toobig thanks! missed you guys, glad to see you're doing well!!

envelope are you taking your exercise into consideration? i do pretty intense cardio based stuff, 5 -6 or 7 times a week, sometimes twice, im calculating maintenance calories between 2300-2500. i am trying to eat 1700. in theory, i see the issue. in practice, i am a little afraid to apply it.

on my end- nothing to report. eating still terrible, working out still fantastic.
might need another calorie increase?

i am also toying with the idea of using fat burners/ protein shakes, and changing my diet to more protein/more fats (coconut oil+nuts as my body has been craving) and cutting out carbs. since i don't eat complex carbs at all (maybe once a week) i will have to cut out some fruit and see if that's causing the issue. i currently eat 3-4 servings of fruit a day minimum (it is my absolute favourite) so might have to decrease. i will also try to sub my morning fruit/oatmeal for egg whites, and do fruit oatmeal instead of something else or eliminate it.

Good morning everyone, I am feeling great and am ready for a wonderful day!

I am currently getting some walking in but not too much else as far as exercise goes. I have recovered from a back injury and am ready to start to jogging again this weekend. Last fall during the last few weeks of training for a 1/2 marathon, I had to increase my cal intake range up to 1900-2400.

When I was stating my sweet spot, it was the sweet spot that I found I could eat within with out feeling hungry or deprived and still lose weight Your sweet spot may be higher because of the intensity of your work outs. I like a range, because on days I am not as hungry, I eat at the lower end of the range and days I am really hungry, I eat at the higher end of the range.

Count me in too (though a little late, I know). I'm back on plan today after intervals of eating healthy and binge eating. I've had a lot of stress in the last several weeks with starting a new job, looking for an apartment, and planning a trip back to the States for August. But I really want to lose some weight (at least a dress size) by the time I go to the States in August.

I'm not sure how much I weigh right now so I'll be checking that and recording it within the next few days. I'll be back on my early morning walks tomorrow. It's a good way to get my butt out of bed early anyway, since I have so much work to do that I have to get up early.

Tam

Wowsa! Those numbers just keep falling. You're almost to goal!

It's nice to see some of our regular challengers jumping back in and see some new challengers too.

I am hanging in there. Been solidly back on plan and thankfully, able to exercise again. I had a great ride yesterday! In 45 minutes, I rode over 15 miles and burned over 500 calories.

Oh - do you cycle too?! I love cycling. 15 miles in 45 mins?! Wow!!!! I am currently at 8 miles in 47 mins

Having a bad start to the week. Overate on Sunday & now having to cut calories all week to get back to acceptable average, which is not fun. AND I started off on my daily bicycle ride today and my friggin' pedal fell off (I like to think from so much recent use )!!!! Off to the repair shop tomorrow but I am worried they are going to leave me bicycle-less for a few days.

4 star- Thanks for the encouragement! I REALLY want to post before and after pictures in the goal forum. But after I do I may move my goal down a little.

Hope everyone has a great day!

I ride my recumbent stationary bike when I don't walk but am biking more lately. I go off the numbers on the display so there may be some difference in road miles but I have worked myself up over years. I am quite surprised. When I started, I rode at about 12-15 mph and couldn't ride long on increased resistance but now after the first mile I ride at between 20-22 mph on resistance 3. I am surprised that I have worked up to that level.

I do want to get a road bike and possibly do a race at some point. That's more of a hobby I am looking to develop when I get the money but definitely a fitness goal since I have problems running. My dh and I were just talking about road distance vs. stationary distance and if they are equivalent.

Hello all~I got down to 124 & now I am back up to 155 as of this morning. I Did put weight back on for a reason though do to I felt I got to thin & looked sickly~But Now I am ready to get back to where I wanted to be & stick there...135 to 140 ish.~ I think this was the perfect size & look for me...Not that i look horrible now~i just had to play with maintance weight & sizes & now I know where I wanna be ~Anyways ~Hello to anyone on here who has not seen me in forever & hello to all those who I have never met.!! I got my hair cut really short now!! Here is a pic I took 3 days ago & another afew days before~Anyways.. My goal for June is just to be lower than 155.Even if by 1 pound!!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php...type=3&theater http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...type=3&theater ~ just click on them They are on my facebook page.

One week down and I hope everyone is doing as well as can be!

toobig, Wow, just WOW! You are about the same weight I hope to be at goal! So inspiring!!

Lori259, welcome to our June challenge! Good luck!

Keep on keeping on folks, we are worth it!!

A motivational quote/poster I saw on Pinterest...
"Your body keeps an accurate record regardless of what you write down."

Hi Ladies, I would like to join you. I have been over on the atkins board for about 3 weeks and have lost a little doing that plan but not as much as I had hoped. In the past I also did WW and was successful doing that so now I am hear, doing a modified ww plan mainly focusing on calories. I had joined a challenge on the carbs board and my goal was to be around 135 by the fourth of July so I am going to stick with that and say 137 by the end of June. I hope it's not too ambitious, I am just going to do my best!

If anyone has suggestions for my please feel free...I am thinking I would like to have my daily calorie intake around 1200...for a little flexibility no more than 1400 and no less than 1000 aiming for right around 1200.

Currently I am doing a little exercise- about 30 minutes low impact aerobics about 6 days a week and a little bit of light weight lifting (arms only) probably 2-3 days a week. I am drinking 6-10 glasses of water every day and will plan on having between 3-5 serving of fruit and veggies each day.

Just a little background, 5 1/2 years ago I did WW starting at 176 and went down to 128 at my lowest, but was really able to maintain between 132-136 easily. I kept it off for about 3 1/2 years but over the last two years it has been creeping back up to a high around 153. Currently I am around 145 after doing atkins for 3 weeks and losing a little over 6lbs.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Lets make our goals this month!

Ugh..... Well, I was SUPPOSED to have a great month and lose a lot and blah blah..... well, I am now up 3 pounds from when I started this month. I don't know what my problem is?!!!! I think it's boredom. We're trying to save save save money so I hardly ever leave the house anymore. I clean for something to do but then.... when I am done cleaning I get really bored. I've also been eating way under my calories for the day by like 300-400. I know that probably has alot to do with it, but I honestly haven't been hungry. Then I had a huge binge last night. *sigh* I know all this sounds scattered brained and I'm sorry. I just needed to vent. And I need to get back on track. I'm good all day until the evening....

I'm glad that the rest of you seem to be doing so well though!

HI all. Welcome to the challenge Lori259. Good to see you around! BTW, you look great at any of those weights. It's all about what weight you feel your best.

The first week of the challenge went well for me. I am sort of stuck at 194.8 right now so looks like I will have to stay on plan consistently this month if I want to get anywhere near goal. I am feeling good though, no injuries and not even bad muscle pains from all of the exercise I've been doing so I am up to the challenge!

Looks like we all have a plan, I hope we all have an on plan weekend. My weekend plan is to clean the junk off of the bowflex.

Count me in for the June challenge! Unfortunately I don't have a lot of time to post, but it makes me feel better checking in once a week to update my stats, good or bad.

This week was a good one though. After losing 12 pounds last month, I'm down another 3 in the first week of June. Yay! That makes 15 (and counting) total. All through adhering to calorie counting and nothing more. So far I haven't needed to add exercise, although I know the day is coming.

As for my June goal, I'm going to shoot for losing 10 pounds total but secretly hope for more. We'll see how it goes.

Hopefully everyone else is off to a great start as well... see you next week!