Post Meals, Share Information, Weigh in every Monday! Everyone welcome

Hi Everyone,

 *So I've revised this group because I want to be able to share information, get ideas, and be held accountable.  I think by having more members that I will benefit more from it! 

Since there are a lot of us Maritimers here I thought I would create a group where we can connect and have weekly weigh-ins.  I'm also going to track my inches because losing inches is my main target right now.

 I'll be posting my starting stats tomorrow morning and we'll have the weekly weigh-in every Monday!  Maybe this will help us curve our weekend appetites :)

Please add anything else you wish to share ..i.e receipes, daily menu, workouts etc.

Jenn (NS)

Original Post by queenmedia:

Original Post by queenmedia:

Week 1- 125.2, Week 2- 124.2, Week 3- 123.4 , Week 4- 124.2 , Week 5- 120.2, Week 6- 123.2, Week 7- 120.8, Week 8- 119.4, Week 9- 120.4, Week 10- 121.8, Week 11- 121.4, Week 12-121.4

 

today- 119.4 -  I look like I might be able to pull a bikini off with minimal sucking the belly in!

The only thing that makes sense is it must be fluid Jenn- the way you eat there's no way it can be actual weight! Try sweating it out with Jillian! the fact that you're losing inches tells me that you're doing something right despite your spiteful scales! haha  Don't get discouraged!

Did you eat a lot of salty things over the weekend? That could be making you retain water...

I'm leaving in less than 72 hours! I am really really getting excited! I've been packed for over a week, just need to include those last minute items like toiletries. The only problem is I keep wanting to pack extra stuff, like more shorts and tees. I'd rather take less so that I have room to bring back more!

Hi girls, Oh my word is it ever amazing here! We were totally jetlagged, just woke up from a 12hr sleep.

The majority of people here are very slim! They (for the most part) don't wear shorts or skirts, most guys incl. wear skinny jeans. And apparantly meals are meant to be lingered over and savored. We found that out last night at Hard Rock Cafe and it was about an hour after we were done eating before we got our bill so we could leave!

Having a great time so far, think I'll end up coming home weighing less- sooo much walking and not much appetite (that could be from the jetlag though)

Hope all is going well on that side of the ocean!

steph, where are you again?  and it sounds wonderful!  hooray for summer vacations.

I've been quiet because I'm out of town for the summer.  I got a summer job in Taiwan so I'm over here working for the next two months.  Its so unbelievably hot and humid, that I completely lose my appetite for food (except for maybe cool drinks and fruit).  Nonetheless, my grandmother (whose house I'm staying at) attempts to force feed me yummy homecooking.  Sometimes, she takes food and puts it right up against my mouth when I'm talking so that I have to eat it!  Honest!  Every other sentence I say is "no no no.  I'm too full. nooooo"
hahaha, but that's grandmothers for you.

I've been walking all over the place, so lots of exercise.

I think I'm losing weight, but I dont know.  My grandma doesnt own a scale.  I'll just see how my skinny jeans fit every week.

Hope all is well in the various parts of the world that we're all in.

Opa you are in Taiwan?? Very cool! :)  What are you doing there for work?  It's been very hot and humid here too, probably not anything close to what you are experiencing but it's enough for me! 

Can't wait until you get back Steph...I want to see Pictures!!  I've been really slack about coming on here everyday...just so busy!  The wedding is now only 38 days away so I don't have a lot of spare time.  I did my Jillian video last night on level 2.....OMG it was INTENSE...but good :)

My weight this morning was at 137 but I feel lighter than that...must be inches!

Hope all is well with everyone!

Hi girls! It sounds like everyone is having an exciting summer! I got back yesterday, still fighting jetlag- it was a 29hr journey to get back home. The trip was great, very tiring though. We did a lot of walking, which must be why all of the pizza, pasta, pastries and gelato didn't pack on the pounds. When I got back I weighed myself- I am the same weight as before I left! I'll try to get some pics posted today.

You must be getting really excited for your wedding Jenn! Do you feel like everything is coming together? When I was doing wedding preparations, I only had problems with who was going to marry us- my pastor died 4 months before the wedding, so we arranged for another pastor, and he told us 2 weeks before the wedding that he couldn't do it unless we really couldn't find anyone else. In the end he did it.

Opa, very cool that you're in Taiwan! Have you been there before, and are you finding the culture way different?

I'm eating total garbage lately, can't get back into the healthy eating groove! Last night for supper I had a cone of ice cream and a can of Coke!

Arghh!!

My weight this morning was 122.4.

wah! I really need to vent, and i vented to my brother sitting next to me and he completely does NOT understand so here goes:

I was just tagged in some photos on facebook (which i promptly untagged) where you could see my belly and I totally looked fat.  It was really upsetting because I thought I hid it well but apparently I dont.  Ok, that sounds silly, but its true...

I have definitely gained weight here in Taiwan where the food is good and my grandmother force feeds me.
I talked to her last night though about not forcing me to eat.  Plus, I'm mentally in a much better place than I was a few months ago when seeing pictures like those would have made me restrict (and probably binge) for weeks on end.
I'm doing a good job "listening to my natural hunger" and I have total faith that I will lose my binge-weight over time.  I just wish this would all happen faster!

I hope you all are doing better than I am!

I have 6 more weeks here.  and I'm hoping to have lots of fun, but not gain any more weight.

I know that when I get back to school in September I will lose weight as long as I keep listening to my body, but for now, September seems far away, and the rest of the summer seems like a very difficult challenge.

Steph - I completely understand, really.  But all the efforts we put in the long term really count more than a couple of sucky days.

Jenn - I'm so excited for you!  And wow, you're doing such a great job staying motivated and keeping up with your workouts.  Good for you!

I'm so sorry I haven't been online lately ladies but I'm down to only 23 days until the wedding so things have been HECTIC!

Hang in there Opa....things will get better.  I hate it when people tag me in awful pics on facebook! Buggers.  Keep up the positive attitude and just listen to your body.

I haven't been great with my workouts.....I get them in a few times a week and am watching what I eat...but have only gone down a few pounds on the scale....at this point I have too much to worry about and weight right now is not one of them!

Miss talking to you all !

Wow Jenn, 23 days! Time flies doesn't it!! On my wedding day, I was walking down the aisle, smiling and holding my Dads arm, but thinking "oh my goodness, I forgot this and this and that". But at the end of the day, it hadn't mattered, because the most important thing had gone without a hitch, the part when I said "I do". Whoa, that sounded a little hokey, didn't it! :)

Opa, I totally know what you mean about brothers not understanding, I don't even try to talk to mine about anything important!

I can empathize with you about the pic thing- last weekend we went to PEI and spent a lot of time on the beach, and wore a bikini. At the time I thought I looked alright, despite the fact that I weighed a bit more than when I wore it last summer. Yesterday I was looking at the pictures, and all I could think was "I can't believe I walked around in a bikini looking like that". Because it was past history, there was no sense in being embarrassed, but if I see those pictures turn up in an album on Facebook, hubby is dead meat on a stick.

Hang in there, tell Grandma you're full if she keeps on trying to stuff you! :D

uf.  Have not done well today eating-wise, but oh well.

Steph - You're at a great weight, I'm sure you looked fine in your swimsuit.  We're all just too critical of ourselves.

Jenn - You're so right that there are more important things to worry about.  I envy you for being able to keep such a balanced life and good logic during the process of losing weight.

I'm about to go cheap jewelry shopping to get myself away from food.  I haven't felt like buying clothes lately bc I keep telling myself I should wait until I reach my goal weight.  (I know you're not supposed to do that though, heh.)

I realized recently that I carry most of my weight in my midsection (my tummy) so I do some planks and crunches every night before bed, but outdoor cardio and gyms arent really an option.  I can't believe I only recently realized this!  Haha, realizing my body-type has always been so difficult for me, and I kind of always assumed I was a pear just because I thought most girls were.