Posts by lostjadis

aaaaah i'm one of those people that fell off the face of the planet! haha.  umm i took 2 weeks off from the gym...1 week i had a lot of dental work done and was hurting the whole week.  the second week...well, that was pure laziness.

i went back yesterday and it felt great.  i was afraid i wouldn't be able to lift as much as before but i even upped my weights and could still do it!

anyways, i apologize for hiding for a while.  hopefully the group isn't dead yet!

do you always weigh yourself at night?? i always weigh-in in the morning and i don't dare stepping on the scale at night!  when i used to do that, i could see myself fluctuating up to 5 pounds in one day!

please be careful with the calorie cutting!  you're having a stressed out time and need the energy to keep up.

my gym has 2.5 increments as well...but once you get to 15 pounds, it ups to 5 pound increments.  the move from 15 pound to 20 pound dumbbells on the shoulder press was killer!

my boyfriend has a dumbbell at home that he can add weight to...so i guess depending on what increments are available, you would be able to keep progressing with 2.5 pounds until the dumbbell runs out of room.

What an awesome motivator!!  I've thought about this too...returning home for the holidays looking awesome.  My family's not really openly critical but I KNOW how they can gossip!  If my family could give me a compliment, I think I will have accomplished a lot.

Post up before and after pictures with the jeans!!!

hey you could be like me going from a small B cup to an A!!!  be happy you had something there to lose first :-P  your weight will eventually come off in other places, just keep at it!

well actually...i'm in the middle of stage 1.  i've added an extra workout at each tier of reps/sets...so instead of doing 2 reps of 15 of workout A 2 times...i'm doing it 3 times.  that sounds really confusing, but basically i'm adding in extra A/B workouts because i was new to lifting and didn't want to get too crazy.  also, on 2 separate occasions i had a week off because i didn't have time/motivation to go to the gym. annnd i only work out 3 times a week because of my schedule. i'm sure this sounds really disappointing to everyone haha.

moving on...i have been eating more and having a protein shake after every workout.  i haven't lost any weight (i go up and down within 2 pounds) but as i said, i've been eating more.  my body measurements have gone down but really slowly...this is probably from the gaps i've had in my workouts and i bet i would have seen a more significant improvement if i didn't have any breaks.

i don't have an awesome success story (yet!) but i do feel great and have a lot more energy throughout the day.

Nooo, I'm 5'2" and I do look like I need to lose weight.  I read all the other 5'2" threads and everyone on there are like less than 110 and wearing size 3 in pants (and still trying to lose weight!).  Although now I'm all about looking better and feeling better, not so much the number on the scale.  I still sometimes wish I looked anorexic but then I remember I'd rather be strong and tough than frail and weak.

How's everything going with your school schedule?  Why did you decide to stop zig-zagging, I thought it was working so well for you!  I still want to try it, I just haven't gotten around to planning it out yet.  I do eat more on the days I work out but I'm not sure it's enough to be classified as zig-zagging.

Laura, when is your wedding date?  I was thinking about setting up like mini goals for you like, "lose 5 pounds in X weeks"  What do you think?

Hey girls, just checking in really fast.

Catherine:  what website for the recipes??

Stacey:  I'm sorry but I don't have anything much more to add to what Laura said about packing meals and planning them out (even dinner time!!).  I'm out of school now and I can't imagine being on a diet during school.  I ate sooo bad during that time.

Laura:  Have you added up the average calories that you get for one day on your 11-day diet??  It seems like it wouldn't be enough but I don't have all the details.

Well I've been out of the gym for about a week and a half :-(  I'm going TONIGHT though.

Hmm, that's weird it took a second to register your heart rate and gave a reading of zero.  Make sure all your stats are input correctly.  Also, read up on setting the "Ownzone" heart rate zones.  It's recommended that you go through that exercise every time you workout (it take only 5 minutes to set it).

I don't understand why the HRM has to be compatible with the machines...can't you just look at the wrist strap for your readings?  I'm thinking that maybe your HRM is getting messed up from the different machines you're on or from other HRM in the room.  There is a way to "code" your HRM so it is not influenced (or lessens the influence) by other devices.

Let us know how it goes!  I really like my F6.  Oh and I turn the alarms off too.

i'm up for facebook!  i'll send you guys each a message with my email address so you can look me up.

i'm still here...didn't have the greatest week but i'm not giving up.  maybe we should do what catherine said and make a new group?  are you guys using the calorie count plus?  we could make a group through that.

Hey Stacey, I'll try and check out that 4 week plan sometime today :-)  I'm already doing 3 strength workouts, so 3 more cardio is just what I need!

well, i know how it is because i get busy/demotivated and then don't talk a lot on the forum.  i bet everyone's just busy.

i was also thinking that our group must be hard to stay in because we didn't start out with any formal goals.  like some groups have a timeline but we're just like 15-20 pounds...whenever!  it is kind of nice being flexible though.  for example, my goals have changed since i entered the group.  it's not about losing 15 pounds to me, but LOOKING like a lost 15 pounds (b/c of more weight lifting opposed to cardio).  so, i like our openness but it might not have been what everyone was looking for.  i think we should just wait it out and continue talking on this thread in case anyone else wants to come back to it.

to continue...sooo i went to a wedding this weekend and drank A LOT haha.  but!  i was showing my boyfriend how i feel like my love handles on the back side have decreased.  and he agreed and said i have more back definition now.  i was super excited (even though of course he'll agree with me!!) and it's definitely going to be my main motivation now.  the scale hasn't moved, but i'm feeling better and looking better.  (the part i'm talking about is like the circumference right below my belly button, so it's hard to measure and have real numbers but it FEELS smaller)  also, i did not start zig-zagging yet because drinking made me feel sick for a couple days and i didn't get around to planning it out.  next week!

Hey guys,

I'm sorry to hear that some people aren't doing so well...I'm not doing so well, scale-wise but I do feel pretty good.  It's fun lifting weights because I can see progress really quickly.  I lift more and more weight each time I go.

I'm at 125 again this week (my starting weight as well).  I do feel better but since I want to see the numbers on the scale move just a bit...I'm going to start zig-zagging come Monday and see how that works for me.  I plan on sticking with it for 3 full weeks so I'll be able to see if it's doing anything for me.

i bought this heart rate monitor... http://www.amazon.com/Polar-Womens-Heart-Moni tor-Watch/dp/B000WPCMMM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UT F8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1219707546&am p;sr=8-2

sorry for the long link.  and yes, it is expensive!  but it's one of the best ones out there.  i've read posts of people buying cheap ones and the monitors were useless.

hmm i wear it whenever i go to the gym but all i've been doing is lifting, so that probably doesn't match up with what CC says.  i think i have a 20 min jogging session logged.  when i get home i'll look it up and see if it matches with CC.

stacey - could you explain your zig zagging again?  i don't know much about it.  i think before you said that you look at how many calories you want to eat per week, then divide up the calories per day with some days being high and some being low.  i might consider following in your foot steps but it seems like a lot of planning!