Posts by lanochka

Lana (SW: 156.0)

Team #4

CW: 156.0 It's TTOTM :(

Name: Lana
Age: 19
Height: 5'1"
Start Weight: 156.0
Goal Weight (by December 29): 150

1/12/08: 156.0
8/12/08: 156.0 --- ahhh I've been at this weight for sooo long :(

^ Your body needs AT LEAST 1200 calories, the bare minimum.




Daily I aim to eat 1200-1350.

Breakfast - 300
Snack - 100
Lunch - 300
Snack - 100
Diner - 300-400
Snack - 100

+/- a few calories here and there. Once in a while I come short. And once in a while I eat more depending if I have a larger deficit that day due to a longer workout session.

Lana (SW: 156.0)

Team #4

CW: 157.5 :(

Beh my week didn't go that great. Too much stress with college. I got like a total of 8 hours of sleep the past 4 days. It's sad. I need to start drinking more water. Hope everyone else is doing great :)

Wooo I'm excited for this :) Yay team 4 =D

Well here's my two cents.

Many members on here will tell you not to weigh yourself every single day because your weight fluctuates too much due to whatever food and drinks you consume throughout each day. Instead, they will tell you to weigh yourself once a week.

Personally I prefer to weigh myself every single day. I can directly see how the scale is effected and I can automatically pinpoint what made the scale fluctuate the way it does from day-to-day. Whether it's from a lot of water/lack of water that I drank that day. Or if I ate a huge bulk of food. The tracker here basically gives you a pattern if your weight is going up or down.

Secondly, the once-a-week weigh in can also be misleading. Because if you ate/drank A LOT before your weigh in day. Then obviously the scale is going to reflect that and it won't necessarily be accurate.

I think you should stick with whatever you feel works best for you. The key here is CONSISTENCY. If you plan on weighing yourself every day, do it EVERY DAY at the same exact time each day (ex: morning before breakfast). If you plan to weigh yourself a few times a week, do it during the same days each week. Don't weigh yourself Monday and Wednesday one week, and then the next on Tuesday and Friday. Be consistent and you will get more accurate results. :)

But if you do weigh yourself every single day. Don't freak out over every single pound gained or lost because the scale only reflects what you ate/drank the previous day. It's over a longer time period that you will see a pattern of results (weight gain/loss). If you understand that then you'll be fine.

As for losing 5lbs.... well you can lose 5lbs in water weight... or you can lose 5lbs in fat. There's really no way of telling on the scale since it's such a small amount of weight (compared to 20+). However, if you lose 1lb a week it would take you about a month to lose 5lbs of fat. But if you want lose more than that, you can safely lose 5lbs in about 3 1/2 weeks if you lost 1.5lbs per week. With water weight though... one day you can weight 110 and the next 105 and think you lost weight when really you didn't.

I hope this helps :)

Gosh if only I could grow a few inches lol. Here are my stats:


How old are you? 19
How short are you? 5'1"
What is your current weight? 156
What pant size are you? 11-12
What is your short term goal(s)? Break into the 140's by New Years
What is your long term goal(s)? 100-110 goal weight :)

Mine would have to be 3-4oz of garlic herb baked chicken breast.
With mashed potatoes
and a large salad


About 300-350 calories. Sooo good =D I'm a sucker for mashed potatoes.

I'm more independant at the gym. I don't like bringing my friends to work out with because they just interfere with my workout routine. And I prefer not to talk to people I recognize from school, etc... don't know why lol. I simply get on each different machine, do my thing, and get off. The people around me don't bother me at all. I do notice the "regulars" though. :)

The only advice I can give you about envying those "model" people you see at the gym is to et your goals and strive to work harder so that one day you can be at their fitness level, and you can look like that so that others will envy you. But in order for that to happen you need to motivate yourself to work hard.

And remember, that "model" person might have been 50lbs+ overweight a few months ago and now are just trying to maintain their hard work. Good luck :)

I was pretty good on Thanksgiving day... stayed well within my calorie limit. But the day after totally BOMBED lol oh my goodness. It was like an after party for me.

I think this is a great idea. Not many groups for college students on here. :) Here are my stats:

Age: 19

Height: 5'1

Starting Weight: 160lbs

Current Weight: 156lbs

Goal Weight: 110 ish

I officially started my 2nd or 3rd attempt the beginning of November and plan to stick it out all the way this time. I had a 3-day lapse last week... but I'm getting back on track.

I would normally lean towards how my body feels however I should probably mention that I'm eating around the 1200-1350calorie range, therefor im about 400 shy of 1200. And I know less than 1200 is bad. So I think I'll just stop by and get a latte or something in an hour or so.

My mom's mashed potatoes w/ gravy, or sometimes she makes these really good bite-sized garlic baked potatoes. SOOOOO GOOD!

Hmm the most recent for me would have to be about last week. I was going through a really rough time and went on a tangent binge type thing. IDK. I was craving cheddar chips. So I picked up a bag of Doritos. I tasted a few when I got home and I was very disappointed. They didn't taste as good as I hoped they would. Over the course of the week I did finish the bag but I felt sick and ugh not eating those for a while.

For me it's definitely soda. Then chips and then ice cream.. but I only eat ice cream once in a while when the mood hits.

But soda is definitely a problem for me. Like I try limiting myself to like one can a week because I crave it a lot. I've had spells where I would only drink soda all day. I've worked so hard to limit that to either no soda or only one can a week. Soda is always stocked in my fridge because my family drinks it.. so it's hard. But so far so good =]