Posts by afowler8

I finished the Couch-to-5K program yesterday!  I've started it several times but never finished it before!

Starting weight: 255

Goal weight: 230

Week 1: 255 December 28,2009

Week 2: 254.4  January 6  - Down .6

Week 3: 252.4 January 13 - Down 2

Week 4: 252.6 January 20 - Up .2

Total loss so far: 2.4 pounds

I'm really frustrated...  but I'm not giving up.  I'm going to tweek my diet and keep the cardio up!

I'm so excited!  I did a sneak-peak weigh in this week and I'm down 2 pounds already! My official weigh in isn't until tomorrow.. but after my disappointing loss last week,  I was STOKED to see a bigger number this time!  YEAH!

Weigh-in Day: Wednesday

Starting weight: 255

Goal weight: 230

Week 1: 255 December 28,2009

Week 2: 254.4  January 6. 

Total loss so far: .6 pounds

To be honest, I'm a little disappointed in that, but I just have to keep working and my body will respond.  Hoping for a bigger number next week!

26 years old

5'7"

250 pounds

Large frame, apple shape (carry weight around my abdomen--  no hips/legs at all)

Top: 1-2X or 18-20 depending on sizing

Bottom: 20W usually-- but I have a really hard time finding pants b/c I have no hips/skinny legs and every clothing manufacturer assumes that plus size women have hips.  So the 20W fits in the waist... and badly everywhere else

I am struggling a little bit...  I had an totally emotional, stressed-out pig out all week last week.  I was upset about my foot, had a lot of changes going on at work, and was fighting with my boyfriend.  I let it all get to me and had a great-big ole pitty party for myself.  I ate everything I could get my hands on.

BUT today is a new day!  I made it back into the gym yesterday. I could def. feel it in my foot, but it wasn't painful.  Just sore.  I weighed in up 3 pounds this morning, which I fully expected.  Most of it is water, and I'm hoping that it will be gone by early next week and I can start losing in earnest. 

Keep up the good work ladies!

Hi Ladies--  Way to go on the losses so far!  I was not very well behaved this weekend.  Lots of splurging and entertaining some friends from out of town.  I'm getting back on track today, though.  :) Just gotta' stay positive and remember that this is a marathon, not a sprint!

Speaking of running..  I fell walking home from a Comedy Show Friday night and severely sprained my left foot.  I didn't even know that you could do that! So there is no exercise this week and then I have to wrap it to do anything after this week.  We'll see how it goes. I am just going to eat very cleanly so that I will seem some sort of loss. :)

I am so excited today. I met both of my goals yesterday-- calories and getting to the gym.  AND when I weighed this morning, I weighed 1.2 pounds less (230.8) than the weight I posted (232) (the weight I posted yesterday was from last Friday).  YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!  I can't wait to see 229!

When I measure myself, I really don't worry about if I'm doing it "right" or not.  I just try to make sure that I measure in the same spot everytime.  I just get too frustrated trying to tell if I'm holding the tape right or in the right spot.  So I just know the "place" that I measure, and do it that way. :)

I'll totally be in your group!  I'm 25.. started at 260, now I'm sitting at around 230 (give or take a pound of water weight).  I started in January and lost consistently through April.  Since April, I've been maintaining. I need to jump start again and get the rest of this weight off.  Like Sbatt said, my goal is also 160.  And then I'll evaluate how I look/feel and decide what to do.

How are you changing your lifestyle to lose? What are your goals?

Amy

My boyfriend and I are doing this right now.  Just the 2 of us... We pick a date or event, pick a prize, and then weigh in once a week. 

The final weigh in for this "round" is this Friday (7/18) for our friends' wedding.  Right now, I am winning by 5 pounds.  So, unless he loses something ridiculus or I retain a bunch of water, I shoud win $50, Dinner cooked for 1 week, and Dishes washed for 1 week (this is a BIG deal in our house b/c we live in a tiny apartment in Atlanta and don't have a dishwasher). 

Sometimes, we do it for long periods of time (like this one, which is why it's $50) and sometimes we do it for like a month.  We usually start when one of us is having motivation issues or we have a big event that we're trying to hit a goal for.  For those of you who are technical, I do have the advantage here b/c I have more weight to lose, but he loses weight faster as a guy (or so we've heard).  He won the very first one, but if I win this one, it will be my 2nd win in a row!  GO ME!

If we do it again, I think it will be for Labor Day.  Haven't discussed this one yet, though.