Hi everyone! Welcome Rockie!

Spunker, when I joined WW for the first time, I went to meetings on Thursday which meant I WI on Thursday. When I joined WW for the second time, I went to another meeting that did theirs on Tuesdays. I really liked that meeting so I decided to keep the WI day.

Congratulations BC!

LiverpoolSue - great job! 4lbs in a week is awesome, you're just gonna fly through this if you keep losing that fast!

spunker - I have such a hard time not weighing in everyday. I always have people telling me you're just supposed to weigh in once a week, blah blah blah, but I can't do it! If my scale's there I always just want to see where it's at. I got a gym membership at the end of January too, and it's had very little use, but now that my surgery's over and I'm at the point where I think it'd be ok to go back, at least for lower body, I'm hoping I can put a lot more time into it. Though that will depend on work too. Guess we'll see.
I decided on my weighin day just because it makes sense to me, for me. I know realistically that as much as I don't want to overeat on the weekend it's bound to end up happening, so if I were to weighin on Monday's it would drive me crazy because I'd know my weight wasn't as low as it could be just because of those two days. Maybe someday I'll move it to Mondays as a way to encourage me to eat better on the weekends, but I've been trying to recover from an eating disorder for the past 4 years, with many many slip ups on the way, so I don't want to do anything that I think might spark me back into those old habits.

Jasonslea - it doesn't sound silly at all! everybody's at a different point, I'm sure there's people who will be doing the happy carrot dance when they get to your weight! I'd be happy to be at 150 too, but my overall goal is 145. Maybe I'll want to go lower than that once I get there, but anytime I've lost weight before I always just get stuck in the 140's, so we'll see.
I'd love to have the time to just sit down and read books, I used to read so so much, but now that I'm an "adult" and have a job I always feel like I have no time, but that's mostly just because I feel sooo lazy after work lol. How's the new place going?

Rockie86 - Congrats on the 2lbs! Don't push yourself too hard though, 8lbs would be quite a bit to lose in 1 week!

Luxorbea - I'm sure you'll do better next weighin, it is only 1lb afterall. Isn't the scale addicting? I've thought the same thing about an intervention many times before. I'm ok with me weighing everyday, so long as I don't let what it says control my mood like I used to. Just gaining half a pound before used to drive me up the wall and I'd be crabby all day, so I guess as long as I'm not doing that it's ok.
I'm sure you deserve a break from your kids too! They'll still have fun on their springbreak even if you're not around and Vegas looks like so much fun! And sometimes kids want a break from their parents too lol

Rockie86, congrats on the 2 pounds!!

Luxorbea, congrats on the 3 sets of 10! It's hard to believe what a difference that makes.

I wish I could weigh in at the gym, but I am beyond paranoid to do so. Plus I use my scale at home, and I'm afraid that if I start using more than one scale, it's just going to do more damage than good.

Anyway, try not to be hard on yourself for the 1+.

BlackCherry, best of luck on your 6.4!

I hear ya on the weighing in every day. I know once a week is ideal as you can keep track, and with every day, weight fluctuates on a day to day basis (as well as throughout the day), but I've become obsessive to the point I feel like I have to.

Sorry to hear you've been struggling with an eating disorder. Again, something I can relate to. In fact, I find that I have to weigh in every day when I'm more "active" in it (no question about it).

I'm glad you can recognize things that might push you towards it again. That alone is a big help in staying away.

JasonsLea, that was one of the things I really like with WW in the past, having a concrete weigh-in day, and someone to report to, so to speak.

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I've just recently started feeling a bit better. Not 100% yet, but well enough to function. I started back on Abilify. I had an appointment for meds on Wednesday (discussed depression, and increase in anxiety when it comes to weight loss). I've already missed a dose

I went to the gym after work on Friday since I got to leave 3 hours early.

I did 45 minutes on the treadmill:

• 0 - 29 minutes: speed 3.2, started at incline 0, up to 7, back down, back up, and back down.
• 29 - 38 minutes: speed 3.2, started at incline 0, up to 4, back down, back up, and back down.
• 38.5 - 40 minutes: speed 4.0, incline 0.
• 40 - 45 minutes: cool down.

Felt aweful afterwards (considering not 100% better and hadn't been to the gym in over a week due to being sick).

I actually went out last night that wasn't with my mom. First in a very long time. I met up with a friend that I've been friends with since Freshman year of high school. I hung out with her and her fiance for a bit, and then her and I went to a bar to shoot some pool (but all the tables were full - league I expect). So we ended up at Starbucks (we were just looking for any place to sit and talk, and that was the first we came by).

That's the night I missed my meds. Fell asleep after getting home.

Went to the gym this morning as well. It was even more exhausting than Friday, which I can't imagine why.

I did 35 minutes on the treadmill this morning:

Incline 0 - 4, speed 3.2
Incline 4 - 0, speed 3.2
Incline 0 - 5, speed 3.2
Incline 5 - 0, speed 3.2
Incline 0 - 3, speed 3.2
Incline 3 - 0, speed 3.2

The last few minutes: Incline 0, speed 3.5

Then a 5 minute cool down.

I also did 50 crunches.

I'll be back to the gym tomorrow morning, but I'm thinking of switching it up a bit. There's hardly anyone ever there first thing when the open on Sunday mornings (Church, I expect).

But other than that, it's been okay.

I don't know why I didn't start my first set of 10 at 205, especially since that would be 10 sets of 10 at that point, so I'm just going to put 205 as my first starting point for the first 10 (especially since that's when I joined the thread!).

So, 205 my starting, 6 down, 4 to go, but I'm afraid to take that as "law" as I'm sure it's mostly water weight. Monday is my "official" day anyway, so I'll mostly count them on Mondays, so today's doesn't count lol

lol BC: I've lost 8 so far, I just wanted to lose the last 2... I wouldn't try to lose 8 in one week! My weigh in is tomorrow so I will see!! *crossed fingers*

originally that's what I thought you had said, but then I read BC's reply and figured I had it wrong lol

Congrats on the 8, and luck on the remaining 2!

ETA: I just remembered this, meant to post it.

So, does anyone have any "motivating" music? Basically anything that when you're feeling down, and frustrated, etc. that keeps you moving? I'm all for music. I can't live without it, and a lot of times it's the only thing that keeps me going while at the gym or sometimes puts me in a perfect mindset for the day (love listening to the ipod during work because it helps especially when my coworkers order out for lunch).

If anyone has anything, I'm all ears. I'm always looking for some new stuff.

Some I like for these moments:

"Float On" - Modest Mouse
"Watch Me Shine" - Joanna Pacitti
"Man in the Mirror" - Michael Jackson

Er, yes, some are totally cheeseball... going through my playlist. Some are just completely fun and goofy, while some are the complete cheeseball effect, while others are just great for the going.

My WI day today, couldnt change to Tuesdays as I have to much on these next 2 . I lost 1lb thats 5.5 so far in 2 weeks so Im happy with that.

Why is it the night before I weigh in, Im absolutley starving...opening all the cupboards and closing them again, and the fridge door gets a work out to.\

WTG on everyones loss this week, our 10lb is getting nearer

Hi folks!
Down 1 lb this week. I am a little disappointed since I worked really hard this week. I really wanted to have lost 10 before the bf comes home on Wednesday. But at the same time, I know a loss is a loss. Plus it was TOM, so I guess I should be glad the scale didn't go up. So here's hoping next week I will be able to say I've lost my first 10!
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

Count me in! I think that looking at the weight lost in 10 pounds is much more do able for me rather than thinking about the whole 40-50 pounds I have to go.

The 1st short term goal I set for myself is to lose 10 pounds by April 30th!

everyone!

BC ~ If I had any new books to read, I won't mind having no cable and such. But I have at least a hundred books that I've read thousands of times and none of them are calling to me. I guess I need to take a trip to the library....somewhere I haven't been in months! Used to be my fave hangout (I know, I such a geek ) I'm doing okay in my apartment, just picking up items as I go along. I have a list of misc things I need, written down as soon as I think of them. Right now, my #1 thing is to get a freakin shower curtain. I'm just too busy to take a bath everyday! I went grocery shopping yesterday and I'm just tickled at myself. My refrigerator is full with some good stuff: grapefruit, eggs, 2% milk, apples slices, yogurt, skinless boneless chicken breasts, sugar free pudding, baby spinach just to name some things. This is definitely my fridge, no crap allowed!

Spunker ~ Me too, that's why I kept the WI day and I 'report' to 3FC! I don't have any music because I don't have a MP3 or Ipod. I think I will get me one as a reward if I lose my 10% by June 21st (first day of summer).

Congratulations Sue and Rockie!

Welcome Nubian!

Interview tomorrow for a much needed second job. If I get this, it'll be cable, internet, and computer for me!!! Wish me luck!

I am so frustrated this morning. I weighed myself and I haven't lost a pound the entire week! Even though I haven't eating perfectly, I have remained inside the calorie allowance. I have been drinking all of my water (except I was some short over the weekend)

Plus I did some cardio everyday. I just don't get it. I should at least have been down 1 pound.

I know it's almost impossible for me to eat perfectly all the time. But days like this I just think what the **** is up? It's frustrating not to reach the goals I set for myself.

Thanks for listening everyone,

Tamara

Hi everyone! I hope you don't mind me butting in. My name is Dana and I'm almost on my third ten pounds, but not quite!!

count me in. my monthly goals are 10 lbs and so far so good. i will come update when i have completed them each month. a quick update, i have completed my 10 lbs for march.

My digital read out after the decimal point is working again. I think my scale's going wacky! I hope it's reading my weight right though, I'd be seriously upset if I was higher than I think...though lower could be ok!
Anyways, I'm now at 190.2. Not as much as I would have liked to lose this week, I was hoping to be down to 189.something, but I guess that wasn't really realistic since I spent last Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday binging.
So, 5.2lbs to go until I'm done my first 10. It seems so far away, at least two more weeks. I'm so impatient, I just want it now! lol




Spunker - I wish I had your willpower to go to the gym! Even before I had surgery I was a bit of a lazy bum about going...but that was before I decided to recommit to weight loss, so maybe now once I'm not so tired and sore all the time I'll be out there more often. Good luck on your last 4!

I know I have songs that get me more motivated, but I can't seem to think of them for the life of me, and for whatever reason the hard drive on our computer that had all the music on it stopped working the other day! My bf has all the music on his mp3 player though, so if I remember I'll go through it tonight.

Rockie86 - Ooops! Apparently I completely misread that haha. Well, congrats on the 8lbs lost (9lbs now I think)! Glad to hear you weren't trying to lose 8 in a week lol

Liverpool Sue - Congrats on 5.5lbs, you're over halfway to 10lbs! I hate those nights when I've already had my calories for the day, but I'm starving for no apparent reason and I just spend the night opening and closing all the cupboard doors thinking "well if I just had a bit of this, it'd be ok...and a bit of this, and a bit of this, and a bit of this...."

NubianQueen - Welcome I think this is probably one of my favorite threads, weightloss seems so much easier when you just look at it 10lbs at a time.
Did you just start doing cardio everyday or is it something you've been doing for a while? I know that personally when I've just started a new fitness program I maintain my weight for a while instead of losing, not really sure why though. But if it's an old routine for you then I'm not really sure. Just keep going and maybe next week will be better

Jasonslea - Good job on filling the fridge with all healthy food, that's awesome! I'm hoping that once I move out into my own place I can do the same thing (though that's going to be a couple years from now), living with 5 other people makes it so hard (pretty much impossible) to make sure everything in the house is healthy so you're not tempted.

Hi Dana. I personally think the more the merrier! Congrats on the 3x10 already gone!

Welcome pinupdreams! Good job on the 10 in March, and good luck on the next 10 in April

Tamara, I know how you feel and I know it's frustrating but it will pass.

Dana, WELCOME! And Congratulations on those 21 lbs lost already!

PinUp, WELCOME! I love your avatar.

BC, patience grasshopper. I know how hard it is living with people who aren't doing your type of healthy lifestyle. I lived with my mother, stepfather, lil sister & brother and my family is all about southern homecooking which made it close to impossible for me to eat right.

If TOM was a person, I would shot him in the freakin kneecap! WI Tuesday and I was up to 256! That's over 5 lbs in a week! But I think it was water weight cause I stepped on the scale this morning and it read 251.8.

I'm getting a kitten! I really wanted a puppy cause I'm a dog person but we aren't supposed to have animals in my apartment complex so I had to choose the one that would make the least noise. My friend Sarah is getting one from one of her co workers and he said I could have one too. We have to wait for them to stop bottle feeding though.

God I am about to die from boredom in my apartment. All my books have been read a thousand times, all movies have been watched over and over. My apartment is a small space so there isn't hardly any cleaning to be done. I need cable...seriously.

Sorry I've been MIA for the last week. Ended up having a long week ahead of me (with work).

Liverpool Sue, sorry you weren't able to change your weigh-in days! Will you be able to switch eventually?

Ah, sorry about the cupboard/fridge thing. I've been there many times (not just the night before weigh-in), and I absolutely dispise those days when that happens.

Rockie86, TOM? Rough. On the other hand, like you said, at least it didn't go up. It seems a lot of people struggle with that (lol I'm not since I don't usually have that problem), but congrats on the 1 pound still!

NubianQueen, Welcome!

For exercising, are you switching the exercise around or pretty much doing the same routine? The body tends to get used to routines, so then it stops burning calories like it should, but if it gets mixed up, it's like your body doesn't know what to think and starts burning the calories.

JasonsLea, how'd the job interview go? I hope it went well!

Awww, a kitten? How adorable! I've got 2 furballs of my own (I got the one when she was 8 weeks from a No Kill Shelter, and the other, I brought him in as a temporary home back in November - 6 mo. old at the time - but in the end kept him). They make it less lonely and a lot of times are my entertainment lol

djs06, Welcome and the best of luck to you!

pinupdreams, Welcome and good luck!

BlackCherry, I hate digital because I always think something is wonky with them because they run off batteries lol

190.2 isn't bad at all! Even though we want it now now now, we'll eventually get there, and plus, any amount of loss is better than gaining :P

My current gym fiasco is just that. I've never gone to the gym like this before, so this is all rather new for me, and it's amazing because what started this whole motivation think was my hair... yes, it sounds weird, but my hair always bothered me and once I got a decent straightener, it made such a difference, and bam! off I go lol

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It became a rough week at work since I had my month end, and some of my accounts are a pain.

My week kind of went:

Monday: Normal work day
Tuesday: 9 1/2 hours straight + gym (I think?)
Wednesday: 10 hours straight
Thursday: 10 hours straight + gym
Friday: almost 9 hours

I had another training session at the gym this morning, and of course the guy was absolutely adorable. Figures, right?

My gym excursion this morning:

**please forgive the lack of proper names/terms as I have NO idea what they are called lol**


Machines
- 15 reps of laying down with feet flat on a metal thingy and pushing up
- 15 reps on triceps machine
- 15 reps on the leg pusher-downer (calves, I think - bar was under achille's tendon)
- 15 reps on pulling a bar towards you to make your shoulder blades go closer
- 15 reps on pulling a bar down in front of your face
- 15 reps of back-ups (put your hips to this thing, bend down and lift back up)

Cardio/Strength
- 8lb weights, walk across the room and back, bending knees to 90 degree angle
- 25 step-ups
- 25 toe touches to the half ball thing (to mimic jump roping)
- 15 reps biceps w/ 8lb weights while balancing on the half ball thing
- 15 times tossing a ball back and forth with my mom while balancing on the half ball thing and a ball squat each time of catching the ball
- Ball against the mirror, back on the ball, go down like you're sitting on a chair, up and down 15 times

Other
- 18 minutes on the treadmill

My mom and I have another 1 hour session with him next Saturday, except it's going to be majority/all Cardio/Strenth.

And in other news, I finally reached my first 10 yesterday! *I update my ticker on Mondays*

Now, on to the second ten.

Anyway, I hope everyone has a good weekend