Operation "Back on Track " - who wants to join?

So I am staring a new forum...

I am hoping to keep myself (and others accountable).  I am seeing this forum for those of us who have been on the wagon (loved the ride) but some how fell off and know we can get back on track but just need that little extra encouragement at the get go.

Today is my second day on Opeation back on track...anyone up for joining?

Not sure that there are any rules or anything except that you have to want to keep everyone accountable and you need to be committed to checking in.  Maybe you find a buddy and you check in on that person...not sure...we will see how it all goes.

I'm so in!  I def need hard core accountablity!  My weakness is working out.  Once I get started on a workout program ... I'm awesome!  It's getting started and doing it the morning after a day off that kills me!

.Maria.

My issue is portion control (I order and eat the right things, just too much).  Also making sure I get to the gym at least 4-5 times a week is hard.  I am good with 3 but its those other days that are tough.

I have to work out in the AM, and I hate getting up!!!

Luckily today I will have time after work and so I am committed to going.  Another issue for me is if I don't work out in the AM and I say I will go after work (6:30 or 7) then I am hungry and don't want to work out.

I'm the same way!  I get home, I'm starving ... so I eat.  Then I think of a million other things to do besides work out!

We'll get better!

I'm in too!  I'm pretty good on staying on track but I find myself slipping on the weekends and ruining everything I worked on during the week.  So now I am definitely committed to getting back on track (started yesterday) and staying there.

As for being hungry after work and not wanting to workout... I tend to bring healthy snacks with me to work so that I can eat something every 3 hours or so.  This way I'm not starving when I leave and I'm not too full to work out either.

I hope this helps and don't give up!!

I'm in, I've been off calorie counting for about eight months and just started up again in the past weeks.

Trying to get down about 20-30 pounds within the next three months. My weight is fluctuating a ton so it's hard to see any actual results on the scale which is kinda discouraging, but I know I am slimmer.

Working out isn't the big issue for me, it's just controlling myself and not snacking on food all night after I've already eaten all my calories, haha.

I hear you about the weekends...it definitely harder and I don't log my food.

Needless cals are my enemy as well.  I am a sucker for free samples at whole foods and I know I get a lot more cals than I need that way.

I think that if we know we have to report in each day than that will help to keep up accountable.

I will say that I got hungry just now and the salad that I brought to eat for lunch (did not eat because I went out to lunch) I just had.  But I don't think its too bad for me

2 cups raw spinach

10 raw almonds

a few blueberries

1 tbs of low fat blue cheese crumbles

itty bitty amount of low fat raspberry dressing.

I figure it light enough to not make me too full for working out later but will hold me over, hopefully.

is it bad that I ate this?

 

I'm in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I fell straight off - one moment I'm 138lb and the next i'm nearly 146.
Too much chocolate cake - and eating out.

So, i'm with ya! Need to KEEP up the excercise!!!!!

I would love to be part of this group.  I've gained back over 10 lbs of what I had worked so hard to lose, and it's always the last 10 that is so hard to get rid of. 

dcgirl, I think your meal sounds great, healthy and just right to hold you over.

I'm shooting for 72 oz. of water today, and no extra snacks like cookies, granola bars, etc.  So far I'm doing well, but we are going to the movies tonight and that will be a challenge :/

I am dying.  Here at work and they order dinner in for us. 

Chicken alfredo, yummy looking salad (with lots of dressing on it) and garlic bread.  I keep walking by and just get water but its so hard to resist.  I guess I keep thinking if I make it out of here without eating any of it I will feel super great about myself and resisting will be a great reward!!!

wow...I have already had three glasses of water just going to look at the food.

wish I could go home and just work out!!!

Keep me strong!!!

I am SO in need of a group like this. Past three days I've been pigging out and not going to the gym! I always go to the gym and use the scale there, so I haven't weighed myself since like, Friday... but I'm pretty sure I gained a few pounds :/

I wish I wouldn't eat so badly, but yesterday was the first day of my University classes, which lasts for 2 weeks. I get there at 8 (don't eat breakfast because I get up late and don't have time), eat lunch at 12:30, and get home at 5:30 where I eat like crazy. I don't even think or care about working out when I get home, I'm just pooped out.

So I really need motivation. Last time I weighed myself I was exactly 170, and I was so excited that I would see maybe 169 the next time, but now I think I gained :(

yes please i want to play too! i went on holiday wth some girlfreinds a few weeks back, and since then i ahve been really slack both ecercise and cal wise- and i want to get back on track before i undo what i did prior to australia!

ive been finding the winter really depressing (although this is the warmest winter i remember for ages), its dark when i go to work and dark when i come home, so have only been running on weekends.

now im actually sick home from work, aching body and headache- maybe flu- but im fighting it- so dont know if i should run or rest.... lets stick together!!!! (p.s im running my first half marathon in november so i need to seriously train for that- motivation welcome).

I'm in too.  I have spent the last month on Dr Gott's "No Flour, No Sugar Diet".  And I've done pretty well...if I can lose those last 2 lbs, I'll have lost 10 over the course of the month. 

And in July I am going to try Prevention's 3-2-1 weight loss plan by Joy Bauer.  I don't do so hot if I try it on my own, so I like to do "plans" where they tell me what to eat and give me recipes and lists.

My goal weight loss is 54 lbs, starting at 204 and hoping to get to 150.  I'm not giving myself an unrealistic timeframe.  My family and I moved to Korea in April, and are here for a 2 yr tour w/ the Army.  I'd like to lose at least 25 lbs by the time I go home for a visit in Nov.  I hope that's not too unrealistic. 

Hello, I'm in. 

2 years ago I began a lifestyle/fitness program and was successful in losing 80 of the desired 130 lbs.  I was at the gym at least 4 days a week with my trainer and on the days I wasn't with him, I was there for two hours on my own.  It was extremely intense and I loved it. 

Then I had a few major life changes... new state, new job, no trainer... I was able to keep on track for the first few weeks but then lost all motivation.  So, wouldn't ya know, I gained 15 mushy lbs over the school year.  The first day of summer break, I restarted my program (minus the trainer) and could really use (would really enjoy) the support and guidance of those doing the same thing. 

As of now I am walking 7 miles a day at least 4 days a week.  On the days I walk, I do an upper body workout with free weights and I also do abs and core strengthening workouts.  On the days I don't walk I focus on abs and leg strength with squats, lunges, dead-lifts...

I keep close watch on my calories but don't get too freaked out when I have a bit too much (like tonight some friends and I are going to a Vietnamese place for dinner.  I don't even worry about calories and such in this case).  I do, however, get freaked out when I break down and eat a whole bag of chips or a box of cookies. 

I live alone and generally don't have foods in my house that are unhealthy... but... ya know how it is. 

So, that's it I guess.  Thanks for the invite!

Ophelia

Count me in!

I've never counted calories as a weight loss plan before but it makes so much sense. The Zone: check. Jenny Craig: check. Weight Watchers: check. Counting calories: success?

I'm currently 205 pounds and I just want to be healthy, the number isn't so important to me. Not being considered "severly obese" is what's important.

Let's do this!

count me in as well....i just started cc at the end of april....then with a hectic last few weeks i havent been as accountable as i would like....so i would appreciate any help with keeping me motivated....a couple of years ago i was down 80 lbs but gained part of that back due to an injury that prevented me from practicing kajukenbo, now i am back to training 3 days a week but still have the "sweets" cravings that tend to sabotage the end results of my workouts

my goals are to lose weight to:

be in better health

feel better about myself

look/feel better when i have my commitment ceremony next year

gain more endurance for kajukenbo

 

thanks to all who join!

I am soooooooooo in I got down to like 30-35lbs lost of the 120-130 i needed to lose now im only at a total loss of 16lbs loss and ive been off track for months im a single mom on the go and i think ohh just one taco from taco bell is ok right? lol i know better so i logged all my food today which i have NOT done in months, im drinking my water does drinking a drink with crystal light count as water too? i get all diff responeses cause i usally drink a big bottle of water an sip on lil one with crystal light to give some tatse here an there ya know...

If you heard a huge thud, that was me falling off the wagon around the beginning of June!  OUCH!  I'm back at 178.  I only lost 8 lbs to begin with, then gained 5 back. This time last year I had gone from 187 (Jan) to 165 (Jun), and in two short months was at 183(Aug).

It finally dawned on me that June is an anniversary month for some 'events' from my childhood.  I have been going through a cycle every year. Okay, so this was news to me. LOL (!).  The closer every July got, the more tired and 'stessed' I got.  So what did my little subconcious tell me to do to be a good strong girl? You've got it! Eat, eat, eat some more...sugar will pep me up.  Oh, better have some protein, need to eat the bread for carbo energy.  I NEED comfort food.  No time to exercise.  Full time job, housework, gardening, have to work more.  Blah, blah, blah....

Not anymore.

I came, I saw and I conquered.  I'm ready to start again.  (And hopefully will NOT be having this same conversation next year) 

Thanks for starting a great forum.

I'm in! I started trying to climb back on the wagon monday and so far so good. I go to the gym once a day and burn 400 calories and eat anywhere between 1300-1400 calories. I'd really like to lose 15 lbs by August 25 to reach 160. My ultimate goal is 115 and I started at 199. Let's get this wagon moving!

I'm in!!!

In 2001 I was 135lbs @ 5'2, I was 20 yrs old.While other Asian girls my age are half my size and much more faster and active than I was, I thought it was ok, untill the next summer, I was at 150lbs. and I was just miserable.I couldn't catch my breath when I run, Nothing I had in my closet looked right on me.

So I went on the grind, with in 6 months, I went from 150lbs to 108 lbs, I had great abs(6packs and everything) I was in the best shape of my life!

I managed to maintain the exercise(5 days a week, an hour a day, 30 mins jogging, at 8:00am every morning,no gym,just intensive cardio and balance ball work out), i did portion controls, low sodium ,low carb,low sugar intake/ day and it worked great for me.

Now it's 2008, I'm back at 130lbs.I'm not too happy,since nothing fits right, I get out of breath very easily. Thank God I've got no Cellulite! since all the muscles and everything i had're still there, it'd be easy to gain it all back!

So bring it! I'm alll in!

Main objective was to not not excercise - Well I did it. 40 minute walk/jog. YEY

I dunno why I stopped, I really enjoyed it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully I'll be down to 130 in no time!!!!!!!