Dont Wanna Look Back!
 

I am ready to change my life and to live healthier. My friend and I was gonna list a daily check-in of our progress. I have lost to date 50 pounds but am having trouble taking off the remaining 30, but I know I can do it. I have to approach the flab from a different angle. Hopefully this helps with my lifestyle change:

SW 224
CW 186
Mini Goal: 166
Ultimate Goal: 156 (Yikes Hopefully) :(

Hi there!
 

I am in the same boat as you. I am a new member and I did lose a lot of weight but I am now starting to gain it back. I've found the last 30 is the hardest. I lost the 30 and now I gained it all back! I am blaming the stress :dizzy: I am having real problems losing it and could use some support as well. Anyhow I'd better get to the gym!!

-Jennifer

Hi Jennifer, I can feel your pain. Losing weight can be stressful expecially when you are giving your all and the flab just does not want to go away. If we just stick in there I am sure things will work out. I am going to cut portions exercise more and I am sure I will see some type of results. Hang in there, we are in it to win.

Trenice

Day One
 

Well It's day one of our fitness challenge, I am sooo not ready. I have decided to try slim fast during this challenge, so after work I'm headed to Walmart. I havent decided what I will do for exercise yet but at least I have a diet, I'm half way there. :dizzy:

SW 216
CW 196
goal 166

30 pounds to go!!!!!

Day Two
 

Its day two and yesterday went fine I guess. I have to try and stay away from fried foods if I wanna win this battle.

I did manage to get in 52 minutes of step/abs/weights last night after getting home from school. :strong:

As for my food on yesterday it went like this:

Breakfast: 1 bowl cereal/with reduced fat milk
Lunch: 2 pieces of fish, 1 small order of french fries (I know thats bad) 1 piece of bread
Dinner: 1 chicken breast, 1 small baked potatoe (I redeemed myself)

Well thats it for yesterdays menu, I need to incorporate more veggies and fruits into my lifestyle change, its hard but I am going to try.

Trenice

Day 2
 

Well it's day 2, Yesterday was pretty good for me. After work I went furniture shopping with my mother, we used a friends truck and we unloaded a living room set and 2 mattresses by ourself. I consider that yesterdays exercise :strong:

As far as food :hun: It went like this

breakfast: dry toast
lunch: meatloaf and mash potatoes (small portions)
dinner: Mexican Casserole

Today I went and bought my slimfast. :coffee: So this should get interesting as I starve to death, sitting here starving now. :coffee2:


Well wish me luck...Trenice no more fried foods...stop it!!!!! :nono:

Day Three

Yesterday was a good day (I think), I just have to figure out a way to start having my dinner earlier. I go to school on Mon, Tue, Wed and usually am not home until like 8 or 9. I realize that its not good to eat late but what can I do? Any suggestions?
Well this is what happened yesterday as for as food:
Breakfast: Cereal/milk
Lunch:PBJ sandwich
Snack:Small Smoothie
Dinner:Chicken Breast/Baked Potatoe

No exercise yesterday, but I did take a brisk walk for lunch for about 30 minutes (that counts)

Trenice

Trenice - I have a similar problem. I work from 1-9pm every day. Before I changed my lifestyle, I would go to a fast food joint and get something to eat before I went to work, and then stop and get dinner somewhere when I came home. I now find it useful to bring something (like a Lean Cuisine dinner) to work, and then have something in the crocpot for when I get home. I have also heard that you shouldn't eat so late at night, but I don't really have a choice so what I try to do is eat my biggest meal in the morning, for breakfast, and then have just enough at night to ease the hunger pangs and go to bed.

Hi Samanth, that sounds like a good idea, I sometimes try to get something before class starts at night but by the time class ends I am looking for something. Most time I do try to eat something really light. At one time I was doing the lean cuisine's but there is only one kind I really like (well make that two the spaghetti and the pizza) I have to go grocery shopping and will pick up a few. Thanks for your input.

Day 3
 

:coffee: I got my slimfast, French Vanilla. Yesterday I had a shake for breakfast, then I was starving by lunch so I had Meatloaf and mashed potatoes again. I was hungry again just before leaving work, so I had another shake as an afternoon snack, instead of heading to the vending machine :D , I'm so proud of me. Then for dinner last night I had leftover mexican casserole, and I ate dinner around 7, I'm trying to get in the habit of not eating anything after 8pm. so I feel I'm doing pretty good. My mother bought a desk last night which I had to unload again....hey it's exercise, so I can't complain. Tonight I get to put the desk together, that will really be a work out, lol.

Luv2bhated, trenice2001, Samantha2002, babytoes, from what I see of your menus girls I don't feel like you are eating enough or often enough... Maybe trying to eat 5-6 regular meals with "unprocessed" foods, like oatmeal, egg whites, chicken, brown rice.... None of you mention weight training either. When you weight train you make muscle and muscle burn more calories, muscle pound for pound is much smaller than fat...Instead of SlimFast, which is laden with sugar, for a quick meal try a whey protein drink instead...

Check this link out: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/atta...chmentid=17582

Just my two cents....HTH...

Hi Lanaii1,
Thanks for your input but I dont eat that much and the unprocessed foods you have mentioned are not on my menu. I do eat alot of chicken and trying to incorporate more vegetables and fruits into my diet. As far as weight training, I am trying to do a variation of exercise. I mostly do cardio, abs, and weights. Ultimately I will change my routine once my body adjusts to what I am doing now. I dont want to get bored. I have to approach my flab from a different angle than you have. The foods you mentioned I will have to hold my nose to eat. But I do thank you for your input.

Day 4

whew 4 wholes days, feels like weeks, lol.

Yesterday I did not exercise, I have got to do aomething about that.

For breakfast I had a slimfast shake
For Lunch a slimfast shake
For Dinner I had 2 hot links on wheat bread. Is that healthy, lol?

I can safely say the slimfast is not working for me, I drink it and I'm still starving, they are also giving me gas, so now I'm overwieght and stinky....ewwwwwww. I'll try to finish what I have but after that I am moving on to something else.

Alright Day 4

Yesterday was a good day for me, I think I am getting used to this.

For breakfast: 1 egg, 1 link, 1/2 cup of grits
For Lunch: half of a 6 inch subway chicken teriyaki ( just dont like subway)
For Dinner: 1 cup of rice, 1 cup of green beans and 1 baked chicken leg

No chocolate, no chips, no fired foods and no fast food, damn I'm good.
Lets just stick to the plan, trying to get the fruits in.
One day at a time.

Trenice

Day 4 (continued)

I forgot to list the most important thing in my check in:

I was really tired and exhausted last night after taking my 1st math exam. But I still managed to do some cardio for 35 minutes and wash clothes (hey thats a workout).
And I drinked so much water well u know the rest.

Trenice

Thats great
 

You did very well yesterday Trenice!!!! I'm so proud of you. I am not doing this slimfast crap anymore, my poor stomach can't take it, the people around me can't take it either, hehe.

Day 5
Alright everything is going well for me, I didnt get any exercise in, but I managed to eat ok.

Breakfast: 1 slice of toast, 1 egg, 1 link
Lunch: 1 cup chicken teriyaki
Dinner: 1 cup of Tuna w/10 chips
Snack: 1/2 auntie anne pretzel
Plenty of water(staying away from sugery fruit drinks)

I know I not eating enough and I am going to start eating more small meals thoughtout the day. I needed to go grocery shopping and I did that last night. I will be ready for tomorrow. I also purchased a new step aerobics tape that includes some weight training. I learned the routine from the other tape I purchased, didnt want to start getting bored so I brought another one for a challenge. Hope my weekend turns out ok and I can stick to this.

Trenice

Luv2bhated u better get off that stuff before u kill somebody. Just kidding, well approach it from a different angle, just eat smaller protions thats what I am doing. And I find once I limit myself to half of what I used to eat I am really full. I never realized until now. Try that.

Trenice

Day 6 & 7

I did fairly well over the weekend. I went to two different functions and didnt eat two much. Friday I went to Applebee's and before I put the fork in my food I asked the waiter for a to-go plate. And after eating a bit I acutally was full. Well I am not going to go through everything I ate because its just to much so I will just put a summary of what I did over the weekend.

Day 5, 6,7 and 8
 

Day 5

Slimfast for breakfast
Tuna for lunch
went to my mothers and finally put that desk together, got home late and ate some wheat crackers before I went to bed, didnt want to eat a meal that late


Day 6

Slimfast for breakfast
nachos for lunch

after work I finsihed putting the desk together and then went home and ate 2 hotlinks

Day 7

Went shopping that morning, in the afternoon stopped and got a 5 piece chicken nugget at wendys, that was my first meal of the day.

Got home around 3 cooked meatloaf and green beans, can you tell i like maet loaf?

ate meatloaf and green beans for dinner

Day 8

Slimfast for breakfast

Slimfast for lunch

Meatloaf and green beans for dinner

No exercise.

Well I have had 2 bads days, but thats no excuse to keep on going. I didnt fall two far off but I did eat terrible things that I shouldnt have. On Monday night I didnt get the grade I expected on my Math quiz so I felt miserable. I wont put the terrible things I ate on yesterday and Monday night become I am ashamed. I will not reflect on that because I am ready for today.

Day 9, 10, and 11
 

Day 9

Sausage biscuit for breakfast

Slimfast for Lunch

hot link for dinner

Day 10

breakfast: slimfast

lunch slimfast

dinner hotlink

Day 11

Slimfast for breakfast

small bag of dorritos for lunch

liver and spinach for dinner

No exercise....I have decided to start walking the stairways at work daily for exercise. at one point I could walk from the basement to the roof with ease, so let's see if I can get back to that point.

Well here I am on Day 11

I believe I am back on track but things keep happening to me. Brick wall after brick wall. Well this is how yesterday went:

Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Spaghetti
Dinner: Spaghetti
Snack: 2 chicken soft taco's from Taco Bell

Day 12

Well yesterday was a good day. I managed to get in some step aerobics eventhough I was tired.

Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Pizza (it was really good too)
Dinner: Grilled Chicken
Plenty of water
Exercise for 45 minutes.

Hello everyone...

Can anyone suggest a way to get motivated enough to get started and stick with a program? I keep saying I'm gonna start my exercise program and to eat right and to lose these 40lbs i've picked up in the last 2 years...but I just don't do it. There is always an excuse or tomorrow or next week.

I think the only time I was ever really successful was right after my divorce and the year following. I fell in love, got my heart broken, and here I am again, 40lbs overweight! Maybe I need to fall in love again?

I want to do this for myself this time...so that I will feel better, have more energy and accomplish my goals.

What is a good motivator when you just want to sit on the couch and eat bon bons?

You have to motivate yourself fatpilot. But it may be that the times/types of exercise you're choosing are impossible for you to stick with. Try a different exercise regime and a different time.

When I first started exercising, I tried walking one mile each morning. Well I actually tried running, but let's not get into how pathetic that was, shall we? I found myself making excuses. It was too dark, it was raining, I was still too sleepy, etc. So I changed my time to right after work instead. And that one worked for me. I've been able to stick with it with regular exercise every day for over a year now. BTW, I can now run. LOL

I vary my exercises too, so that I don't get bored. I might run several days a week, do an aerobics video a couple days and bicycle a couple days. I live close to work so I found that I can get in exercise by riding my bike to work some days. Hey, it takes me 15 minutes to back the car out of the carport, fight traffic, and find a parking spot a couple blocks from work and walk in, or it takes me 15 minutes to unlock the bike and ride right in. No time lost.

Just think of things you can add into your every day routine that won't take away from time so much that it will make it hard for you to stick with it. And find times when you're most likely going to just sit anyway. Like when I'd come in from work, I'd immediately hit the computer. Now I exercise first, straight from work to the club, before I sit, before I get too lazy. LOL I've added in parking far from all doors and getting in extra walking across parking lots, always opting for stairs over elevators/escalators. You can fit exercise into your daily routines if you put your mind to work on just where you can add it in and always stick with it. If you find yourself messing up and taking the elevator, take it back down and go up the stairs. Or better yet, take the stairs back down then come back up them. :D

Day 12, 13, 14 & 15

Day 12
breakfast: slimfast
lunch: skipped lunch
dinner sandwich

Day 13
breakfast: sausage biscuit
lunch: roast beef sandwhich
dinner: skipped dinner

Day 14
breakfast: skipped
lunch: salad
dinner chicken and rice

Day 15
breakfast: skipped
lunch: fried chicken
dinner: chicken and rice

Day 13, 14 & 15

Its getting diffcult to remember what I ate over the weekend. I am going to have to start keeping a diary of what I eat. Well lets try to remember:

Day 13 which was Friday:
Breakfast:cereal
Lunch: 1/2 cup of shrimp pasta
Dinner: bbq chicken

Day 14 which was Saturday:
Breakfast: nothing, had school pushing for time, I know its important, sue me.
Lunch: Tuna and crackers
Dinner: ribs, mashed potatoes (went out)

Day 15 which was Sunday:
Breakfast:nothing (hard to get that breakfast on the weekends)
Lunch: grilled chicken sandwich
Dinner: chicken, peas, rice also had a small piece of ice-cream cake (hey I didnt have any yesterday)

No exercise over the weekend, I need a break too.

Free registration at http://www.fitday.com. And you can not only track everything you eat, but also all your exercises and get reports on calories consumed vs. burned, nutrional values met/unmet, etc.

Thanks for the info almostheaven!

Day 16

On yesterday I started keeping a log book on everything I put in my mouth. I believe this will work out for me because I know how much i am consuming. I am keeping with 1200 calories a day and also watching fat grams as well as carbs.

Breakfast: Coffee, Cereal
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Spaghetti
Snack: 1 slice of reduced fat bread, 1 teaspoon of Peanut butter and Jelly
Dinner: 1 chicken soft taco; 1 chicken leg, rice, peas
Exercise: 30 minute walk for lunch

Day 17
Yesterday was a good day, I managed to get in some exercise @ 9:00 last night eventhough I had had a long day with school and work.
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: had chinese, after a few forks of it, I couldnt any more.
Snack: 2 chicken soft taco's
Dinner: 1 ham sandwich
Exercise: 40 minute cardio/step

Day 18
The weather here is starting to become so great, just a little bit cooler that would be fantastic. I took a long walk yesterday for lunch and I came back sweating bullets. WOW.
Breakfast: Coffee, Cereal
Lunch: Chicken Teriyaki
Snack: Turkey Sandwich
Dinner: Chicken Leg, Beans & Rice
Exercise: 60 minute brisk walk for lunch
Water, Water, Water

Day 19
Well I think things are looking up, I started counting those calories and I am seeing results, I weighed in yesterday and I had lost 3 pounds.
Breakfast:Coffee/Cereal
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Pizza
Dinner: 1 chicken legs, beans & rice
Snack: 1 cup of popcorn
Exercise: 50 Minutes Cardio/Weight Training

SW 186
CW:184
Mini Goal: 175
Determined Goal: 160