4'11-5'2 accountability thread

If your working on this with me, post your info here. If you're interested in what this is about look at "4-11 to 5-2 weight loss is harder for us shorter folks"

let's gear up to get the weight off and keep it off.

currently working on updates, so please be understanding.

added only those how said they wanted to be included and updated weights.

Slimming Mini - rules.  for every 15 minutes of workout is 3 points

for every 8 oz of water is 2 points, and every pound lost is 1 point.

weighin at the beginning and end of the month.  so pounds lost points will be added at the end.

post your workouts and water intake everyday or every other day to make it easy to keep track of points.

Slimming Minis - June

sap0048      P-81  ;    
hhollyhal  s-138 p-506      &nbs p;
fitnessfreak  s-136.5  p-566

ncygirl  s-117.2    P- 477

lrt s- 149 P-577
cocowan s-187.5  P-579  
nev2179  S-196 P-491     
amaxpo S-148 p-405       &nb sp; 
buttonsxandxbows  S-132.5    P-310
sandybreanna  s208 P-24        ; 
zarelha  s-127.6  p-568       &nb sp;  
jenniferelyse74  s-162   p-340       &nb sp;  
angelab75  s-173.5  p-311

geminik88  - S[176] C [134] T[42]      &nbs p;       & nbsp; 
angelmine - S[ ] C[170] T[ ]       &n bsp;        ;       &n bsp;    
christins73 - S[ ] C[120] T[ ]
fitnessfreak - S[157] C[138.75] T[19.25]
lareina - S[ ] C[129] T[ ]
lura1 - S[ ] C[ ] T[ ]
swtiris - S[ ] C[167] T[ ]
illumigen - S[128] C[122] T[ ]
shayna55 - S[ ] C[122] T[ ]
sweetcarolyn83 - S[186] C[152] T[34]
backtobasics - S[ ] C[ ] T[ ]
tgbrown - S[210 ] C[185] T[24]
cocowan - S[190] C[185] T[5]
dkmagho6 - S[ ] C[113] T[ ]
summer_fairy - S[ ] C[113] T[ ]
pompey - S[197] C[194] T[ ]
rinzy2000 - S[170] C[153] T[ ]
tranche32 - S[ ] C[ ] T[ ]
sandybreanna - S[239] C[216] T[ ]
marge48 - S [179] C[178.5] T[.5 ]
lizzy2 - S[ ] C[136] T[ ]
jenmcc - S[ ] C[114.4] T[ ]
hnylyma - S[ ] C[134.6] T[ ]
potteryhoney - S[184] C[175] T[9]
angela311 - S[175] C[132] T[43]
vcooper - S[157] C[139] T[18]
saric - S[205] C[108] T [97]
xjentheniferx - S[210] C[155] T[55]
kmsf3f - S[150] C[124] T[26]
ladysnanny - S[ ] C[169] T[ ]
veronicad - S[133] C[115] T[18]
hhollyhal - S[177] C[135] T[42]
imashorty - S[ ] C[195] T[ ]
abechan86 - S[130] C[125] T[5]
k8ienay - S[ ] C[133] T[4]
danii2937
songchild - S[157] C[135] T[22]
kac03
bschow - S[159] C[149] T[10]
pammycat - S[ ] C[178] T[ ]
healthcrazytoo - S[121] C[105] T[16]
emmylou - S[161] C[ ]  T[ ]
mad_alice - S[133.5] C[119.5] T[14]
trapp32 - S[ ] C[206] T[ ]
mandylw - S[163] C[156] T[7]
nevins - S[ ] C[112] T[4.]
beetlebop
janeykins - S[155] C[139.5] T [18]
zarelha - S [130.2]  C[127.4]  T[2.8]
dneeze - S[ ] C[204] T [ ]
marge48 - S[ ] C[177] T [2]
lsmwilliams - S [ ] C[ ] T [ ]
fatanr11 - S [ ] C[163] T [ ]
teddyaddict - S[ ] C[165] T[6.6]
panache - S [ ] C[163] T [ ]
buttonsxandxbows - S [155] C[130] T [25]
18lifetogo - S[ ] C[117] T[ 8]
apollosmommy S[ ] C-[146] T[ ]
happy29 - S[ ] C[165] T[ ]
dtpatty S[240] C[216] T[24]
shape7 - S[ ] C[135] T[ ]
salas0148 - S [ ] C[179] T[ ]
chelsearoffles - S[] C[139.5] T[ ]
queenstina24 S[187] C[160]
sap0048 S[130] C [127] T[3]
avengingadrienne C[113.8]
plm0187
jkr0319
amaxpo C[150] 
jenniferelyse74 C[161.5]

chvelarde S[] C[] T[]

Hi everyone, doing ok this week, not my best diet/workout/exercise week though as I went away for a few days and I honestly lost all motivation then. I stopped drinking my 3L per day and did NO EXERCISE and haven't done any of my favorite planks since I have gotten back. I really need to step it up, I am just feeling sooooooooooooooooo lazy. MUST CHANGE!

It's so easy to just STOP, isn't it?  Last week I worked upper and lower body for the first time in a year - I was paralyzed with muscle pain afterwards and stopped using my treadmill.  It was VERY hard to get back into a routine this week.  How  long can you hold a plank for, nycgirl??  I haven't even attempted one recently.  Nancy

Good morning all, and Happy friday.   Well, we have hit the first mini challenge's half way mark and I was wondering if anyone was still weighing themselves. I couldn't resist this morning and was thinking if the rest of you couldn't resist either. 

nycgirl, have you got a workout buddy yet? someone you can be accountable to other than yourself? This helps me.

last night workout for 45 minutes and had 7 glasses of water, not bad for me.

Still waiting for prize suggestions for the mini challenge, keep in mind I need to be able to mail it.

Friday's challenge: Back lundges. as many as you can safely do.

Looking for July Mini challengers!!!!!

I will be a July mini-challenger! Count me in!

This mini is working well for me. Today I was down to 114 from my starting weight of 117.2 on June 1st. I know it isn't a real weight yet though as I weighed in at 116 yesterday. But overall I have lost weight this month. I will start working out more, just it's tough when I work 100 hours a week ... I do my 15 minute mini workouts every night around midnight! I do workout during the day though by not taking elevators etc (I walk up 8 flights to my job and 16 to my apartment). I don't count that in my time though as it's not a concentrated workout.

the Challenge is working for me too, I was down this morning.

happy, happy, joy, joy

Hey all, I will updating points tonight. Happy father's day.

thanks as ever, Cocowan, for tallying up all of our points!

now that we're at the midway point for June, I don't know if anyone else is having this issue, but I'm feeling a little bit frustrated in the weight loss department -- I still think these challenges are good in that they're an extra helper/motivator to make sure I get to the gym, and it is satisfying to see the accruing number of hours I've worked out/hiked so far this month, but I'm not seeing any loss of pounds (especially frustrating because it's not like I've been pigging out either... if anything, when I need a snack when I'm not necessarily hungry, I've been eating melon, berries, and rice crackers...)

any thoughts?  words of wisdom or motivation??

lrt

Maybe it's muscle thats building??? I am losing weight really well this month but I am only doing my 15 minute mini workout a day and I KNOW when I ramp it up to 30-60 minutes (as I should be doing) my weight loss will not be as significant in numbers as my muscles will be building. That being said, I will be cool with that as my overall shape will be better.

Other than that, are you keeping to your deficit and counting calories religiously? I ask b/c in May I did lose weight, but only 2 lbs in 4 weeks, as I was counting calories but not logging in my food every day so I really didn't have full control on what I was eating in order to maintain the deficit this website says I should maintain. However, this month I have been meticulous in my tracking of calories consumed and burned and have already lost 2-3 lbs and hope to keep it off for the rest of the month and maybe even lose another 1-2, to make it 1lb per week.

Hey all, I'm really excited here we have a few people in 400+ zone.  This is great and it's what I wanted to see.

anyone up for a july Mini? I'm signed up and there was one other that wanted to do it. If you are new to the thread look at post 242.

LRT is in the lead and she has earned it. let's hear it for he. 

lrt if you are feeling frusterated there are a few things you could do, I know people to eat alittle more and then back off and continue to do this for a short period of time and it works. but it has never worked for me.  also since you are keeping track of intake and exercise maybe change one of those or both accordingly.

thanks for inspiring me to keep chasing  those points.!!!lol 

Thank God it's a new week. Last week totally sucked, in terms of working out. I was in Seattle with my husband for a weekend trip - we had a great time, but we didn't get in our 'long run' as we had hoped. We still managed to work out - which was better than nothing, I suppose.
From Seattle, I went straight to LA for a conference. Only managed to workout once. It was a totally great workout, but I cut the run short (5K) because I couldn't get the hang of the treadmill and kept thinking I was going to fall off.....
From LA, I had to go to Toronto.....ugh, business travel sucks. Did a couple of workouts, but just didn't feel overly motivated to run like I do when I'm at home.

I'm glad it's Monday, that I'm back from all the business travel and can get on track with running. I'm shooting for 5 miles today - I thought I'd ease back into things. I'll probably try and get an 8 or 9 miler done after work tomorrow night. Let's just see how today's workout goes first.

Despite all the working out, I seem to be on a plateau for weight loss. I've been hovering between 136 and 138 since the beginning of June....grrr.....

thanks for the encouraging words Coco, much appreciated!  and thanks to both you and nycgirl for your suggestions!

though this forum is hosted on a 'calorie counting' website, I must admit, I don't actually count calories -- I have tried to do it many times, but it makes me more anxious about the whole body-image thing (I'll fail, I'll never been able to lose the weight, and even if I did, I wouldn't be able to keep it off because of such a strict regimen, etc....)

what I've been trying to do instead is to monitor how much I eat and concentrate on only eating when I'm really "hungry" and no longer eating when my body says I'm full (a big goal for me, having been a compulsive eater for as long as I can remember...) -- I'm hopeful that by focusing on what my body tells me (in terms of need to exercise, and in terms of intake), this is the kind of lifestyle (and weight) I can sustain over the long term -- I've been inspired to pursue this approach after reading a number of books by Geneen Roth (have any of you read her stuff?) -- in case any of you are interested, she's authored books with titles such as "Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating," "When Food is Love," and "Appetites" and I've found myself relating to her writing and experiences more than most books I've read on these topics

also, even though I'm not seeing progress on the weight front (yet that is..), I can tell that I'm getting physically stronger, and it feels good to have a 'record' of all the hours I've worked out -- plus, my upper arms are starting to feel a bit more toned, I've been able to extend my elliptical trainer time from 20min at level 7 to 25 min at level 8, and I'm back on the hiking trails this summer (not to mention biking to work every once in a while, 7.5miles each way!) -- so, I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens on the weight front in the months to come...

in the meantime, thanks for the insipration, Coco, and count me in for July!

lrt

ps: fitnessfreak, please know that I'd *love* to be hovering between 136-138!  (that's on the 'low end' of my target weight!)

I'm in for July!

For a couple of weeks there I was struggling with going back to school, but I'm finally back on track!

fitnessfreak: Im also stuck between 135-139!!! Ive tried eating more, eating less and working out more and less, but the scale wont seem to budge!

My goal for tonight is to do an hour of cardio and weights, Im to the point where I really need to focus on toning! My legs are small, but my upper body needs some work, talk to everyone later!

Hi Nancy1967, I can now hold a plank for 75 seconds which amazes me as when I started a month ago I couldn't hold 15 seconds! It really gives me a sense of accomplishment and puts me in that "zen" place.

I'm in for July...this challenge is keeping me accountable and motivated, which means it's working! 

My vacation in June sort of threw me off...I didn't drink as much water as I would have liked to that week.  Especially the "travel days". 

I'm thinking that if I really push myself with exercise the next two weeks I might be able to hit 650 for June!  Keeping my fingers crossed.  :-)

Hey Coco.. I just saw that about the July minis... I didn't read that before I sent you my message!  But yes count me in.. I'll do this again... I want to do better next time.. but I haven't given up on this one yet either!!!!  I really like this.  I'd like to do it just like this again! 

 The calorie counter is a wonderful tool!  I never realized how many calories I had been taking in before I used this tool and now I am able to control calorie intake and choose the better food with less calories (fruits,veggies, limiting red meat to once per week).

I get my water in everyday...8/8oz.   glasses or bottles.  I drink at least 3 glasses of Orange, sugar free drink from WalMart (same as Crystal Light, except 3-4 dollars cheaper).  Hubby even drinks it...likes the taste.

I have been drinking herbal green tea, or Chamollile before bed.

Weight loss is at a stand still, but I am getting the water in...staying away from Caffine (not that I drank much of it a day anyway), Have started getting in the pool; when the water temp is up to 83+ (to passify my arthritis) and I am eating much lower fat products...veggies bites and burgers are great...lol

Trying hard ladies.  Just slow.  Still 208.  And I am going on vacation.  I hope I can still at least not gain any more.

It is very good to breathe. I will be getting excersie in.  My son is taking us camping, and to 6 Flags, as well to The World of Coke, and the Atlanta Underground...maybe he should rent me a wheelchair...lol

Talk to youin' all again soon.

This has been a hard week.....not sure if it's because I didn't follow my regular workout routine last week while I was out traveling for work, if it's from sitting on airplanes for hours at a time, or because my routine was just messed up......in any case, I have been struggling a little this week.

I was super excited to be back and hit the gym with a vengeance. I ran 5 miles on Monday - it felt harder than usual (knee pain, foot cramp and side stitch.....ugh). I ran 7 miles on Tuesday (which isn't bad, but I was shooting for 10 miles to finally get to that next distance milestone). That run felt bad too - by mile 6 my legs were so tired that I could barely lift them up off the TM. I stopped at mile 7 because I was worried that I would trip and make some kind of goofy, emabarrasing scene at the gym by falling off the TM :) Yesterday, I barely made it to 5K (3.1 miles). My legs are absolutely EXHAUSTED - which is weird. During my normal weeks of exercise, I log anywhere from 20 to 25 miles of running. I'm at 15 miles right now, and feel like I can barely move!!

As much as I'd love to push myself, I think I'll just stick to the elliptical trainer for the rest of the week. I've done resistance training on my upper body twice already, which is unusual for me. I hate doing weights....I'd rather just run all day long. I usually push myself on the TM - either with speed or with distance, so rarely have enough energy left at the end of the cardio portion of my workout to do much in terms of resistance training. I'll admit that I do like that "burn" that you get in your arms and shoulders after a good workout - so I'm glad I got those sessions in.

Hope everyone is having great week!!

Good Morning All,

Happy Friday to you. I wanted to mention that I've started a Daily Challenge thread and I post it a week at a time. I've not had too many people take part in it and was wondering if you guys even noticed it. someone sent me a PM and asked me to do this and So I said I would try it.

I wanted to remind everyone that they will need to send their weight on July 1 in the morning so I can figure the Winners of the Mini challenge.

I asked for prize suggestions and didn't get any. What would you guys like? Or should I just think of something and go for it.

I would like to say that I  have worked out more during the mini challenge than I had in previous months and I drank more water and felt better in general and I think a the compitition is a great motivater. 

I can post point more often but I found that without knowing what the points are daily  I tend to spend a little more time working out trying to get ahead.  What do you guys think.

by the way I heard that yellow mustard is good for leg cramps, anyone else heard that?

keep those post coming and have a great day.

coco

Hey Coco,

Thanks again for keeping track of the Sliming Minis Challenge. I totally agree that keeping the total points a "secret" is complete motivation for me. It's like I know I have to push myself to workout harder and longer because I've no idea what everyone else is doing. I still struggle with drinking much more than 8 glasses of water/liquid a day - but am working on it. I've no idea how some of these CCers post the amounts they do!!!

Looking forward to seeing how everyone did for the month of July...I'm not anticipating any weight loss (at this point, I keep losing and gaining the same 2 to 3 lbs - so I might even be up!!), but am really happy about all the working out I've done.

ps - I've not heard about the yellow mustard thing, but do have several runner/marathon friends that swear by drinking pickle juice for cramps. How weird is that???