10 pounds by may PLEASE JOIN!

for some reason i lose weight with partners

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I NEED HELP!

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

CALORIE LIMIT:

BREAKFAST:

LUNCH:

DINNER:

SNACK:

EXERCISE:

WATER:

MEET YOUR GOAL?:

GOOD ADVICE FOR ANYONE:

honestly...im the last person to harp on someone for their weight loss goals, but ashleyyy, thats going a bit far.  we are all saying this out of concern, not to piss you off or turn on you.  im 2 inches shorter than you, small frame and i couldnt even dream of going that low without being sick.

if you dont like your appearance, you may want to try gaining muscle.  it does a world of difference for your body!

what you mentioned about your calorie limit being small, i hope it wont be under the minimum 1200 cals......!

OK,

Weighed in today. CW: 149. Goal: 140.

That's up 1.8 from my last weight, but it's my own fault. Stress from school and work have turned me to salt! Sushi and Chinese food have been my downfall. Oh well, I am still under 150. That is good.

I did work out today. So I won't be hard on myself. Will just keep walking the walk and putting one foot in front of the other.

I will weigh in again on Monday.

J-mom

Thanks for the concern, (kishmish, courtneylauren, amcm and stacimae) but honestly it's not as bad as it sounds. I don't carry weight well, so much that i actually get called fat a lot(ha), and i have muscles etc, so i'm just trying to look leaner, even if my goals are a bit drastic, i'll look normal.

:)xxxxx

im reallllyyyyyy frustrated.  i gained another pound...and the thing that bothers me, and its in no way muscle...theres no possible way i gained 3 lbs of muscle in the last 1.5 weeks....its not possible for women even with my heavy lifting....

i drink tons of water, i eat alot of protein and fruits, i dont usually ever gain water weight or fluctuate in weight over a period of time......

im not bigger or anything, but im not smaller...im the same measurements but just heavier....what is it??? ahhhhhhhh.

ok...my rant is over...

I'm your height, and when I was in high school, I was 110 lbs, and people called me skeletor because of how skinny I was. I couldn't gain weight either, and I was all muscle. I'm now 155, and I'd never think to be back to 110 again. That's a really unhealthy weight, and can cause a lot of problems down the road. If you build muscle instead of fat, it'll look good. I'm sure people are calling you fat as a joke, they did it to me all the time. Good luck.

I like this thread, so I'll join in and see what happens. Its a little late, but I'm not expecting much...I'll just make an effort and maybe I'll be on the better half of a ten pound loss by May 1st!

I'm 5' 3", 26 years old- a professional seamstress and corsetiere and Farmer's little helper part-time (a good work-out compared to sitting at a sewing machine all day!)

CALORIE LIMIT: currently I am at about 1,300-1,800 a day (1,800 on the days i work at the farm)

BREAKFAST: Depends; several pieces of fruit, a couple fried eggs and a piece of sprouted wheat toast or  (1/3 cup dry) high fiber hot cereal w/ vanilla, agave nectar and raisins (or sliced banana). Always with hot tea with agave and whole milk (just a little) or if my calories can afford it a whole french press full of coffee (split to two large mugs) with a little whole milk and agave

LUNCH: Ditto: Either an avocado and green veggie sandwich (no cheese) on sprouted wheat bread with a little vegenaise and carrot and celery sticks on the side, a grilled cheese on sprouted bread and low-cal bowl of soup or 2 cups of fruit with 1/3 cup homemade full-fat yogurt...but always followed with a homemade kombucha

DINNER: Again; sometimes homemade veggie sushi with brown rice, 3-5 oz of fish, broiled with lemon and 1-2 low fat veggie side dishes, a bowl of soup with cheese toast or ancho chili sweet potato "fries" (baked strips) with lemon-garlic vegenaise aoili (kind of like having a baked potato for dinner, only waaay more interesting)

SNACK: Carrot Sticks!!!!! (I want to tan this year and beta carotene helps), Celery sticks...Kombucha...Fruits, HOT TEA!!! Love it!

EXERCISE: Run 8 miles a week, Walk 8 miles a week, Weight-lifting three days a week (legs, arms, abs), Asana Yoga once a week and I count my work at the farm unless we're just potting or something, cause on days when we are working in the feild I am significantly hungrier!

WATER: 1.5-3 liters a day

MEET YOUR GOAL?: Well, lets see...I am 145.2 right now I think I started out (three weeks ago) at about 148-152ish and my goal is to be 120 by August first. I think I'm doing pretty good...now anyways. I know 135 (I've been 130-200+ over the last ten years and i was 135 this time last year) Is going to feel pretty good. My plan is to be there ( a 10 lb los) by May 27th-ish

GOOD ADVICE FOR ANYONE: Use common sense, don't fall into obsessive eating habits and thoughts (coming from one who's been there), and sometimes you have to take a step back and be objective

kishmish- don't let the scale get you down.

As for me I am at 166 this morning. I feel a bit disappointed, since yesterday was not a good day for me, and I think I could have done better if I had avoided all the carbs I ate yesterday. However, 1 pound is still a loss.

Hi, I'd love to join! I like being part of a group for weight loss, makes it more fun!

CALORIE LIMIT: 1500

BREAKFAST: generally fruit or special k

LUNCH: salad? soup? weetabix (i have a weetabix addiction)

DINNER:what ever I'm fed if Im at home, if not, salad, pasta in a home made veg sauce. or more weetabix if im feeling lazy/naughty

SNACK: fruit fruit fruit! and special k mini breaks. Yum!

EXERCISE: a little most days. During term time 3xsomin gym a week

WATER: mainly in form of tea or coffee

MEET YOUR GOAL?: by june apparantly

GOOD ADVICE FOR ANYONE: Baked apples! a yummy snack on their own, or dessert served with low fat custard or stuffed with cornflakes!

My weight today was 145.5 so want to be 135ish by May then!!!

Maybe we could have a weigh in day to keep each other motivated and make sure we stay as a group rather than drifting apart.

Good luck to everyone!

my weight was 129.9 this morning, it does NOT want to budge!  I really felt like giving up this morning, just felt like pigging out on whatever.  But then it's TTOTM so I'm just going to ride it through, I always have worse cravings...

on the upside, I got to work and State Farm has a program they are sponsering this thing called the 50 million pound challenge.  I noticed a brochure for it today that said "Give up the Lbs. not the Fight".  THat REALLY inspired me.  If you look at this as a battle, no WAY am I going down that easy.  I will hang in there and be victorious in the end! 

I think I'm feeling all better now, but was just wondering, how do you ladies combat the TTOTM food cravings?

I allow myself to satisfy the cravings ...only in small amount

drink lots of water, it helps!

u gotta control urself...i have a problem with controlling my craving too TT

anyway,

I'm not doing so good this week

gain 1.5 lbs TT

eating late at night - 2 times

missed exercise - 2 times

not include binging on carbs and sweets TT

CW: 113.5

GW: 111- need to tone up a lot!

and put myself back to the healthy eating way TT

How's everyone doing?

CALORIE LIMIT:1200

BREAKFAST:Apples with bread crust of pizza

LUNCH:Salad

DINNER:Salad

SNACK: Apples

EXERCISE: Running

WATER:TONS!

MEET YOUR GOAL?:

GOOD ADVICE FOR ANYONE:

this thread constitutes a challenge and as such needs to be in the Games and Challenges Forum.. 

Please tag it so you can follow it when it moves to that Forum.

Thank you

Coach K
Volunteer Moderator

I ran 6 miles today!!! I feel great! YES!

Weigh-in on Monday...

allibug! 1200 isn't enough for a 12/13 yr old. Seeing all these teenagers who don't eat enough in this thread makes me really sad. 

trust me i dont need it, today i just was not hungry.

i ate more than i put on there unfortunately

Alli, it's more likely that you need upwards of 2000 calories or more.

So weigh-in is tomorrow, I haven't really been following the thread that well this week. So despite the discussions going around that people aren't eating enough, are we still doing this?

This has been a pretty bad eating week, but an EXCELLENT exercise week. I mean, probably the best in my life. I did 7 miles today so I'm going to make sure not to work out tomorrow. Unfortunately that means I have to be a lot more careful about caloric intake. So yes, I'm in pretty good shape but I've really decided that I need to be a bit lighter to improve my running performance. Not to mention my self esteem...

Have no idea what to expect from the scale tomorrow because I know I've gained a good amount of muscle. Trying very hard not to fret about that, but that number can be quite disheartening sometimes despite all our efforts!

I hope everyone is doing well!!

Lost 5.5 lbs. this week!  Some of it water, but I'm fine with that!

blue colors - congrats on the great exercise week!  i wish i could run that much!  good luck on your weigh in!

pavlovcat - dayummm u lost a ton! thats so great...im soo envious (in a good way)

how did everyone do with the easter weekend?  i was good friday and saturday but ate maintenance (1600 cals) on sunday as a kind of F-U to my body for not budging for 2 weeks...lol.

my weigh in is wednesday and im not looking forward to it as my measurements are the sameeee. the dreaded P word i think...(plateau) i have exactly one month + 2 days before my wedding.....so i have to be extra good until then!

pavlocat- CONGRATS!!! That is so awesome!!

kismish- if you have reached a plateau, I learned fo a food that will breat the plateau.  If you combine tuna and tomato for several days, this will jump start your weight loss again.  It was a trick I learned from the dietician on my last diet.  It does work, but it will take 3-4 days of eating it to get it started.  Something about it being a chemical combination that will boost metabolism.  I really don't undersand how it works, I just know that it does.