160's club

I didn't see a 160's club so I decided to start one. I'm in need of some motivation to keep the weight loss going!

I lost 30 pounds last fall but I've been completely slacking the past few months and ended up gaining a few pounds back.

I NEED to keep losing!

I weighed in at 168 this morning. My first goal is to get to 150. I'm 5'4" and I'd like to ultimately get to 130-135lbs.

 

Anyone else want to join me in the 160's club? (hopefully not for too long!) :)

Original Post by runningbellydancer:

Ugh!!  I almost "fell off the wagon" but I was able to control myself with portions and sizes today at lunch!  I made sure I had a nice size salad before anything else though!  I'm so proud of myself for that!  AND I avoided my downfall....sweet iced tea! 

I haven't lost any weight yet, but I'm hoping it's because I'm building muscle first and I will start dropping soon.

twocutekids--I know what you mean, I will be going on vacation the end of next week and I'm really nervous about that.  Granted, I'm not visiting family but I'll be on a cruise...and you know there is food available ALL THE TIME! Yikes!!!  But I have made a promise to myself that I will go to the gym on ship and at least do the treadmill (if nothing else) every day like at home.  Stay strong, you know you have the power!!!  And think of how good it will feel to come back from vacation knowing that you did so well (at least that's what I keep telling myself).  And above all....HAVE A BLAST and enjoy your family!!!!

 Runningbellydancer, I had those feeling too and you did a good thing with the salad before you had anything else. It was hard for me to learn to eat the salad first, and then the what ever I had ordered next. When me and my friends use to go out to eat.. I would have a hard time trying to pick something healthy for me to eat. When I started off with the salad first, by the way I would always get them large with on thing of ranch on the side low fat if they had it, and I would try to eat all of that. My friends loved it when I would go out to eat... Reason why, what I had ordered next to eat.. One of them would get to take it home. 2 bites and I was done.. Didn't want any more. Now I just order nothing but a large salad.

I also had to fight the binging. I learn I binged the foods I told my body it couldn't have because we are on a diet. When I gave myself room to eat what I want 1 thing I wanted once during the weekend.. My binge moods stopped. That's what worked for me. I learn how to get control, and it took me 3 months to get it right.

You are going to get to your goal weight you'll see. Just don't beat yourself up. After I would eat the wrong things. I would beat myself up for an hr maybe even a hour and a half just so I know I've burn most of it or all of it. Now, I don't have to go nuts trying to lose it. I eat with me reason and understanding now. Understanding that what I'm eating is my fuel for today. This works for me now. This is how I stopped falling off the wagon, but you almost. You gain control and you won. :)

Count me in this club.  I'm so glad that twocutekids thought of it.  It's the first club I can fit in.  I don't have children but going to grad school may bring equal changes in its own may.  I was sedentary from studying and sitting at work at an office.  I'm about 5"4' at about 162 lbs. and am aiming for 134 for start with, although it seems really far away still.  Honeslty, evening losing 2 lbs. seems like a big deal, since I haven't lost weight in years.  Joining this web site and seeing the weight people have lost is very motivating.  Thanks all!

Welcome, Wildflowers!

Hello everyone... I'm still a bit high with my weight to be in the club, but my update is that I only ate one plate of food at the school buffet for dinner, and while my sodium ended up high today, my calories stayed low, and I'm satisfied.

I am not sure how to log lunch, because a few hours later I got sick.  A few girls at supper time had a thing or two to say about how their lunch was at school as well.  I'm not the only one who had food poisoning.

>> runningbellydancer: Thank you for making me feel not so isolated!!

Jeez, you too! My best friend does modeling and is naturally beautiful and thin  and has been since we were 11 (but so nice and humble that all I can be is happy for her) and most of the rest of my friends are pretty much tiny... So it's really nice to finally talk to someone who gets it :)

And I must confess... I'm finally writing down literally every calorie I've eaten, and I'm not eating enough to gain, but I'm either barely eating under my calories burned per day or going just over. And I've been paying attention to what to eat, but then I tell myself, well, you worked out, you can have just one more thing... and then that too... and I've had so much homework due I haven't been able to make it to the gym the past few days, either! I totally feel your pain.

Well, we may not be perfect... but at least we can all do this together, albeit virtually :). Tomorrow will be better, even if it means starting with just 100 calories less.

Wildflowers83 - Good lord, 2 pounds have never seemed so intimidating! Everyone tells me, "Naw, you can do that in two seconds! It should be easy for you!" Hah, yeah right. So -not- easy. But we can do it! Good luck to you and everyone else in the club.

ajde- I am also writing down every little thing I consume.  I am in the same position....I'm not eating enough to gain, but with my calories burned, sometimes I break even.  Which I guess is better than what I was doing before CC.  If I don't gain, I'll be happy.  If I lose, I'll be even happier. 

We have started the "walk-a-mile" program at work.  It's a program throughout the county that I work for that gets people out and moving.  We are supposed to walk a mile a day or five miles a week.  Since I also run in the evenings, my goal has already been met, so yesterday was my "day off".  Sooooo....I decided to "treat" myself to a bad lunch yesterday.  I ordered the worst thing I could...a philly steak and fries.  Ugh...but you know what?  I only ate half of my lunch.  It didn't taste as good to me as it normally did.  I was glad. 

Unfortunately, I don't have a scale at home so I can't weigh myself.  But I have finally...for the first time since I started running and CC,  felt like it's working.  My pants are feeling a little loose on me today.  That's such a wonderful feeling because yesterday I was down in the dumps wondering when I was going to start seeing results.  Maybe it's all in my head, but whatever it takes, you know?  I felt the frustration setting in...and felt the feeling of wanting to just give up and quit, but.....I didn't!!!  And today is a much better day!!

lynnhaslost-thanks for the help with motivation and making me feel good!  I needed that!!!  

knowing that people understand the emotion and feelings you go through is such a big help.  Just when I thought there was no one out there that understood...along came CC and the 160's group!!! 

Thanks!  And good luck to everyone!  Like ajde says....we can do it....together!!!

Runningbellydancer - you might want to invest in a home scale.  Congrats that your pants are starting to fit more loosely!

I'm back up to 172.2 again. missing seeing the ONE 169.9 that I've gotten.  I'm eating right, except that my fiber is low (which I can't help), and my sodium is high.  I can't believe these two things, that are barely related to weight loss, are my big barriers!  Yesterday, seriously, I had the right amount of carbohydrates (slightly too low but it's okay) at 137, protein at 78 (the exact recommended number for me), and fat at 49 (slightly high but not horrible).  Low sugar, low cholesterol, but my fiber was at 17 rather than 25, and my sodium was at 2400, when I daily try to keep it around 2200 (except this week, which has been impossible for some reason.  And calories are approximately

I'm up to 4 meals per day, and for some reason, I think that's the reason I'm gaining, although I'm getting the same amount of nutrients.

Count me in to.

I'm 5ft 4" & 168. Once upon a time I was 224 & got down to 154 but in the past few months have crept back up. Now I need to get that sucker back down!

Welcome in, Clairesty!

Hi, I'm relatively new to the site and would love to join in if I could?!?!  I am 5'5" and as of Tuesday I weighed in at 162lbs.  My goal is 139-135 or back into my size 6's (whichever comes first)!  I've been as high as 185 and as low as 125...I wish luck to all and hope it's not too late to join in!

Never too late Juliebean!  Welcome in

Cool...which college in NC are you attending?  I teach in Johnston County...Clayton!

My parents got offered jobs in Johnston County!  They currently teach in Person County, but they got laid off effective June 15, 2008.  The trickle effect from the tobacco buyout in Person County caused even the schools to be impoverished.  BTW... I go to UNC-Greensboro.

I've been thinking about doing a NC-wide clothes swap, for a chance for people to explore new styles without paying enormous amounts of money.  I figure that it is especially good if people here are looking to lose or gain weight; they can trade their clothes for someone else's!  As a matter of fact, I've got clothes sizes 18 - 12, and right now all I'm wearing is the size 12-14, which is getting to be a bit big on me.

I left an offer in the lounge, but not very many replies.

we all seem so related in our goal weight and heights- gosh i would love to be 135!! my ultimate goal was 130- but now i have decided 130 by my sons first birthday would be a 1 lb a week!! Gosh that would be so awesome- im still stuck at 165 though and tuesday is my weigh days so we will see about that then- lol

how has everyone else been doin??

160's are so amazing for me even now because i havent been in them since before my daughter was born  ultimately like 4 yrs!! i was always 172- but i never tried dieting- i didnt even understand the concept of a calorie!

All of u guys are just so great-- i love this site- first thing every morning im signed in-

this is such a support group and motivational tool-- i hope u all feel the same!!

Hello Shauna - Have you been working out?  Sometimes working out can make or break you.  I'm glad you're down to the 160's.

I'm still in the 170's today, but I've really been trying to get down.  I hit 171.0, and I was like YESS... but who knows?  I'm probably dehydrated, though.

I measured myself with a clothing tape the other day, and I am proud to say that I've lost 4 inches off my hips, 6 or 7 off my waist, and about 2 from my thighs.  Meanwhile I've gained muscle in my arms and calves.  I am getting to be CURVY! :-)

*pokes* Has this thread died?

Hello,  I'm 162. I'm hoping to move into the 150's Club within the next week or two at the latest.  Who's going with me??? :)

Welcome to the thread, Cacimony.  You'll be there soon enough!

... is there a 150's thread?

So is everyone in here going for more or less the 130's? 135 is my ultimate goal... I think I'd probably not be able to sustain my weight any lower than that, and I haven't been there since I was, oh jeez... probably 13 or younger. Always been heavier than the rest of the population.

However, on another point, I have to wonder, how much more does muscle weigh than fat? It's funny, my boyfriend is really fit, weighs less than me (ladies, don't you just HATE that?) and has been physically active since he was a kid, but I've found I have waaay more endurance than him when it comes to long-term activities like cardio on the eliptical machine at the gym or walking. He gets tired in like 2 miles but I can go for 10. Anyone else have a similar experience? It's just that most of my jobs thus far have been hard, hard physical work in the restaurant industry and I travel long-term every year (which involves tons of exercise), and he's worked desk jobs for the past 10 years... so maybe it's possible to be actually pretty fit, even if you're a little overweight? It's weird!

By the way -

I started a 160's club rants and raves topic so it doesn't get quite as mixed up in here when there's new people introducing themselves, and others responding to older posts, some people having questions... etc, etc.

I figured that this way it might be easier to have a stream of conversation about particular topics. If anyone has any other ideas for topics you should post them!

I look forward to hearing all your rants and raves! :)