She puts those two sweet peas back in their pod and zips it shut!
I'm sorry gals I just couldn't resist that. I'm sorry.

Yes. I've thought about putting mine in a closet on occassion. Right now he is acting like Mr. Super Monkey - - extremely silly! I simply have to chew and tickle him when he behaves like this!

A question for everyone: I understand that an approximately calorie deficiet of about 500/day should lead to about a 1 lb weight loss per week. I'm just curious, what is everyone's "goal" deficiet? Or, do you play it fast and loose?

I think at my age fast and loose is a bit icky! Just kidding.
After I'd been back at it a while, I realised that I functioned very well and lost nicely with a 600 cal deficit. When I'm good ... it works.

Susan's been drinking tonight?? He-he!

I am a stay-at-home-mom, so I do have time. And no excuses. And I do like working out. I get up before they wake up and do a video - either the Biggest Loser, a Leslie Sansone Walk Away The Pounds dvd, or some other dvd for 45-60 minutes...then once they are up, we either go to the gym for 1 hour or go for a walk outside. Today I did a WATP dvd and then when DH got off we went for a 4 mile hike on a trail above our home. And I do pop them into carriers for hikes! Dh wears 1 and I wear the other!

I aim to lose 2 pounds a week - so a 1,000 min calorie deficit each day.

No drinking. You can check my fitday! Just goofy for no good reason.

Susan! You've lost 3 pounds!!! Like in a week? Congrats!!

Thanks for your enthusiasm, Sweetie. To be honest, I do feel pretty powerful just lately. This is working!
On a more sober and honest note ... of course it works, this is the second time I've lost those very same three pounds
I had another little bit of a pleasant surprise when I stepped on the scale this morning but the tracker will have to wait until I'm very very sure.
Thanks for the perk Sweetie!
Have a good day everyone, I'm off to work!

Ahhh, hiking...now that's what I love. There's one just a few miles up the road that's 11.5 miles long. I can't do it yet. Walking wise I think I could do more but my asthma is just holding me back so much. I admire anyone that can do an eliptical for 30 minutes. Geesh, those things will kick your booty!

My deficit yesterday was 936.

I've been hovering around 171 -174 for what seems like FOREVER! I've wanted 169 by Valentine's Day. I hit 171 the first time (I'm a daily weigher) on the 31st. It's now the 10th and since the 31st I've been back up to 174 and now back down to 171 for the 3rd day. Last month I did something similar around the 10th. I was 180 for 6 days straight, dropped down to 179 on the 7th, back up to 180 on the 8th and went down to 177 on the 9th day and continued a nice steady drop over the next couple of weeks into the lower 170s.

Does this sound like a monthly trend?

carrie I'm right there with you I had a deficit for the last week of 5247 but I only lost .5lb this week...my deficits have been good but my losses are staying at about .5 to 1lb...I also weigh daily and have been trending down till the last couple of weeks I've been going up and down too....kinda upseting...I don't know maybe its muscle gaining....I even feel all bloated for the last week or so and it's not that time of the month...Does this all sound normal?

Good morning Welcome to AJsMa, nice to see you here! These ladies are wonderful.

And congratulations to everyone who has been doing so well, I'm proud of you guys!

I haven't posted in a few days because I've been feeling kind of discouraged and blah. The weather's been nasty lately so I haven't been able to get out for my walks, and I'm just so busy all the time. All I really want to do is sleep. I've still been eating well (though I think my fiance is sabotaging me ), but it looks as if I've gained a couple of pounds. That's very disheartening. Anyway, enough of me whining . . .

Tomorrow I go for my introduction to the kickboxing class I hope to join. I'm nervous about it, but excited. I have a bad knee, so I'm hoping this is something I can do. Two of my sisters are in the class as well, so that should keep me motivated to go if I do end up joining.

Have a good day everyone

Morning All .

Congrats to everyone on their losses! Binglebug, good luck with the kickboxing class, I'd love to take kickboxing just got to find a proper class in my area.

Welcome AJsMa! You'll find everyone is very supportive in this thread, hope you feel at home .

My deficit yesterday was 904. I did a killer circuit session at the gym last night and I mean literally, it killed me . I ran this morning too before work and feel pretty good right now.

T.G.I.F!

Morning everyone! Thank you for the nice welcome and all the information.

I had a deficit of about 700 yesterday (I had a big hunk of yummy cake - but that's okay). I didn't work out yesterday becuase I was fairly tired. I should have at least put in time on the elliptical. But, I just couldn't manage it.

Has anyone had any "cycle" problems? I began counting in earnest on January 17. I had a period January 9, January 31 and I've started again yesterday. I honestly don't think I am doing anything extreme to my body (calories 1200-1300, no extreme exercising). I made an appointment with the doctor b/c the nurse kind of freaked out when I called to ask if I should be concern in the first place. I was just wondering what everyone else's experience has been.

Thanks! Have a great day!

That's odd I think, AJsMA. I've only ever heard of extreme diets and exercise causing amenorrhea (period's stopping). I'm glad you called your doctor. How annoying. I'm on BCP's - so I'm super regular - actually was like clockwork even without pills - just don't need anymore sweet peas right now!

I'm having trouble remembering names. I was thinking about putting a cheat sheet sticky on the computer. AJsMa? Sandra? ... I think I was about 42 when my periods started to be a bit fickle. You just never know tho' so I'm glad that you've made an appt.
The nurse in me is gonna talk for a moment OK? Since hormones travel in fat (simply speaking) what generally causes amenorrhea in female exercisers is extremely low body fat %'s and I mean low ... 8, 9, 10% ...
Ok back to plain old me .... I wish that weight came off in a logical straight line. I wish that, the moment I had a deficit of 3500 cals one pound would go pop and disappear. But it just don't happen like that! And there's plenty of reasons why .... salt, water, hormones .... The thing is ... mysteriously one day we do drop a pound or two. Just when we least expect it. It's hard to keep doing the things we know we have to do with no obvious reward ... but we have to.
As women we are well versed in the business of thankless jobs!
Stick gals ... just keep doin' the right things and the right things will happen!