Pint- choosing a goal weight for myself has been a challenge. I am naturally curvacious and always have been. It is weird, but I don't look that different from like 125 to 135, so I am going to shoot for 135 which is a healthy weight and if i feel like going lower I will! Hang in there...your TOM weight is sure to come right back off!
I have been struggling to lose forty pounds forever! I am finally, slowly, losing weight. I can't wait to feel healthy and be able to go into a store, try on clothing, and not get disgusted in the fitting room. I used to be 105lbs, ten years ago and all through H.S. and being able to buy anything! Petite size of course. I have not bought any clothes (am looking quite like the bum) because I hate buying clothes in my current size. I really get depressed! I know it is not healthy to let your weight control your life but my family has tons of beauties who are overweight and can not stand themselves.
Finished my first 5k this weekend.... I'm totally happy with my time (32 mins 45 sec) and I'm inspired to start training for an 8k in the spring.
Time to stop fixating on my "stumpy little legs" and stop comparing myself to the tall, waif-like runners around me, and to instead get motivated and congratulate myself for hard work well done!
FatPants -- congrats on the 5k! That is an awesome achievement.
LindsB -- It's good to set realistic goals. I think I am going to raise mine to 125 since I am weight training (when I was 115 I was skinny and fit but not muscular) I used to be 125 and very muscly and I've asked some male friends and they said I looked better at 125. I guess I just get fixated on that 'smaller number' which is silly but oh well
jmeree -- congrats on your loss thus far! welcome to the thread.
I had a bad weekend, food wise. My boyfriend encouraged me to have a splurge day on Saturday (not watch what I eat) because we were celebrating me being smoke free for 2 months cold turkey (longest I have gone without cracking is 50 days) and it kind of turned into a splurge weekend. Ugh. I still weight trained on Saturday and did an extra 15 mins on the elliptical yesterday. So I still kept up with my exercise but I ate TERRIBLE this past weekend Oh well, dust myself off and try again, right? Back OP this week!!!
Hope everyone is having a FABULOUS Monday!! I know I was all screwed up because of Daylight Savings Time ending
FatPants - thatīs awesome !! CONGRATS!!! How did you train for it? Iīve been trying to improve my time, but I seem to not be able to take my time below 38 minutes...
Lately, weekends are definately a challenge for me, and they take a big toll on my weigh loss. Still havenīt figured out a way to do it better... this weekend will be another challenging one as Iīm spending it in Amsterdam. And tomorrow is a holiday here... (never thought I would complain about holidays!! hehe)
I didn't do horrible this weekend with eating, but I didn't write cals down on Saturday and Sunday. I know I probably hovered around 1,800-2,000 though. I am really good about writing everything down during the week and I dont' do as well on the weekend. I really need to kick my butt into gear or I'm not going to make my Thanksgiving goal!
LindsB-- I am in the same boat. The weekends are SO hard!! I guess I never wanted to admit just how many bajillion calories they involve.. haha
carol2208-- I signed up for the 5k back in September, and made it my goal to run 3 miles 2-3 times per week until the race. My natural, comfortable pace is between 10-11 mins/mile (which is pretty slow), but during the race I really felt the energy of the crowd. I pushed hard at the end... it must have shaved off a few minutes! Keep working at it; it's a great goal, and you can get there with practice and some mindful attempts at pushing beyond your comfortable pace (sprinting for a minute at a time, etc).
thelittleflower- Thank you! Love to know there are other little gals out there working on this, too.
Ahh, time for another work week. I work my usual 3 night shifts this week, starting tonight, but have volunteered to do some extra daytime shifts this week as well...
... hope that I can stay on plan for those days, as I tend to feel more ravenous when I get home.
We shall see!
As for my weight, my scale is off by 0.4, so if I add this to this morning's weigh in.... I am down to 127 on the nose! Making slow and steady progress.
Happy Monday everyone
Last edited by FatPantsSkinnyJeans; 11-08-2010 at 03:21 PM.
I didn't do horrible this weekend with eating, but I didn't write cals down on Saturday and Sunday. I know I probably hovered around 1,800-2,000 though. I am really good about writing everything down during the week and I dont' do as well on the weekend. I really need to kick my butt into gear or I'm not going to make my Thanksgiving goal!
Same here LindsB. I'm religious with marking down every little thing I eat (Monday - Friday), but come the weekend, forget it lol
I was bad this weekend, not with my eating, my drinking. I went 7 days without an alcoholic beverage that I went crazy overboard saturday. Let's just say my bf had to put me to bed lol. So I prob had bout 2000 calories saturday, but i did work out a lil earlier in the day.
New day today, eating good, writing it down, gym tonight.
Hey Everyone. I'm ready to see the 160's...I hate being short sometimes...all the weight is all gathered in my upper half and makes me look like humpty dumpty! LOL. I'll be perfectly fine when I'm at a healthy weight range! lol
Last night I lifted weights. It was the first time in a LONG time that I went to the gym 3 times in a row! I plan on going again tonight for an hour of cardio. Was perfectly on plan yesterday - let's keep it up today!
littleflower-- That's great! I bet you feel nice and sore and strong today
JennieGrl-- Don't ya love days "on track"? Ride the wave, you're doin' great! Haha
LindsB & JLNichols07-- I'm also looking forward to the day when they can do Butt Transplants. I'm quite pear shaped, and I'd love to take some of the volume from my hips and tush and move it up to my chest... but, that's life! Gotta work what we've been given
I have been tempted and hungry all day, but managed to stay away from the donuts at work and remain binge free for the day. I didn't do perfect, but I did pretty dang good for everything I was faced with! I haven't been lifting for the past 2 nights at the gym. I just haven't been in the "mood". I will get back into the lifting routine tomorrow because I know it is so important!
Any shorties have Thanksgiving/Christmas goals?! If so, how are you going to get there?!?!
LindsB - I'm trying to get to 141 by Turkey day. I ate more junk yesterday, wayyyy over did it, probably clocked at least 1900 calories. I did do 45 minutes of cardio, though.
I couldn't help myself, I weighed myself this morning...146.8. Ugh!!! I'm not officially recording it since it wasn't my official weigh in day haha. I am so mad at myself for binging those three days which is probably contributing. I also have been weight lifting - but I hardly think a week of lifting weights would make me gain 2.5 lbs of muscle.
I don't think I'll make my Thanksgiving goal but I still have 2 weeks, and if I hit it REALLY hard and stay binge free I just MAY be able to pull it off.
I guess I just need some encouragement. I've learned that I absolutely cannot keep junk in the house, no matter how disappointed I am to eat a yogurt for dessert lol. At least I've been working out! That's a step in the right direction...before I would eat crap AND sit on my booty all night.
I am determined to stay on plan today (one day at a time) and I WILL go do some cardio tonight
Oh well, dust myself off and try again, right? Back OP this week!!!
