Posts by fcgoddess23

ok group...how's this for good news; even with my "fall" off the wagon and eating 4 snickers bars in 2 days...I still lost 2 more lbs!!!! I joined this website after already losing 4 lbs so it won't show it all on here but in the 7 weeks my ship was underway I lost 8 lbs..17 more to go!

Memetaylor ~ welcome, how's things on your side of the world?

Smashley ~ I ran today for the first time in 2 weeks and it was awesome! I parked really far away from work, put on my biggest loser remix music and just took off. My legs are sore, my arms ache and I couldn't be happier. I have small weights at home I'm going to start introducing into my workouts today after work. ^5 for us! I'll look up the cookbook website today when I get home, sounds like a good site. Happy workouts!

 minutexwatlz ~ I used to drink a ton of Crystal Light and I gained 8 lbs over a 3 month period. Once I read an article about it causing weight gain I stopped drinking it and lost 6 lbs in a month. I didn't do anything different but switch to drinking plain water. Hope my 2 cents help you out!

MW09 ~ The moving tables was just the beginning of the setup process, then we had the ice sculpture, 2 cakes (6 layers each) and of course all the fried shrimp and other fried foods for the party. I managed to nibble on very few of the food there, had maybe 10 shrimp but not much beyond that.  The seas are very very rough today and all day yesterday and since I get seasick I'm not going to the gym until we hit port again in a few days.

Hope everyone else is doing way better with working out..I'm just trying to stay at my desk without rolling away!

edit: I had a really bad day yesterday and ate 3 snickers bars :( the seas were really rough and i needed some comfort food *sigh* thank goodness we pull in tomorrow so i can get back on track!

MW ~ today is day 11 of my food journal and before I found CC I was watching what I ate (not that hard on a Navy ship) and I dropped 5 lbs. In the 11 days of being on this website and using the food/activity journal I've dropped 1 lb so far. Yesterday was my first full day back in the gym since my ship is inport for a few days and I'm hoping that I can still get to the gym when we get underway again. I also do not call it my diet...it's my lifestyle change. I eat more salads now and watch my portions as well. My multi-vitamin and calcium chews are the first things I eat in the mornings to make sure things are well balanced and the day starts off good.

I'm off to set up some reception for the big-wigs this afternoon..moving tables is a kind of workout, right?

I have a hard time getting my calorie intake up high enough! The food choices are crap out here and some days I just don't consume enough calories. :o(

jiggle ~ congrats on your weight loss so far! I've heard that guys have a better time of it and the guy in my office seems to have it easier than I do. He just started working out last week and I think he's down 5 lbs already to my 2 lbs.

smashley ~ I don't have any off limits food, just limit the amount of "good" food that I eat. Not that it's hard being on a Navy ship since they tend to overcook the veggies and undercook the chicken..yuck! I bring my own food when we go underway but I'm running out since we've been gone for almost 2 months now.

Today was my first really good day in the gym, I went twice and managed to row for 35 min after lunch then the treadmill for 45 min after dinner. It was awesome! Tomorrow I'm going to try light weights.

al ~ I wish I lived in the same country!! 5 more months and then I'll be moving back to the states...so excited!!

alright al..so I'm 28 yrs old and I'm overweight. it sucks to say that out loud but it's true. I've been in the Navy for 9 years and for every 3 I've gained 10 lbs. I need help to lose it all again and feel better about myself. All the women in my family have been overweight and even though I know I can do it but it's tough without a "buddy" to be there with me. I really just need dedicated people that will post daily and we can do like a check and balance type thing with each other so we all stay on track. You know what I mean?

I found us on the 2nd page..guess I've not been posting lately. It's been a rough couple of days..no gym and the ship got underway yesterday and I've not made it to the gym. I was really hoping we'd stay inport while I have my awesome schedule of 16 hours off a day but I knew it was too good to be true. At least I'm sticking to the diet, just not able to get to the gym. I'm hoping we don't slow down too much tonight but for some reason at night we either go really slow or stop altogether and the ship just rocks and rocks. I wish I weren't one of those people that get seasick!! Oh well.

Steph ~ Hope your week isn't starting off too stressful and you can squeeze in some gym time. No such luck on my 2 hrs a day gym time, maybe tonight or tomorrow if I'm lucky. I think we pull back into port soon and I'll have at least 3 days that I can do my 2 hours per day. Once I'm back in Japan then I have 4 days until my trip to Hawaii with the bf...I can only hope he notices the difference.

135vyjuly ~ I try to get on here at least once a day to track my food and post in here, the past 2 days I've been slacking but I look forward to motivating you..and getting motivated in return. My goal is 155 by July so 19 lbs in 15 1/2 weeks. I know we can do it! Let me know how often you log on here and I'll try to get on the same. It's tough with everyone's schedule's being different but I'll do my best! Keep us posted on your progress alright?

~Autumn~

woohoo!! everyone's doing so great!!

Carly ~ I've been in the Navy for 9 years now as a Fire Controlman...for those of you that haven't been in the Navy I shoot missiles..not fight fires. I'm a Tomahawk Techinicion, have been for the past 3 years which is the most powerful missile we have. It's an awesome job and I really love it. The people are awful but with my friends let me gripe to them when it gets too bad and it makes my day's easier to deal with. Hard to believe that I've gained 10 lbs for every 3 years in but I'm GOING to change all that in these next 4-6 months.

Nuttellabella ~ I hear ya on the excuses. I've done all that before and I'm so very tired of doing that to myself. No one else to blame but me. I started out slow on the treadmill but have every intention of getting back down to the gym after this watch at 10 am to keep on truckin'. The Biggest Loser is my inspiration and I love the tips from Bob and Jillian..not the cheesy *hold up extra sugar free gum and give a commercial* tips but the ones where they show you exercises to do at home or during commercial breaks. I have to watch everything on Itunes so I don't get commercial breaks so I just sit on the couch and watch em while snuggled under my blankets. :D I know...we're supposed to be up and moving not sitting on our butts watching tv. Once I get back inport I'm going to implement that strategy into my daily routine.

Steph ~ how'd classes go? did you get to the gym like you wanted? you can do it!!

As for my goal for next week...writing out goals sounds like a good plan. Think I'll do that this weekend though since I'll have sat/sun off before getting back into the 8 on 8 off routine. Keep moving forward ladies! Don't worry about the past because we can't fix it anyways.

~Autumn~

Good morning everybuggy!!!! (it's 9:50 am here in japan) and I'm just now getting to work..again.

Last night my workout was just what you'd expect from a first day workout, hard as heck and I'm sore in many many places today. A good sore though cuz now I feel more than ready to go again today after I get off watch. Last night it was 2 am when I got off work and starting out a bit slow on the treadmill I felt bolder as I got on it and increased the incline to 10 and the speed up to 2.5 moving the speed every 5 min 1 notch. Got up to a 2.9 then decreased the incline to 3.0 with a speed of 3.3. Tonight I'm going to get on the rowing machine..work out the back....and then back on the treadmill for some jogging..YIKES!! Time for me to get to work but I'll post some more in a few hours.

How's everyone else doing workout-wise?

Carly..welcome aboard!!

~Autumn~

Leronia..I can't speak for steph since this is her forum but I think the more the merrier! My friend Cece had a baby last year, he's almost 1, so she has a little more weight to lose than I do but we're gonna stick it our regardless. I figure if we can both lose 10 lbs then another 5, so on and so forth, we'll keep each other motivated to keep going no matter how far apart we are.

College was tough for me, I gained my first 10 lbs there after high school. Since joining the Navy I've gained another 30 over the past 9 years. I'm hoping to take off 20 and be happy with myself but we'll see. I may go for the full 30 lbs but for the short term I'm gonna kick those 20 to the curb! My schedule is beyond crazy right now, I'm 8 hours on and 8 hours off..so sleep is usually all I want to do. I'm going to fit the gym into my schedule at least once a day for now until my working hours get better next week. I'll have a regular work day then of only 8 hours so I'll have plenty of free time to spend at the gym.

Keep it up and make sure you make short term goals instead of just focusing on the long term. (learned that from The Biggest Loser) My weekly goal is 2 lbs because I know that TBL is a tv show and those people spend 8 hours a day in the gym. I don't have that kind of time so if I get 8 hours a week I can only see so much results. Another thing I learned from the show is to ensure you're eating ENOUGH calories. Starving ourselves does more harm than good so keep a food journal if you can. Keep us posted on your progress so we can pass out high fives for our success. You can do it!!!

Hi,

My name is Autumn and I just joined the site myself but can always use more than one motivational buddy. My friend is already on the site and she's here in Japan with me...hope time difference isn't a problem for you. Let me know alright.