Another 10-15lbs group

Hi, I would like to get in shape for the summer...I am currently in college and have gained a bit more weight than I would have liked to:) I am 5'3 and weigh 143lbs...would love to go down to 125lbs or so over the course of the next few months and would love to hear from anyone else with the same situation? 

I could certainly do with some motivation...someone to chat to when Im contemplating a chocolate binge:) 

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome!

I ususally weigh myself in the mornings. Is that a good time to weigh? Somedays, I feel like 145, but when I step on the scale it shows 148. Is it water weight?

Also, has anyone tried oolong tea? Does it help weight loss? If it does, what is a good brand?

I had to go to 2 parties this weekend and EAT. On saturday, I was able to get some walking. When it is hot outside, I just walk indoors and chat with my friends or Mom. But, on sunday, I could not get any exercise. But, I also did not eat a whole lot till the evening.

My goal is to 144 by the end of Aug. I want to meet that goal.

Hi Everyone,

EDIT: I have moved this to my profile. I think it looks better there.

:)

Hi all!  I'm a little later than usual, but the chart on page 2 has been updated.  Can you believe we're down to 8 people!  That included Ter295, who hasn't checked in 3 wks and our newest recruit, rishiesmom and moves Gracelynn to our new category (drum roll please) graduate status.  I'll never drop Ter out of the tracking list since she started the thread.  Those who haven't answered since wk 7 and prior have been removed from the chart, BUT they are always welcome to come back.  I still have their history. 

Welcome rishiesmom - I enjoyed reading your background post.  In all honesty I had to look up what a chapati was.  It's a tortilla!!! Joke.  I'm a nice Mexican girl from Texas.   I love tortillas.  We ate them, and several, at every meal when I was growing up.  Now, I allow myself about 1/2 every few days.  To get you up to speed with us, although our history has created a lot of posts, if you cruise around for some bed time reading, you'll find our occupations, where we live, the age of our kids or a little about our pets.  (run on sentence, but we shouldn't have to adhere to proper grammer on posts when we're all so busy.  Don't edit us Snehvid) BTW, I did post a picture of my dog in my gallery, if you get a chance to sneak a peak.

I'm glad to have caught up with all of you guys take care. - Hasta

Original Post by subwaybusker:

hello everybody, do you mind if i join?

If you'd like to join, you're welcome.  give us your height, cw, gw and weigh in is on Fridays.  Hope you make it back.

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the new members!

I am trying to stay awake at work today and not keep drinking soda in the afternoons, it is only diet, but I don't need it to become a habit.

snehvide-My brother works for Accenture (out of Chicago) as a consultant, but I don't know what the company name is that he is working with in Copenhagen, an insurance company I believe.  He loves it and is having fun discovering everything.  If it becomes a more permanent placement, I hope to visit, I love to travel!

Gracelynn-Congrats on getting to a point where you can maintain!! That is great.  I hope to be at that point in the next 6 months or so. 

Renekane-I am all about going for a clean M-Thurs!  I need some effort put towards this weight loss effort.  I am going to try to not overeat when I get home at night.  So far today is going well

This weekend I was joking with my husband about weight loss and how I really want to lose these 10 pounds.  He joked "Just don't be fat then"  Now he wasn't calling me "fat" but it made me think about how hard weight loss is.  It seems that I should just be able to eat less and then poof, pounds gone.  But there is so much stress and social eating and drinking that makes it hard.  So I am going to try to really do this, it seems like such a simple strategy.  Anyway those were the thoughts in my head as I had a beer and cream puff saturday night...(they were both delicious by the way) 

I hope everyone's week goes well, keep checking in  :) 

smader, I can so relate to what you're saying and how you're feeling.  I just haven't really given this my all.  Last night I really did a lot of emotional eating.  My husbands been in Ireland since last Tuesday and juggling the kids, home, work etc., finally hit me yesterday.  I got through the day ok, but after putting my kids to bed I felt like it was my time.  I stayed up watching the movie, Wall Street with Charlie Sheen & Michael Douglas (snacking).  After that, I wound up staying up until 2:30 a.m.   That's crazy!!!!

This coming Saturday we are heading out for a family reunion.  We'll be gone a week.  I don't know how I'm going to be able to stick to an excercise routine and healthy eating out there.  Well actually I do -- "where there is a will, there is a way".

height: 5'4"
cw:125
gw:110

i haven't really been exercising because i've been lacking motivation these few weeks. i mean, i'm seeing all my relatives in 2 weeks and they're gonna say "what happened to you?! you used to be thin!"

what do you guys do to motivate yourselves?

hey guys,  i am an emotional eater too and sometimes when i'm stressed, nervous, upset, bored, etc all i can do is think about food then go out to the pantry or fridge and stare until i see something i can easily put in my mouth. it's very hard to stop. i usually crave something sweet then need to top it off with something salty, then something sweet again, it's a vicious cycle of salt and sweet. lately i've been trying to eat something healthy when i get that way but it's so hard to break habits. late night eating is hard to break too. i'm working on it but i'll be watching TV and it's so much more enjoyable with something to eat.

husband is out of town this week and it's easier  since i don't cook a big dinner for me and the kids. gives me extra time to myself to exercise because i'm not doing way more dishes and cleanup. well, now that i think of it it's all my husband's fault that i've gained weight!!! JK but he is always tempting me with going out to eat and late night pizzas.

you bet balehead - since my hubby's been out of town I've saved quite a bit of time and anxiety over what to make for dinner.  you can serve kids just a  little bit of anything and they're happy.  So am I for that matter.  Seems like husbands need a more traditional meal with lots of sides.  any hooo,

new joiner subway - I'll add you to the tracking.  glad you're here! 

motivation, that is a tricky word...  I have been trying to eat slower and drink more water.  Also I think how I would really like to lose these last 10 pounds and what am I waiting for. 

Husbands are a tricky thing.  Mine is pretty open about meals, which is good, but he does like to go out to the bar and get beer and cheese curds.  Which is no good for me.  So I think it will be light beer for me and trying to have a health snack before we leave so I am not tempted.  Easy to say now on a Wednesday morning, I have to keep that thought Friday night...

Hasta-I hear you on going out of town.  I went to a family reunion last night (only for  a night) and I had to be careful to not eat everything at the potluck.  I think the secret is no seconds.  Also you could bring your running clothes/shoes along and maybe sneak away for 15 here and 20 minutes there and at least you would be able to get some exercise in..

Well it is Thursday and so far I have had a pretty clean week, so I hope to keep it going this weekend!

How is everyone else doing this week?

Hi I've never been on one of these before so please bare with me. I'm 138, 5'3 and would like to get back to 125 also.

Goodmorning dear ladies, it's weigh in day again.

127.4.........I'm amazed at my weight this morning! Actually had to step up and down my scale FIVE times to believe the number that kept popping up: 127.4! And this despite gulping down five (or was it six? the way it feels in my head today, it could have been 12!) large beers last night with an old uni friend, I haven't seen in over a year. Granted, I've excercised like the energizer bunny for the past three days and riding my bike everywhere I went, come rain or shine :-)

I guess what makes this day special for me isn't just the figure (figuratively speaking!), but the fact that I've just crept past my halfway mark, which I honestly thought would be impossible!

Balehead, I must admit to the same type of emotional zigzagging between salty and sweet - it drives me nuts sometimes to go back and forth from the kitchen all the time trying to find out what it is exactly that I crave  - usually it's potato chips, but since I don't keep those at home, I try to find alternatives that won't quite do it... sometimes I wonder if it wouldn't be better just to have a bag lying around and allow myself a portion to satisfy the craving... but then again, I don't want that stuff in my house...it has a tendency not just to lurk in my cupboard, but also in my thoughts until it's empty (*insert underlying music from the twilight zone*)

From reading the recent posts, I can see that I should count my blessings when it comes to being unmarried when on a diet - this whole husband thing can really wear down any resolve to loose weight, huh? I hope they know how lucky they are to have you all cooking them nice meals everyday....

oh -btw: about the whole snacking thing at bars - yesterday I brought my own (carefully portioned) bag of peanuts to avoid the totally unhealthy snacks there, and while it might not have looked all that great to stick my hand in my bag every two seconds, it did the job of satisfying my snack need while there (I'm not sure Smader, but eating the snack before you go out??? hmmm... that wouldn't exactly work for me... i would most likely just end up eating the healthy snack and then the unhealthy one and then ending up with a cal intake of about a million )

Well lovely ladies - I hope this Friday finds you all in good shape.

Hi everyone,

It is Friday and weigh in time!  I came in today at 140.5.  Which is down for me and great.  Although I think dehydration from a swim/run race last night might also have something to do with it too.  I'll take it though! 

This weekend I am going to watch snacking and excessive alcohol intake.  1 or 2 light beers should be good for me! 

I hear you on the snacking thing snehvide.  I would most likely eat both snacks healthy and unhealthy.  We'll see, something I just need to work on!

I hope everyone has a nice weekend!

I weighed 148 today. I think I am plateau-ing. :(

Any tips/suggestions?

142.2 good afternoon all. well my best week ever and i do have to contribute it to the fact that my dear hubby was in chicago on business all week eating at fancy restaurants and i was home eating cheerios for dinner.  i exercised all days except monday even though i was tired. it's such a mental challenge sometimes to motivate yourself to exercise.

snehvide-awesome! i've def. done that with the scale. sometimes i get a different number (of course i take the lowest one!) but usually all the same until i believe it. did that with my preg tests too. i think i took 4 of them until it sunk in!

rishiesmom-i've had those weeks where i work hard and don't lose much or anything but on a positive note you didn't gain! maybe it's water retention and hiding the loss or your metabolism needs a good boost. whatever the case, DON"T give up. it'll take time. i know i've resorted to binging on junk food when i don't lose thinking "what's the difference, i can't lose anyway" but keep at it, you'll see.maybe try dropping your cal intake a little and increasing your exercise a little. good luck.

so far everyone's had a good week. it gets me more pumped for the week to come although i would like to go out to eat tonight so i'll just give myself one cheat night then right back to it.

still 125 with 26% body fat. they say the last 10 are the hardest to lose. i've just been doing a mix of cardio and strength training and grazing through the day. hope to hear from you guys!

Good evening everyone!!!!  Its about 6:24 p.m. here on Oahu.  I did my workout today, did a run and a little circuit.  I'm happy to say I'm at 133.4!!!! Like yeah!!!  I'm so happy I wanna do flips....I plan to at least run 30-45 minutes a day for the weekend.  The weight loss keeps me motivated.

Hope everyone is doing well.....Have a great weekend!!!

this is so strange - i felt so bloated, no, read :fat, yesterday- so i decided to get on the scale again today, which now reads a full kilo more than yesterday... i'm in between periods ( i think) and can't explain what is happening... it's very frustrating! and for the first time since starting here, i feel really de-motivated!! i can't get any excercise in until monday, since i'm alone with my daughter this weekend.... arrgh - sorry, just needed to let it out - do any of you experience anything like this?

Hi guys.  Looks like there was a lot of good progress this week.  How exciting.  I was able to drop 1.5 lbs.  woohoo.  I've updated the chart on P.2 with our new stats.  The only person who hasn't checked in yet is renekane.  Check in when you can sweetie.

snehvide, don't get so down.  You know weighing yourself too frequently can put you on an emotional rollercoaster.  you'll be just fine with all the excerise you've been doing.

Bettyboop - I like how you stated your excerise plans for the weekend.  I'm going to try to keep up with you on that front.

rishiesmom- stay with it.  you'll knock it off dead center.  Just keep doing what your doing.  Stay active, cut portions, get as much rest as your body needs.  I think that keeps stress levels in check and help us to avoid emotional munching.

smader- I think the snack b4 the pub is a good idea.  It will supress your appetite and you'll drink slower since you're not hungry. 

Well, I'm on the road now.  We're driving to New Mexico to hit the mountains and a family reunion.  For the next couple of days I'll have internet access but by wed - sat, I may not.  I'll just have to see if I can pick up a wireless network somewhere.  Anyway, it shouldn't affect my ability to update the chart next week, but I may not be posting for a while.  You all take care.  I'll be in touch. - Hasta