Get me OUT of the 160's!!!!!

  • I seriously need to get out of the 160's.. I have been teetering between 167-169 for the last TWO stinkin Months!

    I have recently invested in a trainer at my gym and I am hoping that he will be able to assist in getting me to my goal!


    Anyone else in the 160's or even 170's that is stuck!!?!? WE should be buddies!
  • I feel stuck, even though the scale moves. It just moves back and forth. I started in the low 170s, waaay back in February, and am still in the 160s.

    I am so jealous of the girls who lose 5-6 lbs a month!

    Granted, I've gone from working out one day a week to 5-6, but still...seeing that number decrease is soooo gratifying.
  • I feel ya!
    Hi, I am new here but I posted my intro in the intro forum. But I can soooo sympathize with you! i have come to HATE the 160's lmao. I am 162 and last summer I did get down in the 150's but i got lazy . I am here now to make a commitment with myself bc my Hubby is deployed and I want to look AMAZING for him!

    What diet/ exercise are you fallowing?

    Keep your chin up you can do this!
  • Hey girls!

    I just started with a trainer, so I am hoping that things will change.. otherwise I will have waisted a bunch of money! Anyway...

    I am a calorie counter staying as close to 1200 as I can, but I also watch sodium, sugar, and try to keep carbs at about 150g per day (total). I no longer drink Diet Coke, or eat fast food of ANY kind.. I was doing a "bootcamp" twice a day, but since I wasnt losing, I decided I needed something completely different. Thats why I got the trainer- Now I am running at least 3 miles a day and doing weight lifting with him or alone 3 times a week as well..


    How about you!?
  • Hi :)
    Thats sooo awesome that you are running 3 miles a day!! I like to run, but I am a slow runner lol and its seems to take me forever just to run two miles so its not that i give up, its just time constraints since my daughter can only be in the childcare center at my gym for 2 hours. For a while i was doing spinning 3 times a week and a bootcamp class the other two days. I LOVE to workout....but I also LOVE food haha. So mainly my diet is the thing that is keeping me in the 160's Also I am super stressed since my DH left for the desert. Right now, I am doing nothing because my daughter is sick so i have been slacking and then I am getting a boob job (thank you hubby next week! So i wont be able to work out for about a month after that...so thats my excuse lol.

    I would love to talk/ keep each other motivated since we are the same height and weight?!

    After my surgery I am planning on going on low carb since that is really the only thing that works for me. I have tried almost everything and it works for a while but i cant stay on it. Low carb in the past has given me amazing results. So thats where I stand haha.

    i wish i could afford a PT!! That would be heaven sent...but I think i am going to start the New Rules of Weightlifting for WOmen post surgery.
  • Hi everybody, I am also stuck in the 160s. I would like to atleast be 159 by the end of May. So I need to be more disciplined with my gyming and my eating. Last year I got down to 148 so I am bummed that I have gained some weight back. But no time to feel sorry for myself, I am getting back on training and going to work hard.

    Hard work and discipline pays off.
    I usually weigh in at the end of the monthly as that give my body enough time to loose reasonable weight.

    Keep up the good work ladies...
  • hesmyanchor- we ARE very close to the same height and weight! I am about 5 pounds heavier than you! My weight just wont move! Thats cool that you are getting a boob job!! How exciting! I am going to see how things go with my weight loss, but if I cant lose the skin on my tummy, I will probably opt for a tummy tuck! But so far, it looks like its going to be okay! I am sorry that your hubby had to go back to the dessert. I cant imagine my husband leaving me, but I suppose if thats what he did, then we would work through it! Must be hard for ya, so I totally give you kudos!!<333

    So very exciting news!- last night I ran a mile in 5:15 (on the eliptical) I was thoroughly impressed with myself. I know there is a lot of controversy around weather or not the eliptical is as hard as running, so with that being said, I always run at a level 7 so that I KNOW I am busting my butt!

    My trainer worked me out this morning- and mannnn he pushed me!! I think I will probably be pretty sore tomorrow!!

    How is everyone else doing?
  • I am stuck too!!! It is so depressing!! I saw 162 once, but I have been pretty much 164 every freaking day. I work out so much and it is depressing! I don't think I can stomach another serving of boiled chicken, but I do it anyways. I do know for our weight, we should be eating around 1500 calories a day if we want to lose, especially for how much we are working out.

    I have a personal trainer as well. I met you in the other category when you asked about Thermogenics, unfortunately the thread was locked, so I was unable to respond back again
  • ryeb- I know, I was upset she locked it because she assumed it was a medical issue. But clearly, I have the Medical aspect of it under control. She may not understand that even when taking medication for hypothyroidism, it is still VERY difficult to lose weight. Anywhoooo.. oh well!

    I work out at LEAST once a day, Tuesday and Thursday, I work out in the AM and the PM. I am only on 1200 calories though!

    I will come by tomorrow and let ya know what the scale says-I ran 5 miles this evening! Every week I just get better and better! YaaaHOOO!!
  • Good job on the running! I have not been on the wagon this week I was locked out of my house (my child broke my only house key and the landlord was out of town) I could have hired a lock smith for like 125 bucks, so didn't. I missed Sat, Sun, Mon. Worked out Tues, Wed, got very sick and haven't been back I will go to spin class in the morning, so hopefully I can grab this bull by the horns again

    Is that why it was locked? Oh well, I was surprised to see you only burn 5% more of fat, that is not anything for how much it costs.
  • Yes it does suck my Hubby is gone...I am taking it day by day and some are wayy worse than others (like today being mothers day and I havent even talked to him )

    I havent worked out/ been eating good but i am not eating alot and am maintaining my 162 :/ Better than gaining I suppose. I just have no motivation right now. I am super depressed and cant sleep...but thats another story lol. I will keep cheking in on you ladies! I get my new bobbies in 4 days and I am super excited! After that its go time for me to get down to 140ish by OCT which I think i can totally do. I am planning on going on a very low carb since I think thats the only thing that has ever worked for me in the past.

    WHen you run, you run on the elliptical? I thought you ran on the treadmill. Thats what i do lol. Hope my new boobies dont hit me in the face lmao
  • Hesmyanchor- Im sorry its so hard not havin hubby around. Thank you for YOUR sacrifice in allowing your hubby to serve our country. You are both strong and very appreciated! <3 Happy Mothers Day!!

    I run on the eliptical at about a level 4- So I am building my resistance, to me, it feels just the same as running (even if others disagree). I tore my ACL in high school, so my trainer has advised me not to run on the treadmill everyday as it will put me at risk for injury.

    ryeb- I dont know about the thermogenics thing, I have been taking them for two weeks, and if anything, I have more energy. I am not sure if I have really lost anything as it is TOM, so that always throws things off, and makes it really hard to stay OP with diet..
  • So, I started in the 170s last month and this month I am currently at 167 and feel like im not moving anywhere because of my damn period and also because I feel like Im not doing enough. Any ideas how I can get of of the 160s