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Featherweights Plan and Chat in August
Oh ho! It's the second of August already!
What's up Featherweights? I'm starting the month with a 12 hr shift. I'm not used to that and will have to plan my food carefully. I've got the fixin's in the fridge and just have to toss it into containers for all my minimeals. I did pretty well with the elliptical the last couple of weeks. I can do that again in August, yup. |
Hello, first post in the Featherweights forum!
I am 7lbs from goal, and it's tough! I always tend to become complacent right about now. Hiccup #1: I went to a welcome dinner for all the new teachers at our school. That part went fine. But we decided to go out afterward, and let's just say I'm keeping a lot of secrets from FitDay. I tend to be pretty introverted during the year, so one of my goals has been to be more sociable, but I need to learn how to do that and not take in too many calories. Not easy! Moderation, moderation, moderation! How can I ever do it?? |
:welcome2: BKKchick. I know exactly what you mean about becoming complacent when you get close to your goal. I've done it too many times.
I'm back from the bosom of my cake-loving family and a quick step on the scale told me all I feared. I refuse to move my ticker as the weight's not staying and the number's scared me! Ilene how did the practical go? I am beyond impressed that you've trained to become a personal trainer. |
Good morning!
The scale was a bit of a surprise this morning but it reflects how I feel. Super puffy, a bit of a headache ... yuck! And I thought that (for a change) I didn't eat too badly over the weekend. As for exercise, I only got one walk in and I haven't been on the elliptical for a few days. I guess that's my plan for later today. |
doughnut I'm with you!
I havent' stepped on the scale (YET) this morning, but I know it will show an higher number because last night I terribly binged (yes I'm a "chick in control" user eheheh... recovering from BED... but I guess I can be a featherweight too :p)... anyway I will NOT move my ticker! :D Because I've been 131 for a month now, so I think it's quite a "permanent" weight and I should not be too scared if when I get home (I'm at work now) I see an higher number. It WILL come down, right? RIGHT? ehehhe. sorry for this monologue, I just needed to vent a little to reassure myself :carrot: BTW... last month I wrote here in the forum that I was scared to go on holidays, because there was the high possibility to binge and overeat and gain back too much weight... well, actually I DID BINGE a lot, and I was superscared to step on the scale when I came back... but I was also determined not to give up. I'm not giving up... even if I'm not perfect! Anyway... after my holidays I gained JUST ONE pound... almost a miracle, I thought at least 6 ehehhe! And that pound is already lost back. Now I just have to stay CALM and FIRM and re-lost what I surely gained last night:carrot: I will come back here for accountability... and to read about your journeys too, of course! :hug: |
Scale did not move in the right direction in July. Same goal for August - to see lucky 13 at the begining of my weight. Back to basics and being accountable for what I eat. I could list excuses but they are just that excuses.
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Hello everyone!
I'm thinking positively about those last pounds melting off in the next few weeks! I'm zig zagging my calories this week and upping the intensity during my workouts. Hoping to be at 130 when I leave for my vacation on the 25th (less would be good too!). Took Sunday off this week for rest day and will probably take off Thursday as well since I think I'm going to do JM's Kickboxing dvd today before work. |
:welcome: BKKchick :wave: ... Complacency is the story of my weightloss journey too, hence the reason I am never very long in the maintainers forum :lol: ...
Originally Posted by Doughnut: Originally Posted by timetostart: Originally Posted by Julietta: RangerChic, SusanB :wave: Today so far has been a good day, biked 25k, tonight back/biceps at the gym :strong: ... Food so far has been good, but only two meals have gone by ... Oh, well, good news though, I was down 2# this morning :dance: |
I've gone awry!
My work schedule is just a mess and I've let it mess with my head. Calmly now ... calmly now ... back to the beaten path. |
Hello ladies! I am new to the featherweight section. I have been back on track this week and have lost 2lbs so far. My big fear is the weekend because I always lose sight of my goals when just relaxing with my husband. My mini goal this weekend is to only go off plan for one meal. Saturday afternoons we like to go out for lunch. I will allow myself some good eatin but only that! Fingers crossed I can make that happen! I am HORRIBLE on the weekends! I am so close to breaking into the 140s and I want to see it on my scale darn it!
fingers crossed! |
Harps you can do it! :carrot:
Just be relaxed and don't even think too much about it... too much concentration could be FATAL! :D (at least for me... if I think too much something like "don't eat don't eat"... I end up in eating more than I would have "felt" naturally, without thinking :dizzy:) Ilene thanks for your support! And OMG, not only you are doing a LOT of exercise (compared to me, at least! ehehe)... you are also a personal trainer, wow! Great success!! :D:carrot: |
I have a funny for you all.
My son ate a piece of my cheese while I was at work yesterday. This is the note he left ... "Is the cow laughing because the cheese is gross!" |
Originally Posted by SusanB: hahaha I like that! Thats pretty funny :) |
Great sense of humour your son has Susan... Susan, just breath and this too shall pass, breath OM :yoga: ... :hug: ...
Harps, yes the weekends are tough, for me it's the wine :cheers: ... Susan knows I loves me wine :yes: ... Susan I had to go buy another box of wine, and even that one is getting lighter :lol: but I must say that last weekend we were 3 of us on that box, so it isn't ALL my consumption :lol: ... This morning 20k, tonight if my running buddy doesn't call to cancel, 5k run... no weight training today because I need to go to a wake tonight, a friends mother passed away.. Let's be careful out there girls... Later !! |
Originally Posted by Ilene: I like to drink on the weekends too, which often leads to...well, to be honest, these days I'm not too sure. In spite of revealing too much about myself, I am somewhat recovering from addiction. I wrote about it in my blog. And my husband is now "recovering" as well because I refuse to do drugs anymore, so he's just SOL basically. I don't think he's happy about it per se, but he knows I am right, so what can he do? So anyway, on the weekends I would drink, do drugs and chain smoke, I try not to smoke cigarettes anymore either, so as hard as this may be for most of you to understand, I sort of don't know what to do with myself anymore. Being high for fun for basically the past 17years has left me with a gaping hole as to how to have fun without some sort of substance. I don't even really like drinking. I never did, but when I mixed it with getting high, it was tolerable. I think that may be why I love exercise so much lately. It satisfies my need to be messing with my body somehow (fortunately this is a good thing!!) and this is where food comes in too I guess....the weekends have become weird. My DH is not healthy and does not really care for healthy activities. He's tall and slim by default. sorry ladies, probably said too much here... |
That's ok Harps :hug: it just lets us see the more human part of you...
Food has been so-so today... :( ... No snack for me tonight... |
And we're all human and have a past that is simply a small part of who we are today. You wouldn't be you without it. :hug:
Yesterday was better. I took a fruit tray for us to nibble. 3-11 is a dreadful snacky shift. And I only ate what I took in my bag. |
harps. as time goes on you will find all sorts of enjoyable things you can do without the benefit of drugs and alcohol.Good luck.
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Everything's going very slowly but I'm still on track - not perfect but not disasterous. I spent the entire day in the office today surrounded by cakes and didn't touch one - so proud of myself :D
However, like everyone else here I have a problem with weekends but my weight is so ridiculously high at the moment self-disgust should be enough to see me through :( |
Hey girls :wave: today the weekend officialy started :rolleyes: and I will not bore you with the BBQ fare of foods I had today :frypan: one of the gals at school had us over, OYE did we eat ALL AFTERNOON!!!... BUT on the upside I did run a very nice 5k around the track early this morning... it was nice and cool and I enjoyed it tremendously... I kinda like running the track, it's mindless and you can get in the zone quite quickly, no worry about traffic, lights, dogs, etc....My ipod was dead but I didn't mind at all for some reason running with no music... Other than the food fest this afternoon :lol: it's been a good day... Tomorrow WILL be a better day food wise... Weather permitting I will do a 25k or so bike ride in the morning ...
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Good Morning!
Holy Hot this weekend! Too much party food. Too much sweating .... |
:lol: Holy hot here too Susan... but I'm loving it...
Back to work this morning :( ... so I better get at it ... Later all, let's be careful out there :D |
Holy hot here too. Very stressful last few days with some more to come. Trying not to stress eat, why can't I be the type that "can't" eat with stress?
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Well I live in England so obviously it's raining here :D
I've dropped a bit of weight this week which makes me happy. It's less than a pound of my official start weight but it's 3 down on last Monday's weight - I'd just refused to log it! I have a horrible week workwise so I'm hoping I won't have time to eat. Ooh and I managed a tiny amount of exercise yesterday. |
I've been out there crazy busy at work and "fighting the good fight"
There was a huge seminar scheduled at our site for a "go-live" event on a new test we're designing. This of course means that "The Feeder" was in her glory. Banquets, cocktail parties, baseball games, breakfast chefs,cook outs, dinners out, and a booze cruise on one of the sales team guys yacht. She got to order the food for it all. And I get to say I'm DOWN a pound after it all. WHEW!!! Doughnut: The deal is that we both started our jobs on the same day as the first employess at our site. She seemed to have dialed herself to the "Kill setting" when she met me. It happens. She is morbidly obese and seems to enjoy feeding people. Then when they say "Oh I can't believe I ate that" she likes to say "Well no one MADE you eat it!". It's my daily challenge to eat just what I have planned... So this week I'll get back to walking the skywalk and keeping my white knucles clenched. Gotta catch up reading the posts! spanks |
Originally Posted by spanky: The fact that she's morbidly obese makes her behaviour easier to understand. You must look pretty good at your weight so I guess she's trying to make herself feel better. I actually find it easy to refuse food offered/thrust upon me by very large people because it reminds me what happens when you eat it. These days however, I'm one of the largest in my social circle which just makes me want to eat more out of some peverse self-abuse :?: Well it's bedtime here and I've made it through on calories - 4 days in a row. Night all. |
Could skywalk be tightrope?
:dizzy: (Sounds hideous, spanks. Mind over matter, woman!) |
Silverbirch! Hi hello!
I think a skywalk is like a tunnel adjoining buildings but it's up. Over a street or waterway. I'm pretty sure I've been to a convention building in Ohio that's connected to a hotel across the street that way. No rain, no weather ... no getting hit by a car. |
Originally Posted by : :bravo: for staying on plan Doughnut!! :wave: @ Sylverbirch long time no see ... Yesterday was good food wise but no exercise someone popped in just before I was leaving for the gym.. I should have left 5 minutes earlier, oh well, there's always today, and I will go today for sure! |
Hi Susan! How good to see you. :wave:
Have a great day today. I was up early to go to the gymn. Got to keep going in the school hols without too much recourse to food. I have not yet worked out how to do this but I think that exercise helps. (Every so often the different energy levels of the 54 yo woman and the 9 yo boy are a bit of a challenge ...:)) |
Oh, Ilene! Hi! Have you been out on your bike?
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Hi everyone! I stayed on plan mostly this weekend but I didn't weigh myself this morning I hope to see some results tomorrow! I got up at 4:50am and went to the gym. I feel so accomplished! This means I get to go straight home to my husband after work and be lazy on the couch :) I can't wait! I really hope I can keep this up! Going the gym in the morning has left me a bit exhausted today but hopefully in a week or so I'll just get used to it. I have a hard enough time sleeping in on the weekends or staying up late...this is not going to help that, oh well....
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Hi Featherweights!
Well I'm three weeks into my diet/fitness/exercise program and getting a bit discouraged. I gained 0.5 lb in the past week and total weight loss is only 2 lbs despite exercise every day -- alternating cardio and weights/abs exercises. I've been great about staying on diet food and portion wise too. I'm hoping I just have some water weight gain. I continuing to plug away but uggg I just want that first 5 lbs gone!!! |
Morning!
I've been on the elliptical three days in a row! How pathetic is it that that is noteworthy ;) |
Hi everybody!
Good Job SusanB! That is an accomplishment and keep it up!! I am feeling real good today! I have gone to the gym every morning this week! My weight flucuated a bit this week, but finally this morning the Wii Fit scale said 149.5! I have broken (barely LOL) into the 140's woohoo!! My Wii Fit told me my BMI is now "normal" and my Mii went from being chubby to average looking, hahaha made me laugh how 1/2 a lb makes that much of a difference in a computer program or on a chart but in real life it isn't really all that simple! Either way I am so pleased, because this means, hopefully, that I will now be struggling in the 140's instead of the 150's for the next however long and that makes me happy! yay! |
Yawn....
Good morning! Susan B. is exactly right about the skywalk. Very handy in Michigan in January! Harps--Mega Kudos for getting into the 140's! Silverbirch--sounds like we've got a bit in common. I'm 52 years old trying to keep up with my 3 year old son. I swear he could go 24/7 if we didn't duct tape him to his bed at night--Oh for a shot of his energy. But then, that is a big part of why I'm doing this--to be able to keep up with him and to be here for him when I'm 65 and he's 16 (shudder). jayjay--we're in in the same neighborhood as far as body weight goes. Getting closer to goal always means to me that it gets waaaay slower. We just have to hang in there. Today "The Feeder" is ordering in lavish spreads again since the boss will be in town today and tomorrow. I arranged to be in the laboratory [a different site] both days to stay safe from the carbo-loading about to hit the fan! Guess I'm feeling more ruthless the closer I get to the 120's! Big Sharky Grin!! spanx |
Originally Posted by SusanB: Harps - woohoo! Many congratulations Spanky - keep The Feeder stories coming - I find them peversely entertaining :D I'm doing really well - I've been totally Op for a week now. I'm not exactly being hard on myself though as I'm averaging 1400 cals per day with no exercise. It's enough to drop half or three quarters of a pound a week without me feeling deprived and then breaking down in a mad binge. Frankly any loss right now is great, anything to stop that number hitting 160 which just is not acceptable to me. Oh well, must go lounge around now ;) |
Originally Posted by SusanB: Spanky -- I love the Feeder stories too... What a woman :rolleyes: Harps -- sometimes it's that .5 of a pound that can make or break our day, now Susan, THAT's pathetic :lol3: Edited to add: not your weight loss Harps :lol: but the fact that .5 of a pound can make or break a day... I just felt the need to clarify that :lol: Doughnut -- sorry to hear about your knee, I would not know what to do with myself if I could not exercise I'd probably go a little :crazy: jayjay77 -- keep doing what you're doing and eventually something's gotta give ... :wave: Silver, yes I still bike and love it!! This week has been a good food and exercise week, lots of biking, some running and some gym time too...But the scale hasn't moved :rolleyes: |
Thanks for the support Featherweights! The last few days the scale seems to be moving down again, but I only "officially" weigh once a week so we will have to wait until next week to see if this progress is real.
SusanB -- three days on elliptical is fantastic! Harps -- wow! getting up at 4:50 am is real dedication! Congrats on "normal" BMI! That is my first goal, not there yet but hopefully soon. spanky -- I love your Feeder stories too! I think the hardest part of most jobs is the crazy people you have to deal with. ... love the dog surfing in your avatar too! doughnut -- sorry to hear about the knee ... injuries are so hard. Hope you can heal relatively quickly! Ilene -- you seem so active and fit ... very inspiring! I'm sure the scale will move soon! |
Make that four days and a good 20 minutes of upper back and arms!!!!
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