Posts by eechie

Count me in as well. I'm deathly frightened of holiday pies and hot chocolate letting me slip backwards. I've finally broken a two-year plateau!!

SW: 141

CW:128 (Wednesday 17th)

GW: 115 by February

But I have a mini-goal to be 126 by the end of November. Which means thanksgiving needs to be tame, and offset by exercise as much as possible, and leftovers need to be resisted!

I sincerely wish people wouldn't stop to consider god's wishes in anything- you are your own moral compass. If it is important to you, then it matters.

Free yourself from the trap of trying to relate all of your actions to a third party- you will find them much more rewarding if you're doing them for yourself instead of trying to please someone else.

I'm not trying to be unhelpful, I really just think your motivation will be higher if you're doing it for the intrinsic value instead of some extrinsic reward. Or if you ARE doing it for some extrinsic reward, at least let it be something TANGIBLE, like a smaller dress size!

Starting weight (on May 1st): 132.3

Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd):  121

May 1 - 132.3

May 8 - 131.2

May 15 - 131

May 22

May 29

June 5

June 12

June 19

June 26

July 3---final weigh in

We can do it!

How's everyone one their start weight? I'm at mine, but I'd like to start at an even 130, even though i said 131 would be my start.

Thanks for the support guys. Turns out it helped in at least one way- I had the best work out of my life today! I feel like I'm really getting back on track. Two days off the wagon maybe will end up being a good thing.

I love this group. Good job, team.

Don't give up, tasha! One week maintenance is not that bad. You have a fresh start right now.

Is it a self-control issue, and you know you've been eating badly and not exercising enough but it's so hard to do anything about it? Or have you genuinely been very good and the weight still didn't come off?

If it's the former, just think of how happy you'll be next monday to declare you lost a pound. You and me weigh the exact same right now. We can do it as a team. Wear a rubber band around your wrist and if you reach for something you know you shouldn't eat, look at it and remember your teammates and how we want to be able to share the excitement of next monday's weigh-in! Give the rubber-band a snap if you want to. If finals are getting you down this week, take at least half and hour to walk around or get to the gym for a bit. Every little bit helps, and will keep your serotonin levels up, which keep you happy.

If it's the latter problem, i'd consider re-examining your intake and expenditures. Are you double-counting for your burn meter? Are you underrepresenting what you're eating? Or, on the other hand, are you starving yourself too much? it sounds cliché but i know from experience- if you starve your body, it will panic and refuse to budge, and you'll be ruined for a few weeks while you try to get your metabolism back to normal. If that is what has happened, don't worry. A week of matainence eating, TONS of exercise, and then another week of slow loss will get you right back on track.

Let us help you! You're not over weight. Like I said, we're in the same boat right now, and we can do it! Just remember how short a period a week is. Time flies.

Hey guys! Don't forget to weigh in today! I'll be back with my news as soon as I know it. I've onyl got the scale at the gym to go by, and I'm not going for a few more hours.

Let's stay on track, everyone. Remember how much we want this.

I'm in! Hope fully by May 1 I'll be at 131, (currently at 133) and I'm hoping to be at 121 by the Fourth of July, so I can enjoy the barbecue guilt-free and have a cheat day in celebration!

We can totally do this. Let's all earn our 4th of july barbecues, not eat them guiltily!

I have a proposal, also: for me, the worst is in the details. It's the little decisions -like an afternoon skipping the gym, or a blueberry muffin at breakfast- that are holding me back. I want us to feel free to, when the urge strikes, vent about it on here. So I'll be writing about blueberry muffins isntead of eating them, and when I'm feeling lazy I'll write a few sentences about why I need to get my ass to the gym. If this becomes too much posting, let me know, but I think we should all do it. It really helps!

I also had a really bad Easter (totally coincidentally, since I didn't even celebrate this year) and I've been trying to get back on track all week. But I missed my workout yesterday. =(

But we all still really want it! And we've made progress! Everyone, keep going. Today and tomorrow, stay under your limit and hit the gym. Think of how great it will be when we can report back to each other on monday that we've lost a pound. YESSS.

Weight in:

Start: 141

Last week: 133.5

This week: 132.5

Goal: 115-120

On my way! Like a lot of people, I had a pretty bad easter weekend (though not because it was easter, i was in a particularly time-consuming play) and I need to get back on track. Come on ladies, keep working out. We can do it.

Heart!

5'5, sw:141 cw: 135 gw: 115-120

 

I eat about 2,000 cals a day, and exercise enough to burn about 700-800, so I end up qith 1,200 or 1,300 a day, net.

I've only been dieting the last month or so, so I'm making good progress.

I don't get this 'build' business... how can i tell if I havea light frame or a heavy one?