Posts by lizalea

Greetings!

jella, I really like your plan for setting goals, and I can think of a few goals to set, but I can't think of any rewards.

My first goal will be to pack a healthy, well balanced lunch each day so that I'm not eating at restaurants all the time. I'll set my goal for the month of January, since most of my activities are based on a monthly schedule. When I do pack a lunch, I always have a yogurt, and I use a plastic spoon. I think I'll save the spoon each day, and if I have at least 25 spoons at the end of the month I will feel I've deserved my reward (if I figure out what it shall be).

My second goal is to keep to a regular exercise routine. I tend to overdo it, then when I'm sore, I get discouraged and give it up. I'm going to keep a chart and limit my exercise to what is balanced, then stay with it! This one is going to be difficult for me, but I know its very important. If I acheive 20+ days this month, I will be fairly happy with that. Now I just need to think of a reward...any ideas?

trhawley,

Yes, I set my activity level to sedentary before I logged all my activities for the day. However, I had my activity level at moderate before. I thought that description suited my lifestyle pretty closely.

That was my issue. I was keeping what I thought to be a 1000 cal deficit, based on moderate activity, and I lost weight at a little over 2 lbs per week. Then, I quit losing anything. I've been sitting at the same weight for 6 weeks.

I have logged in my activities for all 24 hours on several days, and each time, it tells me I burn somewhere between 3500-3900 calories. That just seems unreal to me.

Any ideas?

I was so thrilled to get on my scale this morning! 211.8 down from 216 last Friday. I finally started exercising every morning in hopes to break down the plateau I was on, and it worked.

auntmin, it's nice to see you're still with us! Hope you had a nice vacation.

I wonder what happened to tanyamoniq?

Thank you, I've been adding it in. I'm glad I finally asked and got an answer, so I can get the right burn count. No wonder I wasn't losing like I thought I should be.

Hello!

I weighed in at 212.8 friday morning. Had a bad food day though. Some friends came over for dinner and we had pizza, apple pie and ice cream. None of which I was able to resist, not to mention I got absolutely no exercise all day.

I was able to get back to my healthy foods today though, so I'm trying to keep reminding myself that just one bad food day isn't going to kill my diet, but oh boy did that pizza and apple pie taste good!

Welcome back tanyamoniq! Glad to see you haven't given up on us.

This is the first thread I've been a part of, and I don't understand what moving it will mean. Will I have to do something different to continue following it?

Is anyone else still here? It's been a long time since anyone has posted a comment. I'm feeling a little deserted.

Hello?

214.0 this morning. 

I am so glad we've decided to "start over" once again! This thread has been so encouraging to me, when our first 6 weeks was over, I felt like I was going to lose a friend.

Let's give it our best everyone!

Congratulations tanyamoniq! Yay!

Sorry to hear about your work stress auntmin. I hope things get better soon. When will you know if you'll continue with Wells Fargo?

I hope you can find another way to handle the stress. Maybe someone on this thread has some good ideas about stress management that auntmin could consider? Venting to my husband is what works for me.

Hi! I got back from Colorado and was so worried about how I had eaten while there, (we ate out alot) but I guess all the packing and moving my daughter's house more than made up for the calories! Yay.

I weighed in at 218.2!!! So, I'm down 4.2 since last week.

tanyamoniq, you have no idea how much I appreciate you starting this thread. Every day for the last 6 weeks, I could hardly wait to check to see if there were any new posts, and I am really going to miss the encouragement and seeing how everyone has progressed. Are you sure you don't want to go another 6 weeks?

Sounds like you had a wonderful, fun-filled weekend, auntin! Too bad about the food consumption, but hey, you have the rest of the week to make up for some of it, right?

Pesonally, I wouldn't even look at the scale until Friday, after you've had time to even it out. I'm on my way to Colorado, and the first morning in a motel, I should have stayed away from the continental breakfast. I'm still hungry, and I've already had almost 600 calories! I sure hope I can do better once we get there, but she's moving into her new house, and that means not much cooking.

Anyway, I wish you the best over the weekend, auntmin, and since you've been doing so well with your weight loss so far, I bet one or two weekends is not going to set you back too far! Have a great week!

Good Morning!

I hope everyone had a good week! I did. Stayed within my 1000 cal/day deficit and got lots of exercise. Okay, maybe I should say some exercise, but it's alot more than I usually get. I even had a small piece of pizza last night and didn't go over my calorie goal because of the exercise. Yum!

Anyway, I'm pretty happy with my loss this week:

Last Friday: 224.4

This morning: 222.4

2 more lbs. Yay!

I am going on vacation for about 10 days, so I might not be able to weigh in next Friday. If I do, it might be scary since I seldom eat right on vacations. But I've done so well these last three weeks, I'm going to make a really big effort to stick with it.

I can hardly wait to see how well all of you have done!!!

THANK YOU, tanyamoniq, for calculating not only the ongoing progress, but also the weekly stats! This forum has been so encouraging to me! I've been able to stay with my diet since we began, and I'm starting to notice it in how I feel.

Last night I went for a bike ride with my daughter and her boyfreind, and even though they had to wait for me quite a bit, I was pretty happy with how I did. I live on a hill, making it fun and easy to get started, however, no matter where I ride to, I have to come back up the hill to get back home. I normally have to walk my bike up most of the hill, but last night I rode nearly 2/3 of the way up!

When I got back home and logged in the exercise, I had a larger deficit than I wanted, but just couldn't eat. (I'll make up for it today with no problem!)

So, how have the rest of you been doing?

I'm a Harley girl, too.

Used to have a Goldwing 1100 back in late 70's early 80's. Took it everywhere. (Except in winter-we have harsh winters here) I had to give it up after I got married and had children. Every spring when I saw others enjoying their bikes, I would really miss my bike.

Last spring I got a Harley, my husband has a Suzuki. We haven't been able to take any long road trips, but it's sure nice to be able to ride again!!

Tried it. It didn't do a thing for me. I wasted my time & money.

I am absolutely loving the way you are calculating the loss percentages (kept me in 1st place)

However, tanyamoniq, I was wondering if you might give us a weekly loss percentage, so we could see how we did each of the six weeks. I realize it would mean more work for you, but it might be nice to see who did the best for each week.

For example, since last weeks weigh-in (if my math is correct): 

tricia1012 1.83% 1st

mkculs 1.40% 2nd

lauraclarkcosta 1.34% 3rd

auntmin 0.82% 4th

wannabe_thinagain 0.36% 5th

lizalea 0.26% 6th

kthompson 0.22% 7th 

...etc.

(This is where I got tired of calculating.)

Anyway, I thought it was awsome that tricia1012 did the best this week, even though she was only 14th last week,  and 4th overall.  Way to go tricia1012!!!

Not to mention lauraclarkcosta (12th last week, 9th overall, 3rd for this week); kthompson (10th last week, 10th overall, 7th for this week); and wannabe_thinagain (not on the list last week, 17th overall, 5th for this week)

Well, I don't know if anyone else finds this interesting, but I did.