Posts by igrratu

hey all

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i have been on vacation and will be until the 11th... so i am planning on starting anew with the weight loss goals when i get back.  i am watching my son be really active in karate and it's really making me wish i were much more flexible/physically fit and active. 

so back to the drawing board when i get back!  :)

hey all

i have pretty much fallen off the wagon the last couple weeks.  completely just ignoring my exercise routine and eating whatever i want on the weekends.  luckily i haven't gained any weight.  but i certainly haven't lost any either.  it's possible my body just needed a break.

so this week is back on... this weekend is the first of 2 weddings i will need to be at this summer.  i will be bad again this weekend.  but i will be committed to being healthy during the week. 

here we go .... again.... 

:)

i've actually had your same question too...i play it also, around 4-5x a week, i count it as high impact aerobics.  i play on mostly standard mode, and i also aim for 500 calories... it usually takes me around 40 minutes to complete.  i guess could count things a little lower, but at least i'm getting exercise.... :/

man, i am having a rough time with this lately

been falling off the wagon.  haven't lost weight in 2 weeks, but that's understandable given my HORRIBLE eating habits lately.  pretty much thrown it to the wind and have been eating whatever i want on the weekends. 

so.  it's back to the grind.  :(  i still have like, 10 pounds to lose to make my 180 goal before the august 1 wedding.  that's just like me though, procrastinating till the end.  i could really use some encouragement... :(

hi hi

i am DEFINITELY an emotional eater.  and an overeater.  not a good combination.  good food (like chocolate...mm...) just makes me FEEL good.  i like the taste, i like it a lot.   i am getting lots better at liking fruits and vegetables though...

but seriously, i have the whole, i had a rough day, i DESERVE a brownie mentality.  thankfully i haven't done it in awhile.  having a free day where i can have what i want helps...because i think, well, i can have it, just wait till friday.  then friday comes, and i get so full so fast these days, i can't have half of what i "want" anyway.  so it works out.  :) 

as far as cravings....

i find that if i actually look up the calorie content, i am pretty shocked and don't want it anymore...most of my cravings are for fast food or desserts.  so if i can't kick it then, i find the 100 calorie packs EXTREMELY helpful.  and they are generally pretty tasty.

:)

hey all

as far as motivation...i do better with competition...lol.  so if i know there's someone out there with more or less the same stats as me... it's like, kind of taunting me to do it.  i need to be held accountable.  i think i've been using the website, and been part of the group for almost a month... and i think since i'm actually holding myself accountable, my weigh-in this week i'm projecting will make a loss of 10 pounds in 4 weeks.  which is even better than i was hoping for. 

my challenge is doing it for the long haul.  just keep reminding myself... 8 years to put it on... 8-10 months to take it off is NOT THAT BAD!!!

so...maybe reward or something for percentage of weight loss?  cuz i know we are all starting at different weights and body types... hmm...

sorry, i guess i'm always slow in responding... i guess cuz my weigh in day is thursday, so i don't stress until then... ;)  was the question still why we will not fall off the wagon this time?

1.  i'm finally seeing progress.

2.  i'm wagon-sick.  i want to finally just GET where i'm going for once and for all. 

3.  i want to prove to myself and everyone else that i CAN do it.

well.  after a weekend of HORRIBLE excess...lol not even kidding, i was pretty buzzed the entire time and ate like crap..mm...mexican food... and this week began the monthly visit from aunt flo....  despite ALL this, scale says a loss of 2.5 pounds.  what?!  i guess all the walking at the renaissance fair helped even with the booze. 

so that actually really helps motivate me, as i know i can mess up a little, and still stay on track, and it's good cuz i think, well, that's with cheating, what if i don't cheat, how good can i do? 

ok, so that's where i am right now.  :)

hi ho everyone...i noticed i was on the "has not posted/probation list"  AH!  :)  well.  you were asking about the plan?  mine is very simple.  because otherwise i won't do it.  1400 cals. a day, 500 cals. of DDR a day.  with this it shows i have about a 1000 calorie deficit.  theoretically i should be losing 2 pounds a week.  and for the last three, i have.  which is pretty darn exciting.  FINALLY under the 200 mark. 

anyway.  this week i didn't work out wednesday because i have a problem with my legs hurting.  (calves/ankles, yes it's really weird.)  and lo and behold, thursday they still hurt doing DDR but it was finally bearable, and for the first time in a long time (!!!) i actually ENJOYED my workout...  i have also added arm weights. 

this weekend will be hard to remotely keep on track, i'm heading out of town AND going to a renaissance festival (yikes, turkey legs and beer!), but i'm forcing myself to at least do my workout today before i head out.   i just have to remember, do i want the pleasure of bad food now?  or looking better later?  hah, my friend said something i liked yesterday, when i was complaining about eating salad and how good french fries sounded... she said, "you can have french fries when you're 140."  lol... so, although it's not good to say to myself that i can eat all this bad food again after i lose the weight, it's a nice mental thing for me to think that this deprivation could be temporary... ;)

also.  i realized something.  my body has been putting on all this weight over the last 8 years... is it really so bad to have to work for 8-10 months getting it off?  at least i don't have to do it 8 years to get to where i want to be. 

there ya go...probably more than ya'll wanted to read through!  :)  good luck and have a great weekend everyone!

hello!

i'm almost exactly the same as you... my highest weight was 230 or so.  now i'm sitting at 200, 5'5" with another 57 pounds or so to go. 

accountability is exactly what i'm looking for...someone who will beat me over the head if i make excuses for myself... :P

ok, here's my first real check-in post/letting everyone know my story...

with the wagon metaphor...i guess i'm supposed to be in the wagon?  lol.  so i guess mostly i've been trotting alongside it.  or meandering near the creek.  i keep saying i'm going to lose weight, and i actually did it in 2004, lost 47 pounds.  but all but 10 or 15 came back.  at my highest weight i was probably about 235, and i want to get down to about 143.  i'm 5'5" and currently weigh 200 lbs.  (this is after a week or so of being REALLY strict with myself) 

one of my huge problems is of this being an all or nothing thing.  either i'll be doing great and feel wonderful, or mess up a little and say, never mind, screw the diet.  i just have to KEEP this on project status, and not let myself even miss a day of good diet/exercise, because i'll use that as an excuse and not do it anymore.  or i'll be so good all week, and then completely blow it on the weekend.  booze, fried foods, pizza, and no exercise. 

anyway.  i'm just looking for some accountability here...someone to check in with and maybe challenge me for how much weight i lose each week.   also, i could use confirmation of if i'm doing enough/the right thing.  i am keeping to between 1300-1600 calories each day and doing 500 calories worth of exercise (DDR, and in the summer i hope to add weight-lifting) every day, setting my activity level to sedentary and then logging the exercise.  with that it says i burn 2460 each day.  i am looking at that as a 1000 calorie deficit most days.  is this good/right/normal/healthy?

thanks so much guys!

wow, i think you have almost the same goals that i do... i'm trying to lose 2 lbs a week, ultimately getting down to about 143.  i feel like i've been stuck for awhile.  i have a wedding in the first of august that i'm trying to lose at least 20 pounds by. 

i just need motivation cuz i give in too easily to cravings....my problem is being good ALL week with diet and workout, then completely blow it hanging out with friends on the weekend.  and so i maintain...