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WEIGH IN:

108.0

Weight Goal for next week: 107

Work-Out Goal for next week: Walk at least 2 miles on campus with 20 lb bookbag 5x/week; go to gym 3-4x; do Latin salsa DVD on days that I don't go to gym

Lost 1 lb since last week

Work-Outs since last Wednesday: (I'll do the week before I got sick since I didn't do ANYTHING last week.) Walking an average of 3.0 miles on campus with 20 lb bookbag 5x/week; went to gym 3x and worked out for about an hour each time; did Latin salsa DVD 2x

I'm going to keep doing the same thing I'm doing, because it's FINALLY working for me I think! YAY!

WEIGH IN:

109.5

Weight Goal for next week: 109

Work-Out Goal for next week: Walk at least 2 miles on campus with 20 lb bookbag 5x/week; go to gym 3-4x; do Latin salsa DVD on days that I don't go to gym

Maintained since last week

Work-Outs since last Wednesday: Walking an average of 3.0 miles on campus with 20 lb bookbag 5x/week; went to gym 3x and worked out for about an hour each time; did Latin salsa DVD 2x

WEIGH IN:

110.5

Weight Goal for next week: drop to 110?

Work-Out Goal for next week: Walk at least 2 miles on campus with 20 lb bookbag 5x/week; go to gym 3-4x

Maintained since last week

Work-Outs since last Wednesday: Walking an average of 2.5 miles on campus with 20 lb bookbag 5x/week; went to gym 3x and worked out for about an hour each time

Work out buddy has been having some back issues and has been given doctor's orders to not do anything "strenuous". I work out "by myself" on Mondays and Fridays and go walking with her on Wednesdays. I think this will work out well until she's better... but then I want my work out buddy back! The new gym is still absolutely amazing!!!

WEIGH IN:

110.5

Weight Goal for next week: drop to 110?

Work-Out Goal for next week: Walk at least 2 miles on campus with 20 lb bookbag 5x/week; go to gym 2x

Gained 3 lbs since last Holiday Weigh-In

Work-Outs since last Wednesday: Walking an average of 2.5 miles on campus with 20 lb bookbag 5x/week; went to gym 3x and worked out for about an hour each time

Since the university remodeled and re-opened the gym (opened last week) it's AWESOME. The old one had been around since FOREVER and was gross. New work out buddy + new remodeled gym = VERY happy college student!

Original Post by carolinamoon7:

hey everyone, just saw this site and figured i would join in. Im a sophomore getting ready to move back in my dorm. Im 5'8 123 pounds. I lost about 15 pounds since starting my second year through dieting mostly. Now I am just trying to motivate my self to get my butt to the gym and tone up!! ( seem to be a case of skinny fat.) Its still a struggle to turn down chocolate chip muffins and any kind of sweets but a s long as I have some fruit and PB2 near by im in good shape......If I am not in the library studying ....im sleeping or listening to music to un-stress:)(nursing major) Im a vegetarian so i dont eat in the caf much..not really a good selection here....but i guess that a good thing>

Welcome Carolina!!!!

I JUST got back from the gym myself... I'm the "skinny fat" too. I'm so close to my target weight I can practically taste it. Once I reach it, I'm going to start hitting the gym hard-core now that I've got a buddy. I've been avoiding the campus gym because it's all nastiness but now that the new one is open, I think I'm going to go check it out further... maybe tomorrow!

Don't feel bad.. my weigh-in is almost EXACTLY like it was except I only went to the gym class once. It's getting MAJOR cold here so I'm doing well to just get to and from classes with as much as my joints are hurting. Maybe I'll do better next week, I'll stick to the same goals as last week for this upcoming week as well.

WEIGH IN:

109.3 lbs

Weight Goal for next week: Drop to 109?

Work-Out Goal for next week: Continue to walk 3.5+ miles with 20 lb. bookbag; work out with Cardio Salsa DVD minimum of 1x; visit campus gym?

Down .1 lbs from 109.4 lbs last week

Work-Outs since last Wednesday: Walking 3.5 miles total 5x/week with 20 lb bookbag; Cardio Salsa DVD 1x; attempted to go to the campus gym and was THROUGHLY grossed out!

EHHH! Why do I feel like I've bottomed-out at about 110?? Although, I did find a REALLY powerful motivator to stay out of my fridge late at night (at least for me)... I've covered my fridge with pictures of my sailor and I at my smallest. It makes me feel REALLY old (the pictures were taken almost 5 years ago now...) but it's motivation to stay out so I can get that size again.

WEIGH IN:

109.5 lbs

Weight Goal for next week: Drop to 109?

Work-Out Goal for next week: Continue to walk 3.5+ miles with 20 lb. bookbag; work out with Cardio Salsa DVD minimum of 1x; visit campus gym?

Down 1.0 lbs from 110.5 lbs last week

Work-Outs since last Wednesday: Walking 3.5 miles total 5x/week with 20 lb bookbag

I spent the weekend sick and I'm working on 6 potentially final-grade wrecking projects in 5 classes. There have been some campus things going on that have kept me up late working on homework. Blah, I really dislike this time of year... it's always so crazy!

Original Post by pgeorgian:

sweetie, there will be arguing.  put on your kevlar.

If you hadn't started the arguing and actively baiting others, it wouldn't have spiraled out of control. I stand by my suggestion that you leave if you cannot offer support.

Original Post by missmagill:

Mine, which I may not adore, but WILL learn to love, are:

33-25-35

I'm not a stick figure and I've got a pretty flat chest (my back actually curves outward up there, so my measurement is higher than it appears), but I'm HEALTHY AND HAPPY!

My doctor is thrilled with me and I am strong enough to bike on highways without being rammed by a car or having to get off and walk up the massive hills.

Those are only my sizing/tape-measure measurements....how about we take other body measurements into consideration? Heart rate, blood pressure, bone density, lung strength, blood levels....they are all a LOT more important than how many inches your waist is! Sure, it's not healthy to have certain waist to hip ratios or a waist over 30 inches around, but I'd say screw the measurements if you have healthy levels INSIDE of your body.

I've been OVERweight and I've also been UNDERweight...when I was overweight, I had high cholesteroland borderline high blood pressure. When I was underweight (heck, even when I was a "healthy" weight in the lower range of the BMI scale) my heart rate was low, my lungs were weak, my organs were failing, and my blood levels were horrific. Girls in my age group thought that I was gorgeous, though, because I was thin and I wore a baggy size zero. Yeah, that was great and all, until I collapsed on the floor and nearly died.

I think that many of us need to rethink our priorties.:)

I'm going to get off of my soapbox now. I apologize if I happened to offend anybody, but seriously, concern yourself with your health BEFORE you concern yourself with measurements.

You make a lot of good points. Most days I don't agree with what society says is beautiful.

Original Post by hharris9:

Aww... no worries, Carrie - I'm sure it'll be better after you're through with TTOM and give yourself a few days to recover. I got under my 123 yesterday, and ended up going to watch the game with some friends at buffalo wild wings... where I had a huuuuge platter of ultimate nachos, all by myself! And when I got back (I've been a little sick...) I decided to soothe my sore throat with a big bowl of edy's slow churned vanilla ice cream. 1700 calorie day? Check.

We all slip up now and then. Just get back on the horse :) You have to give yourself a day or two off occasionally. Just call it a little vacay from CC'ing, and don't feel bad about getting back to business. :) We'll be all better in a Wednesday or two!

Don't feel too badly. I've been sick myself the last few days and have indulging in my guilty pleasure (but only 1.5 oz at a time!), Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey ice cream. After a few days of eating it and realizing it made me feel better (even if only for a few minutes) I've just been "budgeting" it into my calories.  

On an entirely unrelated note, I finally know when my sailor MAY be able to come home again. In the scope of things, it's not really all that far away so I need to get cracking on this weight loss/toning up thing!

Original Post by wouldyouliketosupersize:

I don't snack on this everyday (thankfully) but the entire Regular Size Three Musketeers Dark Chocolate Mint bars are only 150 calories each! They're sinfully good and I love to grab one on my way out of the grocery store on occasion. 

Has anyone else noticed this, or did I read the label wrong?

I hope not, those are DELICIOUS!

Original Post by chica1234:

Hi everyone...brand new to this so i hope ts helpful :)

Im in my first year at university and living on campus. I love being in res but the food....so hard. We are given meal cards with a certain amount of points that we have paid for and thats how we charge our meals in the caf. Im usually such a healthy eater but they charge sooo much for fruits and vegetables. I got a greek salad and a smoothie for lunch today which was 250 points. My friend got a quesadilla, fries, and desert for only 175! so unfair! im finding it super hard to keep my points while not starving :Pany tips for not falling victim to the burgers and fries?

Hi and welcome! Burgers and fries aren't necessarily bad, they've just got to be eaten in moderation... and there's got to be other healthy things to "balance" them, if you will. I try not to limit myself to strictly "healthy" foods because, I'll be honest... I LOVE my junk food sometimes. Another trick may be eating smaller meals more often. I found out, due to a medical condition, to start eating smaller meals more often. It took some getting used to but now I can't imagine anything else. It works REALLY well for me.

Original Post by michekhs06:

Carrie~ I've noticed that phenomenon even between jeans of the same size and color. Every jean is still made individually so I always try on the exact pairs I'm going to buy.

Well I know weigh ins are on Wednesday but the scale said 153.2 today so I'm really quite happy. :) However yesterday and today I didn't count..so I need to get back to entering things in, its harder when you do your own cooking than when you buy prepackaged stuff and can easily enter it. :s

 

The cooking things yourself vs. buying prepackaged things is a dilemma that I deal with daily. Because I'm on campus and living in a dorm, it changes things a bit for me. In order to have ANY semblance of "healthy" (and not live on salad alone 24/7) I've found that getting the prepackaged "healthy" things and adding my own extras (fruits, veggies, etc) to it works well. Eating in the cafeteria here on campus means eating things that are either swimming in grease or have been cooked to a pulp. It's rather gross.

Original Post by lisacknapp:

Just jeans?

I have motivation BOXES. I organized my clothes from the last few years that don't fit into boxes and labeled them with goal weights (every 5 lbs for me). I am NOT allowed to untape the box until I reach the goal and have been at that weight for at least 1 week. This way, its like I get a whole new addition to my wardrobe every time I lose 5 lbs AND my closet is not full of clothes that don't fit me anymore. That was just depressing for me. I wore a shirt to work this week that I had not fit into for over a year and everyone thought it was new...I got lots of compliments. Hehe, it motivates me to keep going! 

Side note. I really love getting rid of clothes that are too big. Never going back!

What an awesome idea... motivation BOXES! It'd be like Christmas every single time you reached another 5 lbs! How cool would that be!!!!