The Great Featherweight One Week Challenge - Sep 11-17
 

:coach: Ready for a new week, a new start, I sure am... I did ok on the weekend but I did have some wine :( my BAAAAD!!!

This week:

I will eat clean
I will exercise daily
I will plan my meals
I will drink my water


:coach: NEXT !!

Hi Ilene! What kind of challenge is this? Any rules or guidelines? I see you've got your goals out there--good for you!

I've been 7 days without wine...!? The scale is showing a change, but my ticker still says 143. That's because I went up to 145 right at the beginning of September and I didn't want to acknowledge it!! I am back to 143 and ready to lose those 4 more pounds this month. I had a good Saturday, but today has been kind of rough--crackers and potato chips (what was I thinking?). I did finally get in my 4+ mile walk/hike with DH! It felt great, although I'm sure I'll really feel it tomorrow LOL.

This week
I will eat clean, whole foods (nothing processed)
I will not drink wine
I will drink water
I will get out for my walk at least once (I wish I could get it done daily--I really miss it)

Jazz, no big rules except to help one another stay on track and come here and be accountable for our actions whether they are good or bad...

Allison -- :high: Good for you for not having any wine!! I had some on Friday night and 2 beers today... I'm back on the straight and narrow tomorrow...

To add to my goals this week:

- No wine till I reach 145

OK, here goes.

This week
I will stick to my DietPower calorie budget
I will exercise Monday-Saturday
I will go to bed by 11pm

Allison & Ilene, I admire you gals for giving up the wine. I may try that next week--one step at a time.

This week
I will stay OP.
I will exercise 4 times.

This week I will reduce calories

This week I WILL cycle the 28 mile commute at least once

This week I will pass my Blue Belt test

This week I will eat clean food

This week I will take a rest from weights (experimenting)

This week I will lose weight ;)

I'm not that good!!! I had a beer with lunch both Saturday and Sunday! :o

So far today, I am off to a good start--berries, berries and more berries for breakfast, yogurt and a salad packed for snack and lunch today, and a BIG salad planned for dinner tonight. I can see a pound coming off.....:carrot:

Today food was good (of course it's always good :hun: ) but you know what I mean :lol:

I had:
m1-oatmeal and eggwhites
m2-cc and mango
m3-.25c peanuts and a peach
m4- filet of sole, .50c pasta and sauce

I worked legs at the gym :strong: 50 mins... I went at night too! Which I never do, but I worked today and I absolutely, positively HAD to get my workout in...

In the bag--almost
 

So far, so good. Did yoga and rode the stationary bike in the morning. I'm below calorie budget for the day, so I'm having a glass of wine before bed. Good luck to all.

Yesterday was a slight rest day exercise-wise, just teaching kickboxing, but we had a GREAT class and I showed off A LOT! :rofl:

Food was spot-on. Even under 1400kcals. At this rate the scales should be making me happy - but they're not. Neither is the tape measure. I'm going to pick up my dress on Saturday and it's not going to be pretty :cry:

I'd love to join this challenge. You guys are so inspiring.

My goals for the week:
1. Count calories - portion control
2. Exercise daily
3. Lose another pound

Since I started reading these boards last Friday, I went from 152 to 147.2!

Good luck to everyone this week!
Dena

Hey Dena!! :high: on the weight loss already... This site is the best I have been a member since 2001 and come here regularly for my 3fc fix :spin: ... I never realised before I met all these wonderful people that weightloss was difficult for everyone, I thought I was alone, imagine my surprise when I met all these like minded folks :dance:...

Today so far, so good... Went to the gym and did shoulders tonight I run with my gal pals, 5k...

Food so far is :

1- oatmeal and eggwhites
2- chocolate pp and wild rice... weird combo I know but hey it's a protein and a carb :shrug:
3- .5 cup beans, 5oz tuna, olive oil and lemon, cherry tomatoes, onion, salad

Oh let's see what should my goals be.

1. Watch what I eat

2. Go for walk, bike ride or exercise each day

3. Work on plan to set goals and rewards, I think this would be a good motivater(Plus I get stuff lol). I lost 5 pounds and went and bought myself a new pair of good running shoes. Now I guess I should use them but It's been raining the last two days. Does anyone else do this?

Well good luck everyone!

The rest of my day:

5 tortilla rounds with a baba ganoush/hummus spread...5 tortillas is way toooo much and now I can't eat for the rest of the evening...

I made this spread this afternoon, I had a couple of eggplants that I wanted to get rid of...

Ouch
 

I overdid weights this morning and had a backache all afternoon. I took some acetaminophen, but I feel like a little old lady right now. I'm getting the cold pack out right after I finish writing this. I think I've done OK on the day's food, but I stopped logging after lunch. Oooooooh, I won't do that again.

A little high calorie-wise yesterday. However I was taking Thermobol :rolleyes: which appears to boost the metabolism so much it made me hungry! :doh: I don't think that was the point! And I did do extreme kickboxing last night - plenty of intense kicks and stuff. So all in all not too bad!

I hope you feel better Jazzbird.

I did 10k on my elliptical trainer last night and wanted to do it again tonight but it`s already 10pm-so I might take the night off.

Ciba -- If I exercise too close to bedtime I cannot sleep and the next day I don't feel like exercising at all, so it's better to get a good night's sleep, since you already exercised anyways... just my 2 cents :D...

Yesterday I did good... DH and I ended up going for a 15k bike ride last night so I had plenty of excercise yesterday and food was spot on too :carrot:

Jazz -- take care of that back :yes:

In a little while I'm off to the gym then laundry yuck!! Food should be good I have lots in the fridge...

Later :wave:

Tuesday's goals met: 1,000 calories, upper body workout, practiced Tai Chi and went for a walk with hubby last nite.

Today: Eating going well and taking a Tai Chi class.

Good luck, all!
Dena

Fimmin'
 

Thanks Chiba and Ilene for the sympathy. To address my sore back, I decided to hunt out the local swimming pool and swim for exercise today. I haven't done that since, oh, about the early cretaceous. It follows that I'm a really rotten swimmer, but I have to say it was a lot of fun. I did a lot of backstroke and when my arms gave out, I just held onto the side and kicked. My back feels a whole lot better. I just may get myself one of those kickboards and do this every week.

Food has been OK so far. I had Mexican for lunch, but I tried not to overdo it. Dinner will be a salad.

Cheers!

Food, when I was home was good, but I went and had coffee with a gf who is a chocoholic and she pass the chocolate and I didn't say no... on the up side my calories are still good today... Did chest and 20 mins cardio, I was really lazy today...

Ick ick ick! Yesterday's bike ride left me feeling "entitled" to eat a Mars Bar, Pizza and a (veggie) sausage sandwich :rolleyes: oh yeah and I forgot the chocolate biscuits! :frypan:

Today I'm going to do better. I can't do much worse. :frypan:

I didn`t wind up exercising last night. I usually exercise before bed-it doesn`t bother my sleep pattern-sometimes it`s the only time of the day that I have time.
I`m home alone now-so I`m heading for the elliptical trainer...

2f -- :coach: WE KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!!!

I'm getting dressed as soon as I finish posting this and heading off to the gym before my laziness takes hold of me... The plan for the gym today is back and a run... It's pouring here so I may not go for my run tonight, but I do hope it stops raining...

Thanks - I KNOW I can do it too! Can someone please inform my bathroom scales that I can do it too??? :lol:

Today I'm doing ok - I have LOTS of veggie bits in the fridge for a quick stir-fry when I get home. I just have to defrost the chicken and I'm all set! Not been too bad - been craving carbs LOTS, but (I finally figured this out!) I now know that once I give in to a "treat" then I want MORE treats! I could've quite easily burried my face in a box of chocolates this afternoon, when yesterday I was thinking that I could take it or leave it! :crazy: Someday I'll be sorted!

Back workout and HIIT cardio -- DONE!!
It's a nice light warm rain so I will go running this afternoon...

Wednesday's goals met: Eating in control plus one hour of Tai Chi practice and one hour Tai Chi class.

Today so far: Eating in control and now off to the gym

One more day until Friday. I can't believe it. I've been good for a whole week. I got out of sync there for a while, but I'm back. Yay. :carrot: I really think this weekly challenge has helped tremendously. :)

Did yoga, abs, and leg PT this morning. Divided a cafeteria take out meal with a friend at lunch, so we each got 1/2. We like doing it this way because it keeps portions in control.

You gals are awesome! 2f- you didn't do anything I haven't done a million times with the entitlement thing. Sounds like you recovered nicely.
Chiba, Ilene, Dena good for you on the exercise. I feel like I'm losing weight just reading it.

I had a great run with my running buddies tonight, I came, this close to not going because I was so lazy and had gas :lol: I hate running with a group with gas... But I went anyways and it was awesome, there was a mist all the time we ran and it was nice and coolish and not warm at all... This girl I was running with didn't feel like running either when we started and we ended up being the first 2 in :carrot:

At least you can blame your gas on someone else if you're running in a group ;) :lol: