Hello Ladies :)

What can I say...?
Thank you for the welcome back. :)

I'm working full time now (until mid-January), sitting down all day in front of the computer and spending over 2 hours each day commuting, also sitting in the car. I leave around 7:30 am and seldom get back before 6:30 pm, too tired to do anything. Can't descibe how my body is feeling - stiff, sore, stiff, sore, stiff, sore... ugh. I can't even skate because of how far the rink is in this city. Add to that staying in someone else's house and not having much freedom when it comes to storing and cooking my own food, and you'll see where I am with my weight loss efforts. I think I've gained back every single pound lost over the summer and, after months of wowing "no", I had to go buy some new clothes just to have something wear to work (can't do up the buttons in any of my old "smart" shirts and blouses).
I'm trying - I'm watching what I eat, I signed up for yoga and am starting tennis lessons. But it's just not enough, just not my lifestyle. I need to be out and about and moving.

Anyway, I'll stop ranting.

What do you think of this mealplan?

Breakfast - whole wheat toast and yoghurt, cup of coffee OR small bowl of fibre cereal OR toast, fruit, milk
Snack - carrots (3 medium ones), sometimes a skinny latte
Lunch - small "coffee" cup of miso soup and about 3 cups of various fruit (cantaloupe, strawberries, grapes, pineapple)
Dinner - sushi (surprise! :lol: ), usually 2 rolls - they're a bout 3 inches long, rolled in seaweed, not too thick, and I have salmon and avocado or shrimp and avocado or seaweed

Hi! :coffee:Everybody! todays weighin is at :carrot:154.2 lbs.:carrot:
yesterday did 40 mts of TAEBO and 30 mts of abs and arms with tamlee web:bravo::bravo:. For Breakfast ate :T2 egg white 1 wheat toast with 1/3less fat cheese cream and 1 cup milk with coffee and splenda. Then went shopping late lunch was 2 home made skinny tortillas and chickpea soup, and tea in evening and dinner was a chinese buffet ate little bit of everything I liked their lots of fruits from the dessert bar. and I have already put my wt at the top.
Today tea so far........so long girls got to go and do exs:wave:


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Good Morning!!

My weigh in weight this morning is 199. My scale is old and analog; I'm hoping to get a digital sometime soon. In the meantime, I will work with what I have.

After whining about my broken pedometer(s), I went to Target and bought batteries for the old one....and what do you know!, it works again!!! Oh, the wonders of new batteries!

I walked in the morning without logging and figure I got at least 2,000 steps; steps after lunch equaled 3,389. So all told my estimate for yesterday is approximately 5,500...I'm estimating office steps and steps taken at home in the evening. Water intake was marginal.

I don't know if I will walk today, it is hot (already over 70 degrees at 8am) and very windy....again! Story of the week.

I will work on my eating plan this week. I bought the book "Eating Right 4 your Type", based on eating for your blood type.

Wishing everyone a good weekend! :hat:

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Just a quickie before I go off to my Toastmasters' Conference. Got in a 20 minute workout this a.m. and another 1/2 mile walk this afternoon on the way to lunch :carrot:

Sushi - we are so glad to have you back :hug: Sounds like you are really challenged. Let us know how we can support you! I agree with Bonnie about the protein. You need it to build muscle (as it replaces fat) and it will also help you feel fulfilled.

1of3 :bravo: for being in "onederland."

Sandy :bravo: for your weight! 150 is my goal - I have a long "weigh" to go but you give me hope.

Thank you Bonnie and everyone for breathing new life into this thread and stretching our weekly challenge beyond the current week!

Hello Ladies :)

Re: protein, that's tough. I'll try to have Brie on toast (with strawberries - YUM!) for breakfast a couple of times per week, but that's it. My dislike for any and all meat is growing stronger and stronger... I can hardly eat chicken anymore. Is seafood (shrimp, mussels, squid) good for protein?

I used Fitday in the summer and found it very helpful, but the problem I have here is that every single product has nutritious information in kilojoules, not calories. And I wouldn't be able to keep up with logging everything, just don't have the time to spend online.

I've been thinking about my challenge for next week, but haven't decided on anything yet. I'm sticking with getting the water in, no sweets, and no food after 7 pm, but those don't really feel challenging anymore. Something more challenging would be nice, but at the same time I want to be sure it's not too challenging, so that I don't end up not doing it because it's too much.

Perhaps a bike ride each morning? Especially since next week I won't need to leave until 7:50 am or so. I went for one this morning, and it was fun, only my second bike ride in YEARS, and I didn't get as exhausted as last time. :) There is a nice bendy dirt road just around the corner. The goal would be to improve my time and not have to stop to rest too many times - going there is tough, as it starts with a hill and then most of it is on a slight incline, but coming back is just cruising along.
Tomorrow is Day 5 of my new 21-day challenge (running), and my leg muscles are really sore. So perhaps I should challenge myself to do some stretching as well...
I'll give it some more thought. :)

I so wish I could get below 60 kg by Christmas... but I don't think it's going to happen. I just don't know how I could achieve it, none of my recent efforts seem to have any effect. And in my current situation it's just not possible to work on it as hard as I did over the summer. But then if I did achieve that, then maybe I'd be able to start believing again that I actually can lose weight? So the question is... HOW to get there?

Ladies, tell me, what do you suppose would be a realistic time frame for me to get to 130 lbs and then 120 lbs (from about 144 lbs right now)? You're so much more experienced than I am when it comes to fighting the pounds. I don't know, maybe I just want it happen too fast. But then is it wrong to want to see at least 1 pound gone each week?

troubled and confused Sushi...

Hi! Everybody:wave:, Bonnies article is very informative, sushi pl dont be disheartened you wont believe I am beating around wt 154 for weeks now sometime I put on 3 lb make it go 157 then again I slowly come back to 154 in 2 weeks I too got tired and wrote in one of my postings that wt loss has become boring....... but now this challenge of writing the wt and then see how much I loose in a week has again charged me and has motivated me a lot:strong:. Yesterday I fought my craving of eating junk and choclate twice I am proud of myself today:bravo::bravo:....... I hope I am able to loose a pound at the end of this week.
so long girls...got to go:tread:

Mscat, where would I get that High Energy book? I'm seriously thinking of expanding the no white flour to no white food, and need some inspiration. (I bought two pairs of slightly too-tight pants I want to be wearing by Christmas...) Enjoy your Toastmaters' conference. Is it out of town?

Sushi, Bonnie is right: you need to make sure you get enough protein. Sushi is all very well, but white rice is not very nutritious. You don't need to eat meat, there are lots of soy products (isn't Japan pretty much awash in tofu?), dairy is good, eggs if you eat them. And seafood and shellfish is excellent.

So far, with today, I have 5 days no white flour, 3 days at 5000 + steps. :carrot: :carrot: (Today was a wash on the bonus challenge.)

I have a sneaking suspicion I may be back under 200.... :crossed: tomorrow will tell. But I won't be changing my ticker until I finish a 21-day challenge, which could take a lot more than 21 days at my speed. Bonnie, I'll report on my weigh-in and will join in on the Thursday weigh-ins. That was one good idea you had there! And congrats on that first pound off!

I'll be back tomorrow: it's getting to be time to hit the hay - it's been a long day. :wave:

Hello from Onederland! (Again.) The Wednesday weigh-in is fine with me - it'll give me less time to slip and go back to the terrible twos... Bonnie, we seem to be neck and neck: I weighed in a hair under (or over, depending on scale placement) 199 this morning. If I can just keep at it and get under 190 by Christmas, it might pull me out of these blues that just won't quit. The next few weeks are going to be quite a challenge though, with all the Christmas invitations starting, so maybe the idea of sticking with the no-white-flour (maybe no-white-foods-at-all) is a good one. Paired, of course, with no alcohol. :tantrum:

Be careful with those hot dogs - they're good but oh-so-addictive. I didn't renew my membership to Costco, but kept finding reasons to drop in for their giant hot dog and bottomless diet coke... notice the past tense. I hope your Wed and Thurs absence is for something enjoyable. :hug:

Hi Everybody AS I told everybody that I am going to my country that my father is very sick and is hospitalizes well ladies yesterday I got this miserable news my Dad is no more he expired yesterday morning I am so............ miserable........ dont have anything to report...........
so long girls

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Hi Ladies - I am sooo happy to report my Toastmaster's conference was a great success. I am the Division F Humorous Speech Contest Winner! :carrot: And I was able to get in a 20 minute treadmill workout before I left yesterday!

Bonnie - :cheer: for another successful goal day and :woo: for your pound down! Wednesday weigh in is fine - are we keeping "hump day" as the weiigh in day each week or do we want to make it on Monday when we start the new thread after the holiday? Either "weigh" is okay. Thank you so much for outstanding article.

Carla - :cheer: you rock with your 5 days of no white flour and :bravo: for being in onederland again! Energy Up! by High Voltage (yes that is her name) can be bought supercheap from Amazon. I found it in our local library. Let me know if you decide to do the no white processed food. I am ordering the book on Amazon and considering doing it again. My Toastmasters' conference was in town - which made it great for me.

Sushi - I agree with everyone - the experts say anything more than 2lbs a week is usually not healthy and doesn't stay off. Your goals are more than reasonable. Keep that in the forefront and do the things you need to do to make it happen.

Sandy - I am so sorry about your Dad. You and your family are in my prayers.

Have a great Sunday ladies.