Posts by clary_wayland

Team: Blue

Week 0.   5/5-5/7: 184.4
Week 1.   5/12-5/14: 182.4
Week 2.   5/19-5/21: 178.0
Week 3.   5/26-5/28: 178.0
Week 4.   6/2-6/4:
Week 5.   6/9-6/11:
Week 6.   6/16-6/18:
Week 7.   6/23-6/25:
Week 8.   6/30-7/2:

Go Smurfs!

I hope our sick and injured Smurfs are feeling a bit better :(

The numbers this week look good so far! That's right, all of them, even those that haven't changed since last week! I know it's easy to get disheartened when you don't see the results you think you deserve, but it WILL catch up to you in the end. Our bodies are weird and confusing but eventually they still have to comply with the laws of physics!

I'm living proof of that this week: I haven't really had much of a change for the past six weeks or so despite being on my best behaviour... then the past two weeks have been spent sitting at a desk studying for my exams, and then celebrating with gusto for a few days afterwards (you know how it goes)... and for some completely incomprehensible reason, I'm down about 6 pounds in the past 14 days. There is no logic in the world!:(

Sorry for the rant, but we are Smurfs, and getting discouraged isn't allowed :D The moral of the story is to keep at it. And also try remember how much cooler we are than the Green team :P

xx

Team: 1

Starting weight: (0) 183.0 (1) 181.0 (2) 179.3

Goal weight: 170

Week 3 (May 25) weigh in:
Week 3 challenge points earned: 

Total points earned: 8

Hey guys,

Congrats to EVERYONE for great results this week!! Together, we lost 21.6 pounds. If that's not awesome, I don't know what is :)

You've probably noticed that I've edited the header post with this week's results, but I've also put them here to have a more permanent record when the header post changes each week.

Special congratulations to Christina and Yvonne - they're this week's Biggest Losing Smurfs! (Smurfiest Losers?)

xx Ash

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augenblick  (W0: 155.0, W1: 154.5, Total Loss: 0.5, Total %: 0.32) 
bonbon1974  (W0: 175.0, W1: 174.0, Total Loss: 1.0, Total %: 0.57) 
cackley  (W0: 205.0, W1: 200.5, Total Loss: 4.5, Total %: 2.20) 
clary_wayland  (W0: 184.4, W1: 182.4, Total Loss: 2.0, Total %: 1.09) 
deegee52  (W0: 135.3, W1: 134.9, Total Loss: 0.4, Total %: 0.30) 
eamikel  (W0: 225.0, W1: 223.0, Total Loss: 2.0, Total %: 0.89) 
hotsoccermom  (W0: 190.0, W1: 188.0, Total Loss: 2.0, Total %: 1.05) 
loudflower  (W0: 267.5, W1: 265.7, Total Loss: 1.8, Total %: 0.67) 
lovelyjenna  (W0: 241.0, W1: 241.0, Total Loss: 0.0, Total %: 0.00)** 
mccgolfer03  (W0: 214.4, W1: 212.0, Total Loss: 2.4, Total %: 1.12) 
mommabeans  (W0: 159.4, W1: 157.8, Total Loss: 1.6, Total %: 1.00) 
sarah859  (W0: 194.0, W1: 193.4, Total Loss: 0.6, Total %: 0.31) 
tsc319  (W0: 199.0, W1: 199.0, Total Loss: 0.0, Total %: 0.00)**
yvonne1992  (W0: 165.0, W1: 162.2, Total Loss: 2.8, Total %: 1.70)

Blue Team Total  W0: 2710.0, W1: 2688.4, Total Loss: 21.6, Total %: 0.80

Individual for Week 1
Week (Greatest % loss from Week 0 to Week 1)
     1.  cackley - 2.20% (4.5 pounds!)
     2.  yvonne1992 - 1.70% (2.8 pounds!)

Team: Blue

Week 0.   5/5-5/7: 184.4
Week 1.   5/12-5/14: 182.4
Week 2.   5/19-5/21:
Week 3.   5/26-5/28:
Week 4.   6/2-6/4:
Week 5.   6/9-6/11:
Week 6.   6/16-6/18:
Week 7.   6/23-6/25:
Week 8.   6/30-7/2:

Go Smurfs!

I have no idea why, but pasta makes me blow up. A portion (1 cup) of the stuff can make me 2 pounds heavier the next morning. I don't add anything high in sodium, so that's not the issue. But I'm always back to normal the day after, so I don't worry about it too much. Just one of life's little quirks.

If you figure out the triggers for your weight fluctuations it can save you a lot of confusion and frustration. Either you can reduce those foods that cause you to retain, or if you really can't bring yourself to do that (I love pasta waaaay too much), you can be comforted by knowing that it's just temporary water weight and isn't a true gain at all.

Of course, being women, if the trigger is hormonal we really just have to grin and bear it :(

Woohoo, hi Yvonne, Emily and Jenna! Loving our team so far.

Not sure if I've already mentioned it or not, but I'm from Australia. So although I'm also online quite a bit because of (sigh...) study, there are timezone issues which mean I can't always reply straight away. I do my best though!

As of today, I weigh 180 pounds, down from an all-time high of 200 in January. I lost most of that pretty slowly because I didn't really have a plan or a goal. I started by reducing my chocolate habit to once a week, and when that made me feel a whole lot healthier and awesome, I started making a whole bunch of other little changes. About a month ago I realised that those little things had eventually added up into a pretty dramatic lifestyle change... and decided I may as well go for gold. So here I am at CC :D

For some unknown reason I'm actually down about 4 pounds from the week 0 weigh-in, but I expect that over the next couple of days I'll start retaining a whole lot of water (you know what I mean...), so we'll see how we go!

xx Ash

P.S. Jenna - amazing call on the Smurfs. I love it! Official team mascot, guys?

Blue Team Meeting Place:

http://caloriecount.about.com/blue-team-meeti ng-place-blc-ft138232

Blue Team members, drop by and say hi!

And to everyone else, have a great first week

xx

Team: 1

Starting weight (May 4): 183

Goal weight: 175

Week 1 (May 11) weigh in: 181

Week 1 Challenge points earned: 4

500 calories/day deficit goal

Sounds fun! I'm in :)

Yes, you should eat a bit more to make up for the exercise that you do. 

But you need to pay a bit more attention to the numbers... for example, if I do 30 minutes of jogging that burns 280 calories, according to this site. But if I spent those same 30 minutes sitting on the couch, I would still burn about 50 calories... which means I'm only burning an *extra* 230 calories. That confuses a lot of people when they see their daily burn doesn't match up with their RMR + added activities.

So to use your example, if you burn 100 calories through DDR, you wouldn't eat an additional 100 calories... perhaps about 80 (just a guesstimate, it really depends on your individual stats and how long you exercise for). Just pay attention to the number at the top of the burn meter and eat to an appropriate deficit.

((If you only do DDR for 10 minutes, and have your activity level already set to 'light', then I wouldn't add that in anyway. I forget the exact cutoffs, but isn't 'light' activity up to 30 minutes of exercise on most days?))

By the way, I really do think that ~2000 calories would be more appropriate for your age and height. You're only 15 and there's a good chance you could still be growing, even if you don't see it... you wouldn't want to risk stunting that.

Hope I've made sense!

This may sound a bit controversial at first, but it's worked for me so far, and I used to be a crazy binger!

I zigzag my calories and my workouts. I do most of my cardio (bike/elliptical, I've recently started running) three days a week - these are my 'heavy' days and I eat 200-300 calories more than on the 'light' days in between, where I do light cardio and some yoga or resistance exercises, depending on what I feel like.

My heavy cardio days are also my 'treat' days. I allow about 100-150 calories for something sweet. It feels good to know that the treat is sandwiched between a great workout that day and a great diet the next day.

So my point is, maybe treating yourself on your workout days will mean that you're less likely to overdo it on the days you don't work out. Not only will you have less to feel guilty about (although I personally don't think anyone should feel guilty about enjoying sweets in moderation), your sweet tooth also becomes an extra source of work out motivation! When you feel a craving coming on, go for a walk before you let yourself indulge. You're also less likely to *over*indulge that way.

Hope this helps, good luck!

Aha, you're right, thanks a lot! 

I guess that makes it a bit useless for those who don't weigh in very often... I also only have an "official" weigh in once a week (sometimes I can't help myself and have to jump on there just out of curiosity). Wouldn't it always point down, unless you'd had a couple of gain weeks?

Probably seems a bit obvious, but have you tried an ankle brace or something similar? Might help a bit with the impact.

Slowly increasing your running time at your own pace sounds like a really good idea, but I'm a little worried about your other ankle starting to have problems! You need both of your ankles for a really long time... maybe running isn't for you? I've had a minor problem with my right knee for as long as I can remember, and every time it starts playing up even a little I stop walking and instead use the elliptical... I have to push the resistance right up and go at a moderate pace, because going too fast can cause twinges in my knee, even with the low impact. I don't start walking again until I'm absolutely certain that my knee's alright. I'm probably a bit overly cautious, but better safe than sorry right?

If you have access to an elliptical, maybe you could use it to build up your endurance and only do the running once a week, that'll give your ankles a nice long rest without having to give up your runner's high :)

Good luck

You'll lose the weight as long as you're sticking to your calorie target, but it's not the healthiest way to go about it for several reasons. First of all, you're more susceptible to binges because you won't feel as full. A few more chocolates can easily bring your calorie count up to an undesirable level. 

Out of the numbers you've offered, the worst case scenario would be 300 empty calories out of 1200 total... that leaves only 900 for the rest of the day, which means that you're probably missing out on essential nutrients, because that isn't enough calories for a complete, balanced diet.

Having said all that, I'm on a 1200-1300 diet and I allow 100 discretionary calories a day. Not sure how many of those chocolates you're having, but maybe have 1 instead of 2?

Hope I've helped make a bit more sense of things. Otherwise, good work on having a box of yummy chocolate around and trying to be wise about it! :D