Posts by tree32497

i dont really know how long you have been on cc losing, but it could be due to the fact that the water you are drinking is flushing out all of the dirt, bacteria, and toxins out of your skin.  I went through that for about a month or so and my skin cleared up fantastically.  Even my nails aren't thin and brittle anymore...

well im sorta impatient...besides, i went back today eating my 1400 so im zig and zagging a little...maybe that will help.  it's just that overnight, i would lose like 1.5 pounds for a few days and then all of a sudden nothing...shouldnt it be more consistant??

Starting Weight:175

May 24: 173.8 (yay)

May 31: 174.8

June 7: 175.8 (ugh...stupid TTOM)

June 14:

June 21:

June 28:

July 5:

July 12:

Goal Weight: 150 (long term) 

Short term goal by July 12th-165

Ok, I didnt know if you saw my edited post or not, but i'll post again with my current weight of 173.8.  I'm doing really good on my water.  Remember though, that if you drink coffee, you have to drink twice the ounces of the coffee back in water, PLUS what you usually drink.

I wanna join in!Since August, I've lost 45 pounds, I have around 20 more to go...absolutely no weight loss in the past 5 months, which is mostly my fault.  But I should congradulate myself on not gaining it all back, just 5 pounds. 

CW-175, 5'6". 

I'll be back on Friday to tell you how much I lost!  Why did I eat 3000 cals today????

I get a weird lump in my throat that gives me a sharp pain when I eat my protein bars...

Its pretty basic.  Each 45 minute session focuses either on your lower or upper body muscle groups.  The upper body is biceps, triceps, back, shoulders, and chest.  The lower body workout is quads, hams, abs, and calves.  Each muscle group gets decreasing sets of 12,10,8, and 6 reps (of whatever exercise you choose that targets the area), with 1 minute rests in between, while increasing the weight with each set, then basically 24 reps at the "end" of the muscle group. 

It's pretty intense, thats why I like it.  I have lower body tomorrow, so I was wondering if it would matter if I did the quads and hams in the morning and the calves and abs at night, for instance.

There is also a 20 minute cardio thats done the other 3 days a week (you rest 1 day) and i do that in the morning.

Heres an example:

Mon-upper body

Tues-cardio

Wed-lower body

Thurs-cardio

Fri-upper body

Sat-cardio

Sun-rest

Mon-lower body

Etc....

I recently had my TTOM and I enjoyed eating my maintenance (ok, maybe a few cals over that too...) the whole week. 

It's crazy though...I still managed to lose 2 pounds, where "normally", I only lose about 1.5 pounds a week.

I have three "meals" at 300 cals each and three "snacks" at 100 cals each.  hat givves me 1200.

Breakfast is usually cereal and some fruit

My snacks are mostly 100 snack packs or special K bars.

My Lunch and dinner usually consists of a sandwich or anything my mom made for that night...

I dont really have that much of an appettie tob egin with, but if I am straving for one day, I'll either just eat my maintenace or eat popcorn/jello, etc. to fill me up w/o going over.

My inner thighs are a major problem.  I've been doing some pliates and Ive noticed a huge difference just in doing them a few times. (I actualy upped my cals since i started doing this)

Here's the link:

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/51658_pila tes-matwork-innerthigh-lift.htm?ref=yssp

PS...It has an Outback Steakhouse commercial before the how-to video...lol

a little bit of dark chocolate every once in a while is actually good for you. 

Calorie counting doesn't limit you to only a certain list of foods you can eat.  There are no "good" and "bad" foods, just "good' and "bad" lifestyle choices.  Peanut butter is a good alternative also.