Posts by christined24

Height: 5 ft 5 in
Body Frame:  medium
Fitness Level:  Moderate
Final Goal Weight:  120 lb

Starting weight: March 3  136.4  Goal: 120

March 6: 136.4! how is it exactly the same? :(

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April 3

so i've been sick since wednesday and haven't had enough energy to go the gym or even eat, so i think my numbers will be better once i'm back to the gym and eating well!

clg7357- i did personal training and loveddd it! it was expensive but so worth it because when i was paying to get trained i also went more besides my pt, i saw a lot of results, i stopped because I hurt my knee and am just able to start getting back into training with my PT. and i can't wait only 3 more weeks!

veggies- sweet potatoes, yams, sauteed spinach or kale or swiss chard (yummmm), broccoli, mushrooms, pea

fruits- anything with lots of fiber! apples, apricots, bananas, grapefruit and oranges.

for milk alternatives you can have tons of stuff!

i personally love rice milk yummm, the chocolate is the best but you can get it unsweetened, there is also almond milk, soy milk or any lactose free milk which shouldn't irritate your stomach but the taste is hard to get used too. you can go to safeway and you should be able to find all those items so it won't be a speciality store item.

for a bread go for gluten free bread but make sure you read labels! again gluten free bread takes time to get used too. go online and you can find tons of blogs and websites about doing a gluten free diet and foods.

http://www.csaceliacs.org/gluten_grains.php -this is a great website listening all the alternatives to wheat!

hope that helped

yup i usually gain around 7 lbs eep! but the day after i finish im back to normal. the key thing that my doctor told me is to up my water intake and keep my sodium really low. its just really off putting to getting on the scale and all the sudden im 7 lbs heavier. so i avoid the scale like the plague during that time of the month.

I'm 21, 5'5 and I weigh 129 down from 150

i'm 32.5/27.5/37.5

i hate the last one. anyone have any ideas on how to reduce your hips and thighs? i've lost 20 lbs and that number hasn't budged!!

peaches, kiwi, mangos (best sliced refridgerated with shredded coconut and a little cinnamon), papaya (i like the pink flesh ones the best), dragon fruit (eat just like a kiwi, dont eat the skin), asian pears ( so good), blueberries and rasberries, cherries. yum SOOO many good fruits besides banana, orangles, apples :)

woops just realized it was only suppose to be two goals! sorry!

so my two goals for the groups are

1. run a 5 k at the end of the 12 weeks

2. lose 5 of the 10 lbs i still want to lose

hello everyone! sorry that i've been mia this past week! I was sick and then work was just crazy. ugh even my logging calories lagged :( but I'm determined to get back on track. Still haven't weighed myself because I don't want to be all excited about the weight I know I lost simply because I did nothing but lay around for a week straight and really didn't eat that much and so it's not really weight loss. What I'm amazed about is how much harder my strength training is now that I've been out of the gym for only 6 days! I was dying after 10 minutes of training with my personal trainer :( I felt sad and just ehhhh. I'm slowly getting back in the groove of things but I'm off to Chicago on Friday for the weekend and that derails me yet again. I'm looking forward to being able to have the rest of October/November with no big commitments so I can just get back into my groove of exercising. Its weird how much I now miss it! But I'm trying not to be hard on myself and keep thinking that its not like I failed, I just got a little derailed (haha it rhymes) for a couple days and I'm getting right back on that horse. :) I've got to run but I'll be back later to answer the weekly question! Just wanted to give a quick update on my break! Thanks for everyone for the motivating messages :) 

Best of Luck,

Christine

What is your Wagon Jumping cycle? When is the diet or lifestyle change too much? How can you make it easy and fun for yourself so that you can sustain this change across the long term, through busy times at work/school, hard times with family/friends, and down times when you feel low?

hey all!

work has been crazy! this week and its made responding pretty much impossible! but i finally have a moment to breathe and got to read through all the responses.

I started doing the wagon jumping cycle right after I started to lose weight because I figure hey I've earned the right to eat a candy bar. Only that candy bar turns into 2 or 3 and then fries and so on and so on and then all the sudden I was right back where I started or even heavier. I also used to go to the extremes when I dieted/exercised. I'd start out and cut all the "bad" food out all at once and only eat super super healthy and exercise 5 days a week for at least an hour all at once. and I'd keep it up for a little but eventually poof I'd fall right off that wagon and back into the loving comforting arms of my chocolate ice cream. for me the big thing is I can't make things off limits because the minute they are, I want it, in costco size amounts. so I just make room for them in my diet, its still a struggle, I have moments that I'll eat 3 cookies instead of 1 and go oops. but i just stop and realize okay its not the end of the world and I don't need to just give up everything I've been doing. im slowly getting there.

personal update:

so I'm still at 129 and holding, haven't lost anymore weight :( but I know the last ten lbs are going to be harder than the first 20. i've been considering for awhile changing up my exercise routine, its been the same for about 2 months now and its been doing great for me but i feel like shaking it up a bit.

currently im at MWF spin class for an hour and TTh weight training with my personal trainer for an hour

what im considering is

M- pilates reform for an hour (omgosh so i just started this class and it kicked my butt but I loved it)

T- weight training for an hour (with PT)

W- spin class for an hour

Th- yogalites for an hour then weight training for an hour

F- spin class for an hour

my foods been going pretty well except I started my period this weekend which sent me into carb/sugar craving overdrive and I pretty much gave into it. Luckily I didn't do any damage and I'm back on my normal eating patterns.

Good luck to everyone! and Happy staying on the Wagon.

Christine

in a short answer to your question. no you will not lose weight eating like that.

you need to eat way more than 600 calories a day! you're currently starving your body and so of course when you put anything in your body its going to hang on to all of it because it doesn't know when it will be fed again. (which is why when you ate "alot" you gained all that weight) in order to lose weight you must eat a mininum of 1200 thats what most women's bodies need in order to function. also how tall are you? that makes a huge difference as well.

being a vegan is a serious commitment, i really hope you went to a doctor and discussed it with them first. i was a vegetarian for 6 years and a vegan for 1, its a huge commitment. its not just about vegetables, you need protein, iron, certain vitamins. and you can't just take suppliments. it shouldn't be used as a way to lose weight. it doesnt work like that, trust me there are fat vegans. if you want to be a vegan, do your research and take the time. don't look at it as a way to lose weight, its a way of life.

Original Post by restless_girl:

Christined24 - Welcome to the challenge, Christine!

thanks!

So don't feel bad, it happens to more women than you (I'm an RN and I've been told horror stories) But trust me if you had TSS you would know already and probably be in the ER. So that's not really a concern. The only thing I'd be concerned about is infection from leaving the tampon in especially if it was scented (which can irritate the vaginal walls). I'd go to your gyno especially if you're still have discharge and/or foul smell. But please whatever you do don't douche or try to flush out your vagina! It first of all won't get rid of your infection and second will in all likelyhood make it worse or spread it farther up. good luck!

i lost 20 lbs by myself then hit a major plateau 5 months with no weight loss then i started to gain weight needless to say I started to panic a little bit. i broke down and decided to hire a personal training, best decision of my life. honestly it was/is worth every penny. not only did it make me go to the gym (I'm pay her an ungodly amount each session and you can't cancel unless an extreme emergency so I had to go) but I wanted to keep going because I was putting in the effort for the weight training. so haha that story ended up being a little longer than i meant. but the point is I would really encourage getting a personal trainer if you can afford it. It helps with the motivation and you have someone there pushing you. I see my personal trainer twice a week (T/TH) for an hour and she does a mix of cardio and weight training. and then go do spinning (MWF) for an hour. It took me awhile to get up to that much cardio a week, so pace yourself, if you go all out you are more likely to burn out.  go at your own pace!! the best advice i can give is don't compare yourself to anyone because no one is the same. Find something that you love to do and that will be the best motivation ever.

ps feel free to message me. i'd be more than happy to share my workout plans that I do with my trainer and great websites or anything! good luck!!