10 pounds by may PLEASE JOIN!

for some reason i lose weight with partners

and

I NEED HELP!

i've been gaining weight and i just miss being thin

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MEET YOUR GOAL?:

GOOD ADVICE FOR ANYONE:

i just wanted to do a happy dance b/c i did my weigh in with my trainer and i lost 3% bodyfat (6 lbs of fat) and gained 2 lb of muscle :) in 4 weeks... yayyy!!

so for the forum im going to give my weigh ins on wednesdays: im at 118lb (down 1 lb from last post)

when i get to my goal, im going to get the courage to put on the Guess bikini i bought for my honeymoon in June....and hopefully buy more without feeling gross... and i also want to fit into my old pair of boyfriend jeans (my most fav jeans in the world) that dont have any stretch in them - so they keep you truthful on weight gain/loss.... i havent been able to put those in in a yr and a half. 

i like the lingerie idea..i was so busy worrying about the bikini i completely forgot i need to buy a whole new wardrobe of lingerie! but...ill buy it in may when we all get to our goals :)

Congratulations Kishmish!!!!!

Kiahmish,

Congratulations to you!! I wish I could wear the bikini. Who knows? Valerie Bertinelli did at 47, why couldn't I at 51?

I got on the scale this morning--147.2 lbs! That is 7.3 lbs since the top weight of 154.5 lbs a month or so ago. WOO! HOO!

J-mom

Well done jehzimom! You guys are so cool losing all that weight!

Target treats are in sight!

Well my weight is still hovering around 129-130 for the last 2 weeks, but my clothes are getting slgithly looser.  I'm going to either 1) actually lose  5-10 lbs on the scale or 2) get a size smaller (which would equal my old weight when I was soft fat and not as much lean muscle).  Either way I'm trying to stop obsessing over the scale.  As long as I'm getting in shape, I can deal with staying about 130. 

Good morning All!

So glad for the successes today! That is soo exciting!

For me, the scale has not budged for a week although I think I have lost inches(or at least fractions of inches) Sometimes, it all drops at once for me, so hopefully I will see a loss soon.

I know my calories have been good, so I hope it is just a matter of time!

Hope everyone has a great day!

For me is 1 lb. down and 9 to go. My weight was 167 this morning.

wow this thread totally died!  ill weigh in with my wednesday weigh in (since i had chinese food last night and im scared of the scale)... 118 (1 lb down from last weigh in)

if we r still posting things we eat:

breakfast: all bran, milk, banana

lunch: beef spaghetti with parm ontop

dinner: indian wedding buffet food (heading for the healthier chicken tikka, salad and the veggie curries.  i have issues with buffets...i tend to binge especially b/c they serve dinner at rediculously late hours like b/w 10-11 pm

exercise: did 1 hour weight training and 20 mins cardio (so i can eat some wedding desert)

Oh I forgot to put that I weighed in on Monday at 189 - one pound loss since last week (9 to go!)

I tend to weigh myself everyday, but I don't record it because my weight flutuates greatly. However, I did see a 188 on the scale, and numbers around that region, so I'm expecting another pound. I am a bit concerned because I'm been more lax this week because I found out about eating at maintenence every so often to jump start your metabolism - I haven't done this at all or cheated in a while.

The other night I had only 300 calories left (had blood taken in the morning and I wasn't feeling too hot but the only thing available was a BAD breakfast sandwich from Einstein's - I ate it before checking, which I normally don't do!), so that night I ignored those 300 and ate a large salad with Japanese ginger dressing and feta as well as a sweet potato, a 60 cal pudding cup, a wedge of light laughing cow cheese and some pretzel rods. The next day I had oatmeal and then made a big homemade salad with chicken and tons of veggies with two girlfriends. What concerns me is that we used olive oil, I drank wine and we also had weight watchers cookies and ice cream; although I'm not too concerned because it was all healthy food and I had over 1200 calories left before I ate all of that.

At least all that food was very healthy, even if I possibly went over my calories. I just weighed myself now, midday, with clothes on, after eating a big (healthy!) lunch, and currently having TTOTM breakthrough bleeding, and I'm at 191.2 - only 2.2 lbs above Monday's morning weigh in, so I think I'm ok. 

How is everyone else doing?

129.5.  I guess I'm slowly losing .5 a week, but I'm kicking my but with cardio and I think I'm building muscle.

  I've never ran 2.5 miles before, but I did it today!  I also did 1 hour and 10 minutes of Turbo Jam.  I'm pumped.  I can't wait to start seeing some more changes in my body!

I think i'm not doing this the right way

I've been eating a super low carb meal for 2 weeks now..i'm shrinking too fast

My daily meal dont exceed 1000 normally it's around 800...i know this might lead to a starvation mode

but i really dont know what to do TT

i'm afraid that i will gain all that i lost if i start eating carb

any suggestion?

thank you

yes, eat a healthy diet that doesn't eliminate any type of food, such as carbs, and just limit your caloris. because you've been eating so little, you might gain at first, but if you continue on this diet, chance are you will gain back all the weight you lost and then some.

i don't know how old you are or how much you weigh, so i can't tell you what your caloric intake should be. if you're a teenager, use a child's calculator.

Thank you Courtney =]

I'm 21 and my current weight is 114

my BMR is about 1200 but i misunderstood that i should have the calorie deficit from BMR so I am stick to the 700 per day and cannot stop

Well you need to stop because you're doing your body a world of harm. This would harm a grown woman, but considering that you're still maturing (yes, at 21 you still are, potentially up until 25), you're doing even more harm than you realize.

You might gain at first but consider it a lesson well learned. Find a calorie calculator, plug in your height (I forgot to ask that), weight and age and find how many calories you need for your activity level per day. Then multiply that by 7 (7 days in a week), subtract 3,500 (the amount of calories in a pound of fat) and then divide by 7 (again - 7 days in a week) to find how many you need per day.

But, unless you're 4 foot 5, you are not overweight. Judging by your one picture and your weight, I'm guessing that you're already right where you should be. How about just committing to eating healthy and going to the gym to tone up?

On the other hand, if you are 5 foot 6 or taller, you are underweight. But if you're between 4'5 and 5'6, you are at a healthy weight!

Oh and there is no way your BMR is 1200, that's the minimum daily requirement for a sedentary adult female.

topazie,

if ur at 1000 cals i suggest increase it in increments so it avoids you gaining alot of weight.  this week  you could try adding a high fibre cereal with skim milk; then next week add in a banana...that should bring u back up to normal calories to lose at ur body weight (depends  on your activity level though).  if ur eating at around 800, do the same, but keep adding 100-150 cals  a week until u hit about 1200 (the minimum) or a higher number based on ur activity level.

good lluck with it, and keep all of us posted!

i'd love to jump on board with this. i've been off track for so long!

Height: 5'3

Highest Weight: 150

Lowest Weight: 111

Current Weight: 125

Goal Weight: 110

Calorie Limit: 1300.

Exercise:4-5 times a week.

since this day is already through (it's about 7pm), i'm going to start this up tomorrow bright and early! i'll be checking in weight-wise next sunday.

Holy crap!  I gained 2 lbs.!  I'm going to assume it's due to TTOM, but it still ticks me off. 

I'd like to join!

Height: 5'4

HW: 168

CW: 148-150ish.  I'd really like to be at least 145 by May, since I've been hovering around 148 for the last three weeks.  Grrrr.

GW: 135 (Although I'll then probably try to get it down to 125 or so).

Calorie Limit: Used to be 1200, but I'm going to bump it up to 1300 or 1500 on days that I exercise

Exercise: 5 days a week at Curves; for me this entails 25 minutes on the machines/running in place and 10 minutes using a weighted hula hoop.

Breakfast:  1 cup bran flakes, 1/2 cup unsweetened soy milk, 1/2 apple, 2 tbl ground flaxseeds (for the omega-3 fatty acids)

Lunch:  A cup of soy milk and left-overs.  vegetable soup, miso soup,  lentil dahl, black bean chili, etc.

Dinner: A cup of soy milk, a salad with vegetables and balsamic vinegar (and sometimes 1/4 of an avocado if I'm treating myself, yum yum yum), and some sort of entree.  See lunch for ideas.  Sometimes I order cheeseless vegetable pizza, but that can be a bad idea because I'll eat the whole thing if I'm not carefull.

Snack:  Fruit, celery, a small amount of dark chocolate, bread with a tbl of peanut butter

Water:  I haven't really been drinking enough water.  I've started drinking a lot of kool-aid sweetened with stevia in the evenings, though.

Wow im sorry i havent got to reply!

im doing so good

ON THE LOW CARB DIET!

and i love it!

hows all the weight loss going?

Hi allibug, and everyone else!!

Glad to see everyone's doing so well... I've been nosing in on your thread, but think I should join to get myself into gear! I have an interview for university on May the 6th, and would love to lose around 8lbs by then...

HW 180?? I stopped weighing... ha.

LW 125

CW 156

GW 112

I'm 5'2", and managed to lose a lot of weight calorie counting last year, but unfortunately I got really ill, and had to cut down on exercise, ate more etc. etc. blah blah, so yeah, need to lose again! It feels harder the second time round :/