COMMITTED LOSERS [Group Open Again!]

Hi guys!  I'm baaaack!  Basically spent about 6 months UNDOING all of the weightloss you all helped me with last year and am now at a whopping 148 lbs, 8 lbs more than what I started with last year.  I feel disgusting and totally ashamed.  Time to get back on track.  Hope to be down to 130 by the end of the summer.  Anyone new want to join me for weekly weigh-ins and daily motivation?  Anyone still around from last summer?

[OP from last summer: I've been doing weekly weigh-ins in a couple of CC forum groups, but no one seems to want to offer support and motivation on any other day than weigh-in day!  Everyone checks in about once a week and that's it.  I need an active forum that I can turn to every day for inspiration.  I think it would be best to limit such a group to about 15 really committed members with similar stats and goals.  I'm looking for people who can check in and post regularly, people who turn to this group instead of binging, people who will share their weaknesses, rants, raves, progresses, and plateaus as often as possible.

I'm proposing that we weigh-in on FRIDAYS and that we keep "weighing-in" metaphorically every other day of the week.  Who's with me?]

Day 2-I did level 1 of 30DS and ran/walked on the treadmill for 35 minutes.  I feel good.  Starting to get a little sore but that is fine.  Also last night I did about 20 minutes of little stuff-step ups w/ 10lb weights, walking lunges, plie squats and some arm weights.  It was not really hard stuff just did a little while watching TV. 

I had about a 523 calorie deficit!!!!  So far so good.  My goal for the weekend is absolutely not 1 beer.  I know I am not back to the point where I can budget for that yet.  I need food and need to get back to where I was.  Once these 10 pounds are gone I can budget for the fun stuff again!!!

Hang in there everyone.   

Girls- I'm SOOOO excited! I weighed in at 251 again this morning... That means 24 lbs down and only SIX to go before I can consider the first 30 dead and gone!! I can SO get that this month... Well, I think.

Then "only" 20 more to go to get to 50... *Grin* Of course, it took me almost 5 months to LOSE the first 24, so I DO realize that the 50 mark isn't going to happen *snap*, but it's still exciting that it's out there on the horizon.

hi all, hope you lot are doing good!

i am feeling great. lost some small amount of weight, got used to smaller portions. was invited do lunch today, had salad with goat cheese (proud to resist the pizza / gnocchi etc that were on the menu) and enjoyed it a lot. these small victories make me glad i am on this journey.

it is not that hard after all (says me now. i do tend to fall off wagons though). had nice breakfast and midmorning snack (bread, cheese, yogurt), then salad for lunch,after the end of my work shift ie now i am having carrots with cilantro and crispbread. will see if i need more stuff later on, but i am feeling good to be eating gealthy foods and actually not being debrived or hungry:)

Sorry I have been neglecting the boards.  I got a little upset after Memorial Day and how I threw my good eating and exercising out the window.

Not that I am fully back on track yet but I do have great news.

I am full swing into the skydiving thing.  I just start my AFF (Accelerated FreeFall) training this past Saturday.  I am totally excited.  I got to do my first 'solo' jump (two instructors jump at the same time though to help with body position) and my canopy control was awesome and and I landed safely on the ground.  It was great.

Anyway - so, now that I am getting into this full swing, I really need to get in shape. The last time I was at the gym (this past Thursday) I spoke to the trainer and was asking tips on how to strengthen my back and legs (holding a heavy parachute on your back is a bit challenging when you aren't in shape).  So, hopefully this will give me some incentive to get back on track. 

I hope everyone is doing well and I will try very hard to get on here more.  My current weight is still 148.  TTOM is about to end so hopefully with some hard work and dedication, I can see some results. 

grr

things happen

was doing so well

decided i was hungry for a small snack before leaving

ended up eating abut 700 cals

grrr

Day 3-I did level 1 of 30DS again and walked/jogged on the treadmill for 40 minutes.  Still pretty sore, I can really tell after sitting at my dest for an hour-when I stood up I am really stiff.  I had about a 550 calorie deficit.  Yea!!!!

Finally feeling better.  Can't wait for the soreness to give way and I can start to really push it.  TTOM came today.  Have that to look forward to.  Hope when it's over my weight changes dramatically.

How's everyone else getting on?

Hi everybody, not been doing to well here.  I mean not to well in logging things.  I do not know how many calories I have been eating for I have not written any of it down.  I have been walking 3-4 miles a day and that does appear to help.  I am down another pound.  I have come to realize that I love my husband very much but he is a big enabler.  I was craving a big mac and he told me to go eat one.  I gave in.  With that alone I am sure I went over my calories.  However I did not eat much earlier in the day.  I have noticed that with my increased walking I have been a lot hungrier during the day.  I try not to give in all the time, at least not by a lot.  The stress of the move is not helping either.  The baby is awake, I have to run. 

Gmom, how is work going for you?

I pretty much ate to maintenance today. There are a few reasons behind it and I'm glad I can acknowledge this as opposed to putting it down to a binge, which I know it wasn't. But it still feels kinda ****. I know it will slow down my weight loss but my loss is so slow anyway I kind of figure what the hey...I've already eaten a bit over today and I think I deserve it for trying so hard and being so exhausted from work. So I ate more.

I have an inkling that I may be lactose intolerant. I can stomach foods that have trace amounts of dairy, but have a whole container of yogurt with my fruit salad lunch. usually, I'll feel fine until that lunch. I've never had a problem with fruit so I believe that the yoghurt is starting to irritate me. Usually I stick with soy milk with oatmeal for breakfast, which is why I don't get stomach upset straight after breakfast - just lunch. Basically, it's severe bloating, wind retention (ew, right) and difficulty on the loo...it's very uncomfortable. So I figured out how to make custard from my soy milk and so I'm going to be having that with my lunch instead to see how it goes. Also chopped and changed my snacks a bit, having popcorn as an evening snack now.

I went to derby training on Wednesday night, holy heck it's so much fun! I love it already. Once I get new bearings for my outdoor wheels it's going to be an hour of skating 6 days a week (plus two 2-hr training sessions as well). I'm pretty excited and fingers crossed it'll help spur my weight loss along.

What I ate today (before eating extra dessert...which was just yoghurt and pear, I was finishing off the yoghurt in the fridge since I won't be eating it anymore. Ha. That's MY logic!)

Breakfast: oats and fat free soymilk (230 cals)

AM snack: trail bar (110)

Lunch: fruit salad + yoghurt (350)

PM snack: 1/2 wholemeal english muffin, baked beans, soy sausage (225)

Dinner: vegetable fritatta (400)

Usually my total of calories is about 1350. Aiming pretty conservatively for Sunday weigh-in: 54.6 would make me smile. Which is a miniscule loss I know, but I'm used to it being slow now. Ergh.

Hope everyone has a great rest of the week/weekend :)

Hello!

It's been awhile since I have paid attention to my calories and this forum. We've had birthdays and visitors for a couple of weeks. I think I also realized that my body wasn't quite all regulated and recovered from having the baby. Seems like things have leveled off as far as the hormones go, so now maybe I can start to see some progress! My goals for today are, a 500 calorie deficit and to go to the gym with 5 kids in tow! Should be an adventure, and just getting there should burn some calories.

Great progress everyone. Thanks for the motivation and support!

I KNOW it's not bad but...I still feel awful: Had thai tonight, it would have been fine if not for the two spring rolls I had on top of my vegetarian stir fry.

:(

Also incredibly bloated right now. My goal date is the end of August and I don't know if I can do it... 11lbs in 10 weeks...I'm crossing my fingers that upping my calories and exercise will help trigger something (ANYTHING!)

Hope everyone is doing well.

I did great for 3 days last week, then I completely blew it for the rest of the week.  I am so pissed at myself.  I am finally done with TTOM and it seriously threw me off.  I did nothing but eat the entire week.  I did get on the scale and was up to 180 .  I seriously gained 12 pounds in 3 months of being lazy and sick (and quitting smoking).  I'm not quite sure what it will take to get me motivated again-obviously not the scale going the wrong way.  3 days of 500-600 deficits and 4 days of OVER!!  You can't get anywhere that way.  I seem to be getting more and more depressed and gaining more and more weight.

So here is to hoping that I can find some motiviation somewhere and get off my A** and do something.

Had a whole 300 cal deficit today, but I guess it's better than nothing. I burned about 200 min cals on top of what I usually burn per hour, making my total amt burned to equal to a little over 1700. I consumed about 1400 cals.

Did turbo jam sculpt and part 2 of abs.

So, I'm starting over again w/balance of -300.

300 is still a deficit!:)

June 15-June 21

Summary: Third week of June and, I AM proud of myself in that, on Wed. although I had a less then stellar deficit day, I did avoid a full-blown binge. So I can only be so angry with myself. I had THREE Red Days this week (BAD ASIA!) but I still had a slight deficit for at least one of them, so that’s kind of cool. Nothing impressive, but better then going over … If I can end this month with a BANG, then I’ll have only had 5 Red Days for the month and while there should never be more then 4 any given month, we did have the sudo-holiday (Father’s Day)… I’m not a dad, obviously, but I had to celebrate with the men in my life… So I’ll consider the month pretty darn successful if I can behave next week and a couple days into the next. Only 1 week left. Don’t know if I’m going to make my goal(s), but still have a few things to be proud of, so that’s something. I’m hoping with just one more really kick butt week that I might be able to get close. I’m going to kick this (upcoming) weeks teeth in.   

This week:

Did I get 30 + minutes of exercise 5 days this week? (No. Only 3.)

Did I eat relatively healthy? (Not really.)

Did I keep my “free” day around maintenance calories? (Too many free days, and no.)

Did I binge? = (No!)

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Last week wasn't so swell for me, but I DID avoid a binge so that's awesome, in its own way...

I'm hoping to end June on a postitive note so good luck to all of you for the remainder and to myself as well.

Where did my COMMITTED Losers GO??

I did pretty okay in June. I think it’s fair to say I gave at least 85%. Lost 5 lbs and no binges so def. things to be thankful for! But (as is usual for me) a couple of my weekends got a little out of control and I need to learn to deal with all that temptation a bit better.

My Commitments To July: I want to do FANTASTIC in July. Fewer red days, working through my hormones and my moods a bit better, etc. I want to kick July’s TEETH IN!! I want to lose an absolute minimum of 5 lbs and FINALLY hit my 30 lbs gone mark. (I feel like I keep saying that, over and over, but I can get it! And there’s no reason NOT to get it this month.) I want to get OUT of the 250’s and never be here, again. It might be a bit much to ask for, but I’d REALLY love to have another binge-free month. You girls pulled my butt out of the fire at least once when things were starting to spiral out of control and I thank you loads for that!  

Weekly Goal Summary: Drink my water, get 30+ minutes of exercise 5 days a week, keep my weekly “free” day(s) closer to maintenance calories, refrain from binging.

Weigh-in for July: 250 

JULY--YOU'RE GOING DOWN!!

What did happen to everyone? I took a little break from here and I figured that I'd find numerous pages of posts after my last one...and we're still on the same page!!