170's-150's Club Rants & Raves
This is in response to Twocutekids' 160's club... I noticed that it was getting a little confusing at times with some people joining and others responding to previous posts, so maybe adding a new area specifically for rants & raves can help make it easier to communicate. Maybe the original can be more for cheering each other on, making introductions and talking about our goals or something. And, if anyone else has any good ideas for new 160's club topics, start a new thread too!
Edit: due to our fluctuating weights, let's open up the group a little more to match our new achievements! 150's to 170's it is :)
It's really been a great experience for me to start off this time with other people in the same boat. Trying to lose weight is always hard, but it's even harder when you have no one to do it with you.
Well, since this is a rant & rave section, I guess I'll start!
Rant: I live in Seattle. Living in a place with as dreary weather as this is SO not conducive to being active. I went to Texas when my boyfriend was working in Austin on a contract, and even in November everyone was out at night, enjoying street life, and most people looked more fit than in Seattle. While Seattle is a fantastic city with tons to see and do, we focus a little more on indoor entertainment than physical activity (minus the urban bicyclists or many nature-lovers who'll go hiking even when it's pouring rain). It's cloudy and chilly about 9-10 months out of the year here, so winter seems to last forever. It's so hard to get motivated to take a walk when it's 50 degrees and rainy in May! Oh well, it's my home... just have to work around it :)
What rants or raves do you guys have?
Rave:
So, for the first time in a long time, I've been counting calories. And I decided to try something new. I've been planning out my entire amount of calories for the day, so that way I know exactly how much I can have. It also takes less time so that way I can set it all up at once and not have to continually throughout the day update my count.
It's going really well! I'm doing surprisingly well and instead of getting a donut, I made these really good honey bran muffins with wheat flour, egg whites, shredded carrot and low-sugar apple juice, so I feel pretty guilt-free having 1 or 2 a day. So, here's to me actually doing this for the past 4 or 5 days and having it work.
Hooray!
Short Rant:
The crimson river has begun to flow (on time!), so I'll be bloated, cranky, and all that good stuff for a few days. That means I only have ONE thing left to complain about to my doctor - how often I spot and ruin my underwear. I wish my freaking birth control would tell me what to do!
Rave: Still losing weight. Must not be bloated, because my lowest number is 165.0 and I'm all excited for it. Hope to see another movement tomorrow.
Where did everybody go? Anyone still around besides LR and I?
It is awfully hard to keep track, either posting entries or counting calories, when every day is so full of stuff, especially with kids! I don't have any myself yet, but my sister has two and boy does she not have hardly a moment for herself, not that she's not perfectly happy being so busy with two adorable kids.
Anyway, well, I'm doing okay in my exercise and eating efforts, but I saw an old (sorta) friend of mine who has lost like at least 40 lbs, and who was just probably just slightly bigger than me when we hung out like a year or two ago. I'm really not the jealous type, but it was a little slap in the face because things didn't end so well when we stopped hanging out and I've seen her since and she definitely has lost this weight in less than 3 months, because last time I saw her, she looked normal. I don't know how she did it, and I should just be happy for her because she probably has done it by being healthy, but it was still like... damn. Plus, she was hanging out with this other girl with whom I had a severe falling out and it just kinda poured salt on the wound.
I guess that's why they say that looking great is one of the best kinds of revenge for a broken heart (or friendship). I just don't know why it's so hard! I mean, I feel like I do all the right things, and still, it's so hard to change... Oh well. I guess I should just use any bad feelings I have and turn them into motivation to catch up. I'm going to start bicycling to work so we'll see how that goes...
I'm still here...and I check every now and then. I don't have much to say. Not losing weight...injured my knee and was told not to exercise for now. It pretty much sucks. And I keep finding myself eating unhealthy in the meantime....so...that's my story. But...I'm still here!
Ajde - Are you helping your sister take care of them? Thats a full time job for a minimum of two people, with three kids. I hope your friendship is rekindled. And I think looking good is a GREAT kind of revenge. I'm hoping to get to a healthy BMI before I go see an ex who REALLY pissed me off by telling me I was fat. Good luck!
bellydancer - I hope your knee feels better. Until then, eat right and maybe do a few off-your-feet exercises, like stretching. A little bit of movement is better than none at all.
164.0 yesterday and 164.4 today, I'm doing pretty well. I expected a MUCH HIGHER change today because yesterday I had a good 2500 calories (almost 1000 of which came from fat! ). But my deficit was still around 500, so I couldn't have complained too much. I ate 115 grams of protein today and kept my carbs at a decent level (161 g), and my fat was amazingly in a healthy range too. But if I'm going to be working on my feet for 5 hours, I should REALLY eat more. I guess it's ok.
165 today... a little high but manageable.
Glad to see you two are still around, and if anyone else still is, be sure to stop by and say hi sometime! It's been really helpful to me to have others to talk about this stuff with. I'm sorry to hear that you're unable to exercise, RunningBellyDancer, but good luck with everything! Is there any kind of exercise that you can do? Swimming, or something low-impact?
LR, congrats on your steady weight loss! You're probably just retaining water. I'm frankly terrified of the scale because I haven't been losing as fast as I'd like, but I just need to be consistent in my calorie-counting. I think it's probably the most important factor for me, since I do make sure to exercise at least a little daily. And I only help my sister with her kids when I see her, which is about twice a month since she lives about 4 hours away. But, I do love her kids and when I'm with her, wow, is it exhausting. My boyfriend has a 6-year-old son and I help with him, but he's a little more low-maintenance than a 3yo girl and a 6mo boy :). Also, that friend was no good anyway. The one who lost weight is still reasonably nice to me and I to her, but she's best friends with a really nasty girl who's just mean and deceitful, but I figure for me to lose weight would be an awesome kind of personal liberation and revenge, without hurting anybody :)
Going on vacation to my sister's house, where my mom will be trying to take us out to eat... The combination of my sister, my mom and myself almost never means anything healthy, food-wise, mostly since my mom's a pretty big fan of sweets and while it's very generous, I almost wish she wouldn't bring me any starbuck's pastries when she goes for her latte run and I definitely DO wish she would not buy me venti and whole milk when I asked for tall and nonfat, just 'cause she likes to think that bigger is better... I know she means well but it sabotages me unintentionally, since I eat a certain way at home and although I have problems with calorie restriction, I rarely eat anything that's not whole-wheat, low-fat, low-sugar and thoroughly researched for nutrient content. Also, I think a lot of my over-eating stems from being raised in great part by my grandma, who grew up in the rural South Dakota during the Great Depression, and taught me to always finish my entire plate... I hate to waste food, to the point that there's a compulsion to finish it, even if I'm full, when I can't put it away for leftovers...
Not to mention, there's going to be cake for my niece's birthday. And probably ribs. Damnit...
She's great, a nice girl. We get along great! Not really too much to say, 'cause we still don't know each other too well.
164.6 today, so maybe you were right, Ajde. But it could also have been two binges this week (one was a real binge, the other one was a convention I HAD to go to and I HAD to try the cake... twice (-: ).
I've been eating well since then, so maybe things will be headed in the right direction.
i still check in once and a while- but i have been bad on my weightloss also- i was stuck btwn 160-163 and now have been btwn 158.5-161 today 159.8--- i know its bc i havent been counting well -- but i also got off my lexapro the same time i stopped losing and have the mirena iud still in so i wonder if any of that may have affected me.
im still bfing my almost 7 month old now and i just wonder how many cals i should be consuming- all these sites say i at least burn 2400 cals and so have been attempting 1800 but sometimes i go over that :(
i been a lil depressed w/ this complete lack of weightloss so i havent even been trying that hard honestly-
y did the first 25 lbs fly off but now my body just stopped- and i was eating around 2000 cals but now im a lil nervous to go under 1800 - heck i dont know if i could
any advice- i love to hear any thoughts!!
I've been using dumbells and my exercise ball. While it's no run, it's better than nothing! I haven't been losing weight like I expected at all. So, it's a bit depressing. I've lost 10 lbs since April. Don't know what that is about, but it makes me wonder why I'm trying so hard with little to no results. Makes me kinda want to give up. But I keep going.
ajde - I know what you mean. I was raised on "cleaning my plate" and not leaving any food behind. Makes it very hard to leave any on my plate now. No matter how full I am...I just keep on shoveling!!! It's a very hard habit to break, that's for sure. I keep trying, but I'm not succeeding. :-( I just put less on my plate now.
LR - that is SO me..having to have some cake (twice) :-) LOL!! You have been doing so well with your weight loss! I'm jealous! :-)
162.4 the other day, but back up to 164 again. Strange fluctuation.
I'm still around! I have been working alot on the final crunch to get money for vacation! I leave on Friday and of course mother nature has reminded me of the lovlieness of being a woman, so my determination of hitting 159 before the beach may be ruined by Flo. haha oh well I'll check in the morning before we take off. Who knows I may be suprised.
Congrats to everyone on their weight loss. LR you are rockin! I need to get my scale moving again. Remind me when I get back from vacation!
I'd like to join in this group. I just hit 179 on the scale this morning. I started out in February at 195 so I've lost 16 pounds. I try to walk 3-4 miles every morning and 2-3 miles every evening. I've heard of people walking and losing weight but it never worked for me until I started doing at least 3 miles every day, then the weight started coming off. I walk a 16-18 minute mile. My goal is 164 by Labor Day. Maybe this info will help someone else. Good luck to everyone with your weightloss goals!
Welcome Misskady! I actually lost a ton of weight when I was walking 3 miles a day too. I definitely got down to around 140-145, although that obviously went out the window with the wintertime and cold weather. I also got lazy and overindulged in the holiday season, so here I am with my fellow 150-170ers, not that it's a bad place to be. But, that sounds like a great goal. I'd bet with that much walking you should be able to do it!
Hi Shauna- do you think getting off lexapro has been helpful or harmful for you? Did it cause you to gain weight? Some people I know have had reactions to it going both ways, gaining or losing... Also, any bc is likely to cause weight gain, I've heard, and it did happen to me when I started the nuvaring. Maybe you could ask your doctor if you feel like something's not right?
Speaking of cake... oh man, that was a bad, bad weekend. I'm pretty sure I gained about 3 pounds. Cake, ice cream, root beer floats, pizza, subs, and then, my mom's last meal before her gastric bypass, which was extravagant and amazing - crab cakes, coconut shrimp, chocolate mousse, white chocolate cake... Actually, make that 5 pounds. Grrr.... Maybe not. PRobably 3 pounds. But, I've been very good and kept a 1000 calorie deficit for the last three days, so as long as I can keep a deficit going... I should see a little progress.
Stupid plateaus!
Spedteach - Aww... Aunt Flo. She tends to visit me whenever she feels like it, such as this afternoon in the middle of a rush at work. And WHY WAIT until you get back from vacation? You can carry your healthy habits with you to the beach.
Misskady - Very good on the weight loss so far! I think you'll be able to get your 164 by Labor Day if you really focus (and have fun doing it).
Ajde - Ooo three pounds of HEAVEN at least... Just be careful of the high deficit. *starts laughing* Here I am, preaching to someone who tends to preach the same to me :-P
Headlines before the RANTS AND RAVES:
My lowest ever weight was 162.4, which was June 27th, I believe, and I've been hovering around 164 since then. NOT a great feeling.
My personal trainer made me do as many sit ups as I could in a minute. ALSO not a great feeling.
Today's Deficit: 1010. Probably more, but I don't feel like plugging all my activities in. PLUS... today's exclusive... My work pisses me off.
My B- of the DAY included a FANTASTIC pizza burger but left my fat intake near double what it should be.
RAVE TURNS TO RANT #1
On June 27th, I was delighted to see 162.4 lb for the first time since probably 2003. This is a crazy prospect, because at the time my breasts were 1 1/2 cups smaller, as I was still a growing girl (at the ripe old age of 15). I was also an athlete, running cross country on average 5 miles per day for a minimum of 4 days a week. The excitement allowed me that extra piece of cake, and where I thought I was holding maintenance Calories for a day or two, I must have gone over either in Calories or, at minimum, my sodium. *would slap a salt shaker if she had one*. So since then, I've been hovering around 164.6 lb, and today I saw 163.8. If I could see 162.4 again, I surely would appreciate it. June 27th got my hopes up about maybe hitting 158 by July 10th, which was my next goal, but I may have to postpone such a fine number until the end of July.
RANT/RAVE 2:
My personal trainer is very sweet, but I know he's going to push me hard... probably because I asked for it. We started with a few fitness tests. The first one was to walk the treadmill until my heart rate gets to 130 bpm. The treadmill will slowly incline while maintaining a steady 3.4 miles per hour. It was going to stop at 20 minutes and give the person a "Very High" fitness level score, if the heart rate never got to 130. My heart rate probably did reach 130 at one point, but the heart gauge was not picking up my heart rate correctly, so I was on the treadmill for 13 minutes before I told my trainer that the incline was starting to make me lose balance. He stopped it, and let me walk on solid ground for a few minutes to get my legs more comfortable. The next test was to do as many pushups in a minute as I could, or until I stopped. I did eight before I saw my arms shaking, and I had to stop. That wasn't too bad. The sit ups for the assessment were much worse, but I didn't realize it until I tried to get up this morning. I did 41 in 40 seconds, and I only stopped because it was hurting my back (not my abs). I probably could have done as many as 60 in all 60, but I don't think I was ready for it. Ugh... those sit ups made me not want to MOVE! I could hardly bend over today without my abs having something to say about it.
RANT 3:
Today's Deficit: 1010, unintentional. When you're not that hungry, you don't eat. Well, that's what I do. I got up to 1500 Calories today and I figured that it would be plenty enough to suffice through the day. I had to work, but I figured it would be an easy night because it was Thursday. THAT WAS NOT THE CASE! Just before I came into work, there had been 5 buses (for one party) full of a total of 300 people who entered the restaurant. I'm kind of glad I wasn't there when the 300 were in line, because I probably would have quit then and there. But the girl who worked before me was extremely overworked, and the whole restaurant was almost beyond repair. I clocked in early to fix up the place, but even then it was hard to keep up. And I CAN'T tell you enough how bad my abs felt when I came in, let alone when I left. I couldn't EVEN! LEAVE! until the place was cleaned up, which ended up being 10:45 tonight.
RAVE/RANT 4: I had a fantastic pizza burger for lunch today. It was a 6-oz burger on a kaiser roll, with two slices of mozzarella cheese, 2 ounces of marinara sauce, and 6 slices of pepperoni. It was AMAZING! Do I regret eating it? Of course not. It's really good. On the other hand, it was 69 grams of fat for the whole thing, and I had to deal with that for the rest of the day. That's TWO days worth of fat, and somehow I'm supposed to have a healthy meal intake. Today turned up as follows (with 1546 Calories):
Fat - 44.8% (77 grams)
Protein - 22.1% (86 grams)
Carbohydrates - 31.3% (121 grams).
Hi Shauna- do you think getting off lexapro has been helpful or harmful for you? Did it cause you to gain weight? Some people I know have had reactions to it going both ways, gaining or losing... Also, any bc is likely to cause weight gain, I've heard, and it did happen to me when I started the nuvaring. Maybe you could ask your doctor if you feel like something's not right?
im not sure what is goin on- here i am on a mini vaca for the 4th back off track again every time i leave my house but u know since getting off the lexapro i have stalled in weight loss- before i would count but not everything at all and the weight just kept falling off- gosh i almost should try gettin back on it to c if i finish losing the weight-lol
i have been maintaing rather then losing- lowest was 158.4 the other day then back to 160- irrr
at least im not gaining but idk guess i will have to fig something out---maybe i will go refill my prescip and see if that honestly made a diff
Hello I am just starting out, and would like to be able to talk about it. I started out 180lbs, and I am trying to entually get to 125. I started the 2nd week of June I lost 6 lbs, but it seems like thats gonna be it. Does anyone have advice for me?
Today's analysis:
A-; 1259 Calories
Fat - 28.3% (40 grams)
Protein - 31.3% (100 grams)
Carbohydrates - 40.4% (129 grams)
Daily Sodium Intake - 1,772 mg
Daily Sugar Intake - 54 grams
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 244 mg
Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 11 grams
Daily Fiber Intake - 11 grams
I have to eat more on days I have to work, but today's not one of those days. I ended up with an 1800 Deficit today. Sorry all.
I didn't check today's weight, and it's the end of the day so I don't even want to look.
Original Post by myshell742:
Hello I am just starting out, and would like to be able to talk about it. I started out 180lbs, and I am trying to entually get to 125. I started the 2nd week of June I lost 6 lbs, but it seems like thats gonna be it. Does anyone have advice for me?
Hi Myshell - It's hard, that's for sure. What's your exercise looking like? Do you count calories faithfully every day? How's your diet? I mean, I'm certainly not a weight-loss guru - I have trouble with my diet and exercise every single day. But, I know how I should be doing it. One thing that seems necessary to losing weight is counting every single calorie, because they add up so fast. The next thing is to refocus the diet so it's still satisfying but also reasonable, e.g. changing out white for whole wheat, using fat-free products (dairy, low-fat meat), and having a deficit of minimum 500 calories per day, every day (although it can be an average). Also, exercising several times a week, especially doing weight training so you build muscle to eat more calories, and aerobics to get your metabolism up. Lots of water, not very much salt, which can give you problems with water retention... In any case, in 3 weeks you've lost around 6 pounds... That sounds pretty good to me. Don't worry too much, but just remember that that deficit has to exist, and since you don't have very far to go, it's not going to fall off you as fast as you'd like... Sigh. I'm in the same boat.
In other news, my rant is that I feel all homely and bloated. Don't know why... pms maybe. But, I'm sure I shouldn't have gained weight because I've been standing for at least half or more my waking day and doing lots of activity - cleaning, tons of cooking (not so much eating), walking, hula hoop, swimming... But jeez, I hate feeling gross like this. Boo...
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