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| Weight Loss | ** The 2008 5'3 Club ** -- Weigh Ins every Friday! | Jan 30 2008 04:26 (UTC) |
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hello everyone. Not weighing in this monday because Aunt Flow is visiting, if you know what I mean......trying my hardest to fight the cravings but its not working. so I'm staying below my maintenance calorie intake (should be 1900)...although i have failed at sticking to 1200. will go back once i get over this horrible week lol.... hope everyone's doing ok! How did you choose your Goal Weight? It's what I used to weigh before I moved to the US from the caribbean, at 5'3", 110 is still in the healthy range, and it's what I used to weigh..so it seemed reasonable. |
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| Weight Loss | ** The 2008 5'3 Club ** -- Weigh Ins every Friday! | Jan 18 2008 20:34 (UTC) |
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| Fitness | Starting Couch-to-5K...anyone want to start with me? | Jan 18 2008 01:51 (UTC) |
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Count me in! I suck at running, but seriously want to try out couch-to-5k. I always feel like I have bad knees, but maybe I can work through that and hopefully get better at running. I have an inside track at my disposition on campus, too! Days will be: Mon. Wed. Fri. |
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| Young Calorie Counters | What about the 20 somethings... | Jan 16 2008 19:07 (UTC) |
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| I'm just turning 20 here in less than two weeks, so I cheat and say I'm twenty already, haha. My fiance's 28. And the reason for being here....well, I soon have to fit in a wedding dress, of all things. So there we go. lol. College freshman here. | |||
| Motivation | So... I need to lose 65lbs. Who wants to be my weight loss buddy? :D | Jan 12 2008 17:51 (UTC) |
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| 5'3" 20 year old here with the need to lose 56. (i'm 166 right this moment). We can be your buddies! |
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| Weight Loss | ** The 2008 5'3 Club ** -- Weigh Ins every Friday! | Jan 11 2008 21:33 (UTC) |
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(I just signed up for the 5'3" club a few hours ago lol hope i can still make it! - it IS the 11th after all, so my name's not in the list yet.) |
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| Weight Loss | ** The 2008 5'3 Club ** Sign Ups Closed! | Jan 11 2008 20:12 (UTC) |
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| Weight Loss | What the HECK is wrong with me. | Jan 10 2008 20:24 (UTC) |
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| hey, you sound like if were born from the same mother and separated at birth. that's my exact same problem right now :( i can't get myself motivated....or screw it up no matter how hard I try. | |||
| Weight Loss | First Target Achieved ... down 50 pounds (w/ pictures) | Jan 10 2008 19:36 (UTC) |
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| congratulations! keep it up, you're looking very handsome! | |||
| Young Calorie Counters | College Aged (Random Chat i guess ^_^) | Dec 26 2007 20:14 (UTC) |
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| Hello everyone. 19 year old turning 20 feb. 4th, in minnesota. need to lose a grand total of 50. =/ |
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| Weight Loss | The Misconceptions of society | Nov 17 2007 06:02 (UTC) |
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| Delight, wow, I'm so glad you stood up to her and said what was on your mind! I'm generally too nice to ever say something that forward up front... even if I would probably be screaming it in my mind. well, it's not being too nice.. just too shy. @-@ | |||
| Weight Loss | 100 pounds lighter as of today!!! | Nov 16 2007 16:29 (UTC) |
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| Woo! that's such a great achievement! you are among those who have become an inspiration to us all. Great going! <3 | |||
| Weight Loss | The Misconceptions of society | Nov 16 2007 16:08 (UTC) |
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Jc343. As to who wrote it, I am not entirely sure. Like I mentioned, this is from a friend who found it, so I wouldn't know. xD But yeah, the problem with society is that while in the real world skinny is not necessarily attractive, it's definitely more 'acceptable' by some. I've seen these things happen here in college within the first three months I've been around.... I am not necessarily heavy. I'm slightly chubby for my weight (I carry my weight well, despite the belly >:0 ) -- but I was insulted when one day I sat with my friends to have lunch and by us was a table full of guys and the first thing we hear is "BUT OMG SHE WAS HUGE! And so I took the dare and took her home..." and the kid went on to insult this one girl. My friends, who are both very skinny and toned, got just as insulted and requested we move to another table. Whoever said college = a step towards maturity *eyeroll* cyromansmommy: wow. talk about a bunch of ....ahem. High school wasn't that bad for me. I graduated with 42 students, and the total student body (it being an international school) was a grand total of 500 students from freshman to senior year. There was the little group of girls who thought they were 'popular' but popularity never exists in a school where your teachers are like your friends, and everyone knows everyone else's business ;] they definitely did not throw things at us! trustwomen; wow...I've never felt guilty about eating something. Well, guilty it might go over my calorie intake, but not about the people watching me. I wouldn't be able to help... but I think you answered your own question! "what if they are thinking i will gain it all back?" that's where your feelings are coming from. I'm no psychologist ...but I know a friend who has this PHOBIA...huge one.. of eating in front of people. She lives on my floor...and being one of my best friends, she weighs around 300 pounds by now. She hates eating in front of people. ;-; We've all been trying to get her to work out and eat healthier.. but you can only take the horse to the water, you can't make it drink. sarahrnorton - it's kind of sad that at times our immediate reaction as a society to heavy people is to think that all they do is sit in front of a tv and eat ;-; Sarah - that's the same reason I've always been too scared to join a gym. Gyms scare the crap out of me. Thankfully, now that I'm in college, we have the recreation center with an open track where I feel a lot better about going and walking or jogging (I don't know why, but the idea of running around like a hamster deeply amuses me). And usually play volleyball or something along the lines.. its a lot more fun, plus i can always convince a group of friends to come with. I literally talked half of my hall and a few of the boys from the male wing to come with me to halenbeck the other day. At the end, it was around 12 of us, and it was the most fun night I had had in a while. |
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| Weight Loss | 98 lbs and overfat? | Nov 09 2007 23:20 (UTC) |
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| XD tell him to get all the BS he said, drop it in a can, cook it and eat it >.> You have the body *I* would love to have and never in my life have had. Personally I think you look fantastic, and that man was just being extremely insensitive. |
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| Weight Loss | Just getting started | Nov 06 2007 16:33 (UTC) |
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| First off, I just saw the reason why you want to lose the 20 pounds, and CONGRATULATIONS! Is all I have to say. My reason for losing the weight is the exact same, except my wedding won't come for another three years. Hopefully by then I'll learn how to lose it and keep it off, and be fit for the time of the wedding dress ;] If it's hard for you to reach the 1400 cals, it's just a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils when it comes to getting to 1400 at the end of the day. Log your food. Every single thing you eat, log it onto CC. You'll come to realize what a great shocker it is -- maybe what you're eating has a lot more calories in it than you previously thought it would, or maybe you're not eating anything whatsoever. A woman being 'sedentary' should eat no less than 1200 cals a day! And we're always around to chat <3 just keep a journal and we'll add you as friends so we can communicate through replying to journal entries (it's what I do with my friends) ....although I think there's usually chat threads somewhere @-@ |
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| Weight Loss | Working late and starving- putting the top 3's to the test | Nov 06 2007 16:28 (UTC) |
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| Good luck! But don't be too scared of the salt... if you do have salt, and at the end of the day you find out you 'weigh' more than you thought you would; you can always blame it on the salt and sleep peacefully on the fact that once you take water, it'll go away. |
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| Weight Loss | Help! I Need new breakfast foods! | Nov 04 2007 14:41 (UTC) |
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| 1 cup of cocoa puffs (120), a cup of skim milk (86) [ my breakfast when i'm on the run] = 206 if you have more time: 1 slice of raisin bread (100) OR two slices of whole wheat bread (140), 1 tbsp of promise buttery spread (32-50 cals), skim milk (86) [I'm a milk addict] = 236-276 cals oatmeal! = 100, with milk = around 200 (depending on which milk you use to make it) 1 light yogurt (100) + 2oz granola (100) + banana (100) [in or outside of the yogurt] you can always substitute the banana for any other fruit. an apple would be around 50 cals. --- and then theres always the whole egg + piece of toast + fruit + milk for a heavy 250-400 cals. o.o..now I'm hungry |
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| Weight Loss | how many pounds are we supposed to lose per week? | Nov 04 2007 14:33 (UTC) |
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| Adding to what sundari said, the more fat you have to lose, the more you'll lose initially..a person weighing at 300 pounds will lose more per week initially than one who's 130 and wanting to lose, let's say..20. The reason because, the heavier person is sending a huge shock to their metabolism, and that's how their body responds...so it's not unusual to see heavier people losing 3lbs+ within their first few weeks. | |||
| Weight Loss | boobs. | Oct 28 2007 16:56 (UTC) |
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| the first place you put on weight is the last place you'll lose it from (sadly for me, that'll be my stomach). the last place i put on weight was my boobs. not even that much, since I went from a 34-a to a 36-b ....but I know once my weight loss becomes aparent, I'll be close to flat chested again. D: that's weight loss for ya. |
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| Weight Loss | Munching at 12:01 AM, Bed at 1 AM. | Oct 28 2007 16:39 (UTC) |
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| >____> I used to do that during my high school summers. D: It won't make you gain weight. I actually lost weight doing this, but I assume it's because at times I was so deep into reading online or doing something else, that I'd forget to eat. I'm glad I changed the habit, though! hell.....sleeping is my favorite past time now as a college student (I don't get enough time >.> so whenever I have a day off or they cancel class, I see heaven! otherwise I'm pretty much up at 6am). Waking up early makes my day last longer, which means I can get my things done and be in bed by 10. <3 it won't make you gain any weight, since people burn while they sleep as well... but it pretty much screws up your sense of time when it comes to meals, I'm afraid. |
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| Weight Loss | Does where you live make you fatter? | Oct 28 2007 16:33 (UTC) |
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| I lived in NYC. I had just started my teen years (hit 14 when I moved), and went from being a 110 child to 145 by the time I hit 17. Then I moved to minnesota......and I hit an all-time high of 168 which I'm trying to lose now. Notice that both places are frigging cold, and I had moved to minnesota from the caribbean...where it didn't matter what I ate, I'd always be skinny stick as a child. Minnesota and New York = almost no warm time to go run around in the park and do activities. it all comes down to coats, cold, and eating. Being from where I am, I'm not used to the cold weather yet. even though it's been five years. so that cut off the whole going out and getting some exercise in. |
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| Weight Loss | Is it to late at 60? | Oct 28 2007 16:26 (UTC) |
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It's never too late! and kudos to you for wanting to change your life around at the stage you're in. <3 the only thing you can do right now if you change your life is change it for the better, not for the worse. It's a known fact that if you treat your body with respect when it comes to what you eat and exercise, it'll pay you back by letting you live longer (and it'll definitely help take away the stress). You can do it! we'll all root for ya. *heart* |
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| Weight Loss | 60 lbs. to lose club... anyone want to join?--- Sorry group is closed | Oct 28 2007 04:06 (UTC) |
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| o.o my scale must be kind of crazy - i got on it three times during the afternoon and my weight had actually gone down. i suppose i had had too much sodium or something. last week: 166.8 this week: 165.4 difference: - 1.4 Today was my fiance's birthday, though...and I have a feeling I ate too much crap! I'm going to have to make up for it this week. |
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| Weight Loss | Weightloss challenge - weigh-ins in new thread - signups still welcome | Oct 26 2007 14:49 (UTC) |
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| Friday morning weigh in: 166.2 Apparently, I maintained instead of lost. D: |
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| Weight Loss | Weightloss challenge - weigh-ins in new thread - signups still welcome | Oct 26 2007 01:03 (UTC) |
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| MEEEE!! Count me in! I always joined these but never followed through because of life and having to go away from the site/internet. but this time I'm here to stay! So: Age: 19 Height: 5'3" Starting weight: 168.8 Current weight: 166.2 Goal weight: 120 lbs no goal date, just a goal. =] |
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| Weight Loss | Need to lose weight and keep it off | Oct 25 2007 22:45 (UTC) |
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Don't be depressed. The first thing I'll give you a tip on is: use the tools. Find out how much you're supposed to eat a day, how much you spend and how much you would spend once you use the Activity log and add the aerobics you're doing now. Then LOG YOUR FOOD INTAKE! Keep track of those calories. Once you have that, look under the 'account' tab and see what your defficit is. A person trying to lose weight steadily should keep at least a 500 calorie defficit a day. Calories in - calories out = weight loss. (or does that go the other way around?) Bottom line is, you need to consume less than you spend. 3500 calories = one pound. for every 3500 extra you eat a week (on top of what you need), you'll gain that. Whether you just eat an amount of calories and get the defficit through exercise, or you lower your calorie intake.. that's the bottom goal to lose weight. oh yeah, eating a bit healthier doesn't hurt anyone ;] |
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| Weight Loss | journaling is awesome! | Oct 25 2007 22:40 (UTC) |
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| xD I journal to vent. And just to keep track of things. From time to time post inspiring quotes.....a lot of random things :'D ... but I do love my journal, and I absolutely LOVE reading my friends'. It helps me keep track of what I'm doing right or wrong. o.o | |||
| Weight Loss | Stop, Take a Breath, and Re-evaluate | Oct 25 2007 22:28 (UTC) |
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While what you wrote makes sense and I see where you're coming from, you have to realize that most of these people are here FOR losing weight, and bettering their health. They're already getting their overall health to be better just by taking the step of wanting to lose off the weight that would otherwise give them: heart attacks, diabetes, cholesterol problems, obesity (if they're not already there), a million other problems, and ultimately death. Their goal is to get to a point where they're physically healthy, weight-wise, and many of them are doing so by 'running the extra 5 miles around the track.' This isn't a jogger's/athlete's forum, it's a forum of people who want to shed the pounds. They are automatically and unconsciously doing what you presented as examples so that they can GET to that healthy weight loss. And I think weight loss to a normal weight through eating healthy foods counts as a huge step towards a healthy life style. Exercise alone won't determine anyone's healthy lifestyle. They can be extremely fit from running and doing a million other sports - yet eat horrible foods that can kill them from.. let's say.. a cholesterol-induced heart attack (ew, blood clots). ultimately food is what determines the overall health of every single system inside of us. Don't quote me on any of this, but that's what I think. |
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| Weight Loss | An Apology Letter to my Body | Oct 25 2007 20:55 (UTC) |
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| Dear body, First off, I apologize for being an insensitive brat and never listening to you. We never communicate.. Well, I should say, you try to communicate and I never pay attention. I've come to learn from experience that a relationship needs communication, and I always was spoiled and selfish. I starved you when you were hungry. I gave you three times what you needed when you didn't want it. I'm sorry. You're the most special thing that I'll ever own. Without you, I would not be here. I have so many things that I need to thank you for, and so many things I need to apologize about. So I will start now: dear Skin, I'm sorry I've never taken care of you. I shower you and dry you, and keep you warm, but I never drink enough water to help you keep a good complexity, and I never was much into keeping you moisturized. I know you probably hate me by now by the compulsive picking at my arms when I was stressed, and going bicicling without proper gear and proper pants on. I know I've left so many scars on you. I'm also sorry for the stretch marks I've left on you as well, I know they will fade - like any other hurting emotion - but they will never truly dissappear. I'm sorry. dear Eyes, I'm sorry I spent so much time in front of a computer. I know that by now without the aid of glasses or contacts, you cannot see the true beauty that there is in this world. You're my only window to the outside, and I've kept you in such horrible shape. Sorry for never eating the carrots I should have eaten to make you stay in good condition. dear Lips, I'm so sorry I keep on forgetting to put on balm when it's -60F degrees outside here in MN. I know I've chapped you to hell and back, but you always come and stay beautiful just for me and my fiance. I love you so, I'll try to take better care of you. dear Arms, I'm really sorry I've never given you enough exercise, apart from never doing push ups to keep you in shape - it's my own fault that you're all chubby now and I feel really sorry for comparing you to tubes of jello. I know you're not Jello. And I know if I tried a bit better, you'd be the most beautiful arms in the world. dear boobs, I'm so sorry. I just... there's nothing else to say. I always wanted other boobs, slightly bigger ones, without appreciating the fact that you're the only ones I have and it doesn't matter what, you'll be there with me. you'll feed my babies, you make me feel femenine, you keep my heart close to you. And I wanted other breasts. I'm so sorry. I will never ever think of you as "I wish I didn't have these." dear belly, YOU, my friend, are the one I have to apologize to the most. I keep on poking you, pinching you, wishing you were GONE! But it took me a while to realize that all you have is layers of something undesiderable that could be gone if I put enough effort into it. You'll house my babies, keep them warm, and I always make fun of you or feel horrible about you. I'm really sorry. I'll try to keep you in better shape. Please keep a small pouch, though. I like you that way. I also have always fed you horrible junk. crap you don't need. I'm sorry. dear Thighs and Legs, as much as I love you, I must admit as of lately I've been hating you silently. I thought you were getting too big for me, but I think it's just a matter of my taking responsibility for you. You're part of me, and I need to take more care of you. You carry me around when I want to be carried around, you take me places, you let me experience wonderful things.. yet I've never taken the time to make sure you're as strong as you can be. I'm sorry. dear Brain, I'm so sorry I've underestimated you, especially before exams. Without you, I'd be a vegetable. You're what has given me the opportunity to get into college despite everything else, and I've still undermined you. I'm really, really sorry. I'll take better care of you by getting enough sleep, I promise. Dear butt, .....I'm so sorry I sat on you so often throughout my life. I'm sure you don't like it, when you start telling me you ache. I'll try to be more active! just for you, baby. Dear lungs and spinal cord. Spine, I'll try to sit straighter so you don't ache. Lungs, while I've taken good care of you and never in my life smoked, I feel that because of my lack of exercise, you're not as strong as you could be. you're the one that delivers oxygen to my body, and you should be in top condition. I'll try my best. Dear heart, all I have to say is, I love you. You're what keep me alive, and I've been inconsiderate for eating huge amounts of food that contain cholesterol. I don't want to give you a blood clot, and cause you to have a sudden attack. I haven't been exercising enough to get you pumping, and I know you love the feeling. I'll do it more often, I promise. And I'm sorry for being such a jerk to you. Body, I love you. You are me. I am you. It's time I started listening to you more often and taking care of you. Love, Jael |
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| Weight Loss | What are your little accomplishments? | Oct 24 2007 19:13 (UTC) |
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| The recreational center offers a lot of different classes as well as intramural sports that you can play but isn't exactly 'competing' -- definitely not at college level, but more for fun. we get to put together teams and all xD so yeah, they have the ice skating one, and I was thinking of joining. and ...gears being high? D: what? but well done anyway! sorry to hear about the injuries from skating =[ |
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