After over a week stalemate my holiday lbs have been whooshing off the last 3 days. The scale read 155 this AM, 1# more to go to my pre-holiday etc weight. I would say I'm excited, really it's more like relief that this weight is finally leaving and I'm not on track to gain weight (again). I always lose in about once-a-month whooshes followed by several weeks of the scale not budging. Please remind me of that in a few weeks when I'm frustrating by the lack of scale movement. I just have to be patient and wait for the whoosh.
I wogged with the dog yesterday. It was so frustrating to try and slog through some jogging with her, she kept pushing my pace and that makes it so hard for me to keep going. I get too winded and end up walking. But I stuck with it for almost 2 miles of the wog yesterday, and walked the other 2+ish miles. I'm trying to run a 5K in March so I need to keep this up!
Saef, I would absolutely work out with you! I do have several coworkers who are usually up for a lunchtime walk on the days we're in the office. I have had friends who are workout buddies when I lived elsewhere and it was both more enjoyable and more motivating. Glad you had fun with this trainer. Yes, good form is very important. Despite always trying to be aware of good form, bad form was what caused my shoulder troubles last year. I've seen a lunge exercise sequence where instead of just lunging straight back and forth, you lunge forwards and backwards at different angles. (So instead of stepping straight forward into a lunge, you step to 2:00, back, sideways to 3:00, etc. and go "around the clock") Maybe that would help those outer muscles.
Megan, I'm right with you on returning to a saner scale level! At 148.5, I need roughly 2# to get back to mid-December. If nothing else, I have arrested the alarming increase in the weekly average (phew). Good job with the wog; I sometimes think I'd like to have a fuzzy running companion. My bunnies are sprinters! I just had an email from DS's math/science teacher, who's also the soccer, track and basketball coach ... and basketball practice starts next week with a LOT more running workouts. So maybe I can run with DS. He's fast, but he burns out faster. I think I can take him on a 3.3 hilly loop we have.
shannon, two days is a very good start. How is today going?
saef, how are your hips today? I'm always weirdly happy when I'm sore in a new way. Every muscle should have its opportunity for attention.
Sheila, in a few months I may have enough strength to seriously play with the thing. I am amazed by the amount of info out on Youtube for it! DS uses one in gym class, so he's been helpful as well. I don't plan to lift weights beyond body-weight exercises, as the whole equipment acquisition and gym thing just doesn't work for me. Gravity is available everywhere and is free.
allison, I was losing a pound every 5 weeks (even slower yet) on 1700, which was the maintenance level for my dream weight of 140. Good luck!
michele, liquids are a great strategy for avoiding too much sitting, aren't they?
Steph, my goals are much more functional too. I used to sling around 80# bags of softener salt - I don't know if I could get back there, but I sure can try. It bugs me that 30# bags of bunny litter are an effort.
No exercise yesterday; Mondays are simply too time constrained and I can't/won't cut my sleep back for it. Tonight has some opportunities ... if I'm efficient and execute the changes I want to make.
Scale was lower this morning but still over pre-holiday weight. I'd like to be at pre-holiday weight by the time the cruise starts. At that point I'll be where I was after the last cruise. I don't plan on overdoing anything this cruise.
I didn't get in my exercise last night as I planned. There was just too much other stuff to get done around here.
I think that it's time for my denial to go bye-bye. My weight has been up for a few days now and I've been blaming salt and hard workouts for water retention. But I weighed in at 119.8 this morning, so I think I have to face that I've gained about 3 pounds. I've been good, but not great, over the weekend and yesterday.
I have been doing quite well with exercise, but not with food. Time to buckle down!!
Sounds like everyone else is getting right back on track!! That's awesome!
I also saw a slight whoosh so I'm hoping for more soon. I'm almost back to my redline!
I took dd to an endocrinologist this morning to see if we can get any answers to her weight gain. They're doing blood work primarily for thyroid and diabetes. We are both praying that they find something that is treatable.
CherryPie, the exercise part is always easier for me than the food part. Even at my highest weight, I exercised regularly. I try to tell myself that eating less should be easier than exercising more, but it's just not true.
I did 60 minutes with Leslie Sansone tonight, mostly jogging, and it was a good workout. I'm hoping this will help when I get back to running in the spring.
CherryPie, the exercise part is always easier for me than the food part. Even at my highest weight, I exercised regularly. I try to tell myself that eating less should be easier than exercising more, but it's just not true.
You're not alone! I'm the same way.
Michele, how long do you expect it to take before you hear the doctor's results? I missed it - is this younger DD or older?
Re: fitness buddies. A friend who lives ~70 miles away knows I'm trying to get back into running, and she is also trying to run more. She emailed me yesterday to encourage me and talk about her progress. I asked her if she would run a 5K with me in March to help motivate me/keep me accountable, and she agreed. It is nice to have some additional encouragement, even e-couragement. We know all about that, don't we? I have never been big on the "declare your intentions to the world" idea in diet and fitness, for fear of teasing, judgement, and the whole "what if I fail" aspect. I hadn't really thought about the encouragement aspect.
I was RIGOROUSLY good with food and exercise yesterday and was rewarded today with a 1 POUND INCREASE this morning. From how long I've been at this, I know that this happens but it is so frustrating!
BTW, I wanted to let you all know that I've been on this site for a long time and it was valuable on my journey losing weight. But since I've entered maintenance, I feel most "at home" here and look forward every single day to seeing everyone's posts and learning how they are doing and getting support.
So my daughter has decided she wants to be a wellness coach. She's been taking a lot of psychology classes--mainly geared toward positive psychology--and recently read about becoming a wellness coach. She's working on her website now (she's had this website for some time, but seems to have taken out all the old stuff and is building the wellness coach site). I invite you to take a look and let me know what you think. Wellness coach
Allison, I like it. I especially like that she talks about her own weight issues and successes. I am afraid that sometimes people in the health field have no experience of their own to share.
Good luck, Dana .
How did I miss posting in here yesterday? Monday ended fantastically well, yesterday was alright. I exercised in the morning, DH & I went to a movie where I had planned on popcorn for dinner and maybe a small snack when we got home. Well, we ended up having dinner afterwards after all after some driving around drama. I controlled it fairly well, but I'm pretty sure I went over my calorie plan. Seafood and veggie kabobs over rice. Ate mostly veggies and seafood. I've had the chicken kabobs and thought hte seafood would be the same plain grilled with just a little brush of oil and spice. Instead they had what looked like panko tossed on the fish, shrimp and scallops (not breaded, just tossed on like an accent?) and then some liquid that I thought was butter but I later realized was olive oil and spices, so maybe the same as the chicken? Not terrible, though. And managed to get out without a piece of cake the size of my head, even though I wanted one. So I'll count yesterday a win for temptation and planning.
Jen - this section of the forum has been a big part of my life the last few years, too. I feel like I know the maintainers here, and some others who used to post here who I miss, even though I'll never meet them in person. I look forward to reading people's posts every day, too. You are a part of that family now, for better or worse. LOL
Allison - I'm going to go look at DD's website as soon as I finish here. I think that is a great goal for her.
Megan - declaring intentions is a big thing for me. If I put it out publicly that I'm going to do a thing I'm much more likely to do that thing than not. Challenges where I have to report what I've done help with that. I ran my first 5k length run in one of Gary's EZMoney 5k! threads several years ago, and it was because midwife and I had both posted that we were going to do it that day so I had to be able to post in the thread that I'd finished it. While I was running my first half marathon you guys here were posting in the threads I'd mentioned it in asking me about it, so I left my house to cheers of good luck and returned to questions asking how I did. It definitely helps. Even virtual encouragement is a fabulous motivator. I remember cheering you on for weight competitions a few years ago, as a matter of fact. so, 5k in March is awesome!
Becky - Did you make your exercise last night? I have a Jungle Gym XT in my garage, which is a knockoff of the TRX trainer. I don't use it nearly enough, and need to learn more. I may look for a class like Sheila's.
Steph - exercise is easier than food for me, too. I agree, you wouldn't think so, would you? I used to use the Leslie Sansone workouts, they will be a good transition until you can get back running I think.
Michele - dd has struggled so much with her weight, I hope that they find something that can help.
Sheila - I also can read the stomach meter. 80% food and 20% exercise here, too. Wow. I hope the book helps, I might check it out, too.
I was RIGOROUSLY good with food and exercise yesterday and was rewarded today with a 1 POUND INCREASE this morning. From how long I've been at this, I know that this happens but it is so frustrating!
Jen
Ditto here on the scale-- how rude!
Megan-- this is older dd. She was a normal weight until about 6 years ago when she was diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome and also depression/anxiety. Over the next several years she was put on many different drugs to treat the Tourette's-- none of them worked except to cause weight gain. The anti-depressants also caused weight gain as did migraine meds that she was on for four years. Now she is off of all of the meds and while her weight is now stalled (rather than increasing), she put on over 100 pounds during this time period. Needless to say, she is horribly frustrated, her health is suffering, etc. So, while you never hope for a problem-- in this case-- we do hope she gets some hope and explanation for all of the gains/ difficulties in losing. We hope to get some results Thursday or Friday. She leaves Saturday and I'd love for her to be hopeful before she goes.
michele, Yor DD has had more than her share of problems to deal with. I give her credit for trying to do whatever she can to improve her life. When I was her age I thought it was a fate worse than death to be different than my peers, other than migraines and weight problems I cannot share with her what she has had to endure. How is she doing with her dog ?
You daily weighers ... I keep thinking of going over to your way of doing things, but I used to weigh compulsively at one time in my life, so I started off this new, healthier effort by limiting myself to a single weigh-in every Friday. Maybe I should get on the scale more often, now that it's no longer on my "have to do it or I'll die" list of compulsions. That would certainly give me more to talk about here.
I am suspecting I'd be heavier, as I could make dents in my ankles with my fingers last night. Anytime I can do that, I'm up three to five pounds. I know myself so well: This is from drinking diet Fresca several times yesterday and also from using overly salty vegetable broth when I made quinoa.
I think this forum is like that old fable about stone soup. Someone puts some water & a stone into a pot and declares she's making soup. But it's nothing until others come along, one by one, and contribute a carrot or a potato or a leek or a piece of chicken or whatever. And then at the end they all sit down together to a delicious bowl of soup, which they collectively made. That's how our forum comes together.
