Posts by at_oneinthesun

If you're body feels like it can work out on your "rest day" and you enjoy working out.. just do it!  I work out 7 days a week for 2 hours a day. Mind you, this can't fit into everybody's schedule.... but I try extremely hard to work it in to mine.  I am a student, and I have a couple of part time jobs  So depending on what my day's like, I make time to go whenever.  You can find me at the gym at 11am.... you can find me there at 11 pm.  I feel like if i take days off... I'm a the risk of "getting lazy" and just never going back.  I've literally worked out everyday since Feb 14th with a friend of mine who is training me.  So I do an hour of weight training with him Day 1 Legs + Shoulders, Day 2 Chest + Back, Day 3 Arms, Day 4 Abs (this I do on my own for 20 min) and then immediately after I do an hour of cardio... which is usually running.  And this is in constant rotation.  After a month and a half I have no complaints about feeling too sore, or in pain or anything.  I feel great! and in shape!  So just listen to your body!  and do what you wanna do.  Everyone is different.  We can't all take every generic piece of advice to heart.

I used to be REALLY big on eating when I'm bored and alone. So now in order to avoid those extra munchies, I simply go to the gym where I obviously can't eat and spend time with my new friends I have made there (and it's a great excuse to sneak in a workout, I find myself staying for a few hours because I get so into it!).... Or If I'm at home and really fiending for a snack, I just pick up the phone and call a friend (you can't eat and talk at the same time!).  I find that the days I spend the whole day surrounded by friends and family and outside of the house, are the days I eat the best because I'm too busy enjoying the social interaction to think about eating.  I also used to find that when I'd munch, I wasn't consciously thinking about the extra calories in the food I was eating... infact sometimes I simply forgot I was on a diet or watching my weight.  Now I keep an ongoing tally of calories consumed in my head and I assign each and every item I eat a calorie value based on what I remember from CC rounded UP to the nearest 100.  This way I never over eat.  You gotta take control of the situation.... If you find it's only 3om yet you've already eaten 800-1000 calories, make sure you make plans so you dont end up bored and alone and clearing out your pantry.

v_avila if you're losing inches, who cares what the scale reads!  i personally wouldn't care if i weighed 200 lbs but was a size 6 with toned arms and legs (impossible i know).  keep doing what your doing!  it sounds like its working to me!

alle, congrats on the tremendous weight loss and the new pair of pants!  i can imagine how satisfied you must feel!  you're well on your way to actually losing 25 lbs for christmas!

im proud to say ive maintained my weight under 140lbs, but not by much.  this week i will admit though, i did eat out on 2 occassions, once at boston pizza (where i had a stromboli... looked up the calories after and the thing had 975 Cal in it!! holy moly!) nd then chicken wings (the worst, i know, shame on me!) at Crabby Joes.  But i'm making exceptions because i had 2 great meals, with great friends i hadn;t seen all summer, so it was worth it.  aside from that, ive been really busy at school and with my 2 jobs.  i jsut realized today that i manage 30 hours of work a week, plus im a full time student taking 6 courses.  i didnt realize how much in over drive i really am.  you would think i'd be losing weight because i must nothave time to eat, but instead i jsut eat crappy take out, or a lot of carbs (like granola bars) which are bad for me.

anyways, im jsut gonna post my weight up now...

Age: 21

SW: 147 (pre-challenge)

GW: 120

1. AUGUST 1: 142.2 lbs
2. AUGUST 8: 141.4 lbs
3. AUGUST 15: 140.4 lbs
4. AUGUST 22: ???
5. AUGUST 29: 140.0 lbs
6. September 9: 140.0 lbs
7. September 12: 139.8 lbs
8. September 19: 139.6 lbs
9. September 26
10. OCTOBER 3
11. OCTOBER 10
12. OCTOBER 17
13. OCTOBER 24
14. OCTOBER 31
15. November 7
16. November 14
17. November 21
18. November 28
19. DECEMBER 5
20. DECEMBER 12
21. DECEMBER 19
22. DECEMBER 26
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24. Loss this week: 0
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26. Total loss for the challenge: 2.4 lbs

r4eboxer and a_mckh, thanks soo much for your support!  i have more good news to report today, i was able to do A LOT of walking and stay at 1200 calories for the day!  also, no oreo's today, which i think is my greatest accomplishment!  this really makes me believe 139 by friday is possible!

leslie!  thanks so much for the tips and the motivation!  i didn't even realize that diet sodas expand your stomach, although i don't usually drink soda (regular or diet), i'll definitely keep that in mind.  i just feel like my work hours are preventing me from losing weight.  i have two jobs and thus work 15 hours a day, which means im too tired to cook, or work out and end up eating unhealthy food.  i want a salad so bad, i havent had one in soo long.  hopefully with the school year starting, i will be working a lot less and can actually get back to running.  i used to be so goood.  but anyways, thanks for all the support guys.  i feel like without this group i'd still be stuck back up at 147 (or more), even though im not actively losing weight atleast im maintaining my loss :)

Hey guys! congrats to those of you who posted a weight-loss last friday!  I myself have had such an exhausting week with literally 18 hours workdays, i haven't found the time to weight myself on the scale.  I would normally post it now, but i woke up this morning famished and at breakfast before i had the chance to weight myself.  so I'm just going to hold out until this coming friday to post my weight. 

See you all friday!

PS.  I was soo happy this week because my coworkers and relatives have all been commenting on my weight-loss!  yayyy!

Hey guys!  I completely understand some of your frustrations.  I'm grateful to be losing on average a pound a week, but I really wanna try and speed things up.  I'm itching to get into the 130's and stay there.  This week my lowest was 139.2, but the next day I was back up to just over 140.  Granted, last night I indulged and had 2 springrolls (bad) and a bowl of ice cream (VERY BAD).  I feel like I do so well all week, then once Thursday night hits, the night before weight in, I do something that bumps my weigh-in weight back up.  I feel like next Thursday I will be back on this forum, looking for some motivation to stay healthy and not sabotage the rest of the weeks hard work.  On another unrelated note.... the one thing I'm totally proud of this week is deciding to once and for all put my shopping addictions to rest.  I actually went "shopping" with a couple of friends yesterday, but all I did was browse... I didn't actually buy anything... not even food!  I really need to take this saving thing seriously because I'm graduating in the spring and will have big expenses coming my way. So yay for me!

Age: 21

SW: 147 (pre-challenge)

GW: 120

1. AUGUST 1: 142.2 lbs
2. AUGUST 8: 141.4 lbs
3. AUGUST 15: 140.4 lbs
4. AUGUST 22
5. AUGUST 29
6. September 5
7. September 12
8. September 19
9. September 26
10. OCTOBER 3
11. OCTOBER 10
12. OCTOBER 17
13. OCTOBER 24
14. OCTOBER 31
15. November 7
16. November 14
17. November 21
18. November 28
19. DECEMBER 5
20. DECEMBER 12
21. DECEMBER 19
22. DECEMBER 26

Hey colourful - whatever you do, don't let something uncontrollable like that TOTM discourage you from your weight loss journey.  

I was going through the same thing last week when we started the challenge and by watching what I ate and drinking a lot of water, ended up maintaining my weight for the week.  Now that It's over, I've lost a couple of pounds this week and I'm too excited about this to wait until tomorrow's official weigh-in to announce, but I've finally broken through the 140's and into the 130's!!!! Yesssss!  Honestly, watching and recording every morsel of food you put in your mouth works!

Moral of the story is... if you ignore those pesky cravings, stay within your calorie limit and drink a lot of water... expect to see above average weight loss the week after you TOTM. :)

i personally wouldn't consider sundried tomatoes that healthy.  they are pretty much slices of tomatoes that have been seasoned and then roasted in the oven (so they turn kinda raisin looking) then they are packed into an air tight jar filled to the brim with olive oil until served.  they are one of my favourite things in the world because they pack so much flavour... unfortunately they also pack a wallop of calories too, so i try and avoid them.

(they're soo good on pizza!)

I normally gain so much more weight in the winter (hopefully this won't happen this year because I'm on CC).  The cold air drives me indoors where I don't exercise much and being indoors all the time drives me to boredom which causes me to eat, eat, eat.  During the winter time I'm also in school, which means I'm studying, which means I'm also snacking on unhealthy foods... or it means I go to way too many keggers and parties and drink too much alcohol.  In the past, over the winter I would usually gain about 10-15 pounds...and (almost) lose it all again over the summer (without any conscious effort), except for a couple pounds here and there, which has led to my overall weight gain in the past 5 years.

joekame - i'm pretty sure we will all just keep posting our weigh-ins into this forum topic every friday.

I just recently went on a backpacking trip throughout Europe and we obviously did A LOT of walking during the day.  At the end of the night, both my friend's hands and my hands would be completely swollen.  Maybe if you've just started doing this Wii program (just as we had just started walking 10-15 miles a day), your circulation system is still getting used to the activity, and pooling blood in your hands.  But yes, I would have to agree with the above poster and say it probably isn't anything to worry about.