alinnell - An inspiration? Me? Ahh, thanks. And do get your husband out there. Having a gym buddy is great (I'm lacking one at the moment). A great way to get in shaped and spend time together.

Whittlin - I've basically lost 2lbs a month since January as well. And since I didn't weigh myself in between I have no idea what the fluctuations were... And even though it might seem slow I just keep reminding myself that in another four months I may have lost twice that! Which will be 20lbs... and that will be crazy. So even if it takes you till christmas to reach goal, you know you'll do it. :D

Susan - I always wonder what weight will be good for me too. I know that in high school when I lost weight before I became too obsessed with reaching that far off goal. Even though it was obviously too low for me to be healthy at that goal weight I pushed towards it. Needless to say that the weight kind of jumped really quickly back on because my body had been a little deprived.

I think a part of me was also scared though, to be smaller, to be "thin". I'd spent so much of my life identifying as "chubby" that to not be able to call myself that... And the idea of no longer "dieting" but maintaining was just a concept I didn't understand. It was a mental block, and I know that the weight I gained was mostly from mentality and poor self-esteem.

Anyone else find that their weight goes down more when they're feeling good about themselves?
Instead of vice versa: feeling good because their scale is going down?

Night, see y'all tomorrow!

i'm at work right now..my summer internship just started this past tuesday. i've been pretty good with working out while being 12 hours jet lagged. i used the elliptical this morning for 20 minutes, and once work is over..i'm heading to the gym for a jog or maybethe cross trainer for 30 minutes. after that, some weight training. i am determined to get this weight off! for some reason, the summer gets me more motivated to workout? heh

While I'd rather have a day off alone at home and do whatever I want and eat whenever I want ... working really does force you to slot these things in. It's like a farmework for your life. kateconfessional ... I'm sure you'll be just fine now.

I was gonna say somethin else ... oh Catstongue ... I'm working at reviving the chapter discussion threads for Ann Fletcher's Thin for Life. Maybe you'll find some comfort and insight there too.

Right after I posted that I tried agan and it worked go figure.;)

GreatChoice: Mexican food is ALWAYS my weakness. I have a hard time ordering anything healthy there (and always end up having a regular Coke with the meal!).

I just got back from walking. My new walking buddy bailed on me today...maybe time for a new plan. I did manage to keep up with two elderly men in front of me :). They were actually going pretty darn fast!!! I ended up doing 2.6 miles in 40 minutes (but it was a pretty hilly track). Wish some of you guys were local! My ticker has moved again though (in the right direction this time). The slimfast plan is working so far...so good! If I can just get it down to 146, I will really be motivated to keep going. That is the weight that I usually give up at and start gaining back up...not this time!

UGHHHHHH TOM!!! You are the bane of my existence!!

At least I hope that's why the scale's stuck at 149 for the last two days. I started off so well, I can't believe that one hefty mexican food meal 4 days ago could throw me off so much!! I've been running almost every day and doing pilates...I simply MUST see a change!!! GRRR!!!

Morning all,

I've been waking up early this week and have been able to squeeze part/all of my exercises in the morning (as opposed to after work), I definitely feel better during the workday. It also helps me stay on-plan too, since I don't want all that hard morning work to go to waste -- however, I'm not sure if I can get up early enough EVERY morning to do this (usually I roll out of bed barely in time to put myself together to go to work :D)

Heading to the mall after work today, so looking forward to better-fitting clothes! There's also a seafood restaurant there that I absolutely LOVE, and there are lots of healthy options available. The only downside is probably the drive (about half an hour, though I expect longer given rush hour in L.A. :O )

That is exactly why I changed my initial goal of 135 to 133--just to give myself 2 pounds leeway!

I am hoping the same--although I'm hoping for the end of Summer--maybe the first of October at the latest. LETS GO!!!

Me, too--but I can't stay away from those margaritas!!

I was on track all day yesterday and my scale did not budge. Usually I see fluctuations daily but it is not happening this time. I think my body was really used to seeing 141 and my mind didn't worry when it fluctuated to 142, so then my body got used to 142 and my mind didn't worry when it fluctuated to 143. So here I sit at 143.5 when just a few weeks ago I was at least 2-3 pounds lighter. It's gonna be work now!!!

Susan - I just have no idea what my final goal weight will be. I THINK somewhere between 120 and 130. Probably around 125 ish. I think/hope, I will know it when I get there.

I am finding myself really looking forward to july 4th when I officially move to maintenance for 3 months. Not that I am losing very fast right now, certainly not fast enough to hurt marathon training, but then at least I can stop feeling badly about it!

Then I think in october I will hook up with a personal trainer and focus on weights and building some muscle in the cold dark rainy season. Try to do that final push to goal then.

Whittlin/Catstongue - 2 lbs/month seems like a really good rate of loss for me at this point. I have been hovering right around there too. Pretty soon I think I might have to start thinking in terms of 1 lbs/month just to keep my spirits up!

Allison Looks like you're right about the water retention thing, the 3 pounds fell off now (and I drank lots of water over the last two days). For a moment I was worried about having to do a 10k calorie deficit (which I'll still work on, at a much steadier pace -- eyeing that final 10 goal by end of '07).

And speaking of final goal, 135 is an arbitrary figure for me too -- but it will be 50 pounds from my highest weight and put me smack in the middle of "normal BMI" range (21). But as I get closer to/reach goal, I expect to shift to more strengthening/flexibility exercises to build muscles, which may or may not result in some weight gain - and that's OK too.

EDIT: Got a humorous compliment from the boss today -- he said "You got skinny!" then, realizing the potential for a faux pas, added, "you were normal-looking before, but you got skinnier!" followed by the sharing of what I'm doing, etc. But it was a good (and internally) funny moment, and proud when he's amazed at my ~35 pound drop over the past year.

Good evening! I'm home from work. One more shift and then a day off ... ah! I can hardly wait.
I don't really have anything to say. I'm just not tired yet. I've been starving all afternoon so I should go to bed before I eat something unwise.

Well, Allison, I guess we'll have to work it then. I can almost smell 125 lbs and it's driving me nuts!