150's group...daily updates

Bummer...can't work out like usual this morning...have to drop off a car at the shop with my husband and then have committments at my son's schools...

I hate getting off my routine...glad we have an elliptical...going to have to get on it tonight after the boy's hockey.

Goal today is to stick with 1200-1300 calories in case the workout doesn't happen....

Of course I woke up starving...going for the protien bar or the oatmeal...can't decide.

Good morning and have a great day all!

Hi guys!  This is my first time posting for the 150s group!  Over the past 2 months, I've been up to 159 and down to 151.  Now I'm somewhere inbetween, depending on the day! :(  I live on Okinawa, so it's ALWAYS bathing suit season here!  My husband & I just got scuba certified, so we'll be going to the beach more often!  I'm a former Marine, so I try to stay as active as I possibly can, but I just started a new job and when I get out of work at 5:00, I just want to go home and relax with the husband.  It's so hard to want to get my butt out for a run! 

Anyone care to see how hard we can push each other to get outside???

Carie im with you on getting into 140 by end of the month we were all so close i know i was  and still are kinda, but it make it easier when u have time so as not to get discouraged,

welcome bondgirl1228 im also up for getting outside and active we can do this..

I am on day three of really good stuff here! Perfect eating, right around 1300 calories, over 20,000 steps each day, upper body weights on Sunday plus walking, Just cardio on Monday and today I did lower body weights and 5 minutes on the eliptiacal (for me on this nightmereish machine 5 is ALOT!!) and I will walk 3 miles later! I feel renewed and refreshed and ready to meet my goals! So come on, lets not get left behind! And yes bondgirl...lets get outside!!! Today it is raining, but when I walk in the rain it makes me feel even more dedicatied! Day one...140's by day 31! Though it sounds like we may want to make our own new 140's group, I guess the current one is REALLY busy!!!

149.6 - not exactly 148, but oh well!

At least I didn't gain, I'll move over with you guys to 140s sometime today or tomorrow.  *prays I'm still bloated*

Hey carie,

I'm with you on continuing to work toward the 140s.  With my vacation over the weekend and a couple bad meals last week, I'm still up at 155.  I will certainly be in the 140s by the end of May!

woohooo sounds like we have a group thats once again ready to gain contro and get to the 140's my daughter bday is over two days of party and cake can do a number on a girl especially since i made most of the food and her cakes..lol you know how that goes a lick here a lick there..lol so back up to 154 but i think that time is coming for me im always alittle diff ever month, so maybe im a little bloated form that and all the food i have been eating.. trying to get back on track this week.. we can do it girls...

Hi Everyone,

I am slowly making my way to the 140's...I weighed in at 150.8 this morning..I should be there soon, but right now I am nursing an overuse injury to my knee. I was riding about 10-12 miles a day on my bike but then during a 40 mile ride I felt some incredible pain in my knee. It sucks...it is the one easily acessable exercise that I love and the time off is killing me. I'm trying to stay in shape by doing other activites, but I fear I will lose the cardio and the muscle that I had gained. Has anyone elese experienced this?

holly: YOU CAN DO THIS!! i bet the parties were fun! I threw a bridal shower this past weekend for my friend at work at my house. It was fun...but I made lots of treats and things....still have left overs tempting me!!!

I am in for making 150 to 140s group like carie mentioned. It could be a transition group!

Anyways, still down this morning! Feelin good! I took another final yesterday and I think I did really well. It was the first time in awhile that I took a test and felt good about it afterwards! Anyways, my finals are over and now I can start working out. I am so happy it is time for summer fun!!!

I am thinking of joining the YMCA with some gals at work...I am checking on that tomorrow!!

Good luck to everyone! Keep your head up and a smile on your face!!

Everyone seems so motivated to get down to the 140s group!  I LOVE IT!!!  I'm still a little unmotivated because of my new, tiring promotion, but that's why I'm here!  Last night I was supposed to go to the gym with my husband but when I got home in the evening, I put on some PJs and made a pot of beef stew.  So I'm still dead-on with the eating-right, but I just haven't worked up the working out in 3 weeks. 

Ok well I thought I was going to go to bed VERY depressed about screwing up my diet, instead I am sooo proud of myself. Here's the story:

I missed breakfast today, but had a turkey, cheese, lettuce & tomato wrap for lunch, with an orange and an 80 cal fro-yo bar. That brought me up to about 600 cals.
For an early dinner (because I had class from 5-8:30), I had a salad with crispy chicken, brought me up to about 900 cals for the day.
THEN about halfway through my class, my professor brought out mini chocolate chip cookies and mini powdered sugar donuts, YUM. I couldn't resist. I had four little cookies and 2 mini donuts. OH NO!!! I was soooo depressed, because I had already been planning out what healthy snacks I could have after class ( I was thinking a little low-cal soup and some fruit salad, OR a turkey burger), and now I knew I MUST be at my daily limit (about 1450 calories) and it was only 6:30PM!!! And I still REALLY wanted to get something to eat after class.

Well I was very depressed for the rest of class, and when I got out at about 8:30 I went straight back to my room to calculate my failure. Amazingly, I only came in at about 1390 calories, with the junk food and all. I guess I really didn't eat THAT much, in the past I probably would have had like 8 mini cookies and a few mini donuts.

Instead of sitting in my room, watching TV for the rest of the night, and craving the food I would be missing out on, (or, even worse, saying "Oh, screw it, I'm HUNGRY) and running to the candy machine just a stairwell away, I went to the GYM!!!

There I burned 500 cals, and did a lot of ab work, and even better, after my hour-and-a-half-long workout, I wasn't craving anything but H2O.

So in the end, I came in under my daily calorie limit, and had a GREAT work-out. I just couldn't wait to get back from the gym and share my little personal victory with you guys.

I have never stayed on track with a diet/excercise plan for more than a week before. Now I think I'm up to a month and a half, and I've lost at least 15 lbs.  I know it has a  lot to do with you all , and I just want to say THANKS <3

I'm glad to hear others are working hard toward the 140s!!  I'm so eager to get there, I have to keep reminding myself that sometimes these things just take time.

I had a wretched day yesterday.  I'm in the process of finishing my M.A. degree, finishing a job here in SC, and trying to pack up and move to Texas for a new job.  And I'm sure we can all agree that moving is STRESSFUL!!!  So yesterday I spent the day calling moving companies, getting depressed at the cost (my parents are helping me because as a grad student I've had no income for the past two years, but I still feel so terrible taking their money...) THEN I went to get my mail, and on top of my other money issues, I got my very first student loan payment due notice! :(  All of this, plus stress about my finals led to me eating 8 cupcakes and two giant bowls of chips and dip that I had left over from a bridal shower I threw last weekend (I should have just taken them into work or trashed them, but no, I left them in my fridge).  I called my mom in hysterics and she sort of helped, but what I really needed to do was cry, you know?

So after all of that, I decided that I needed to stop feeling sorry for myself and went to my spinning class with my fav. instructor.  I felt better when I came home, still a little touch-and-go with the crying (when I get in a kick, I get in a KICK) but overall felt that although that day was what I call a "slip day" (where I "slip" off the wagon!!) tomorrow would be better.

And today was better, because I put on a pair of capris that I haven't worn since last summer, and they were way baggy around my waist and bottom!!  So I guess that kinda makes up for my crummy day yesterday.

I had a goal of reaching the 140s, even if it was 149.8, by this upcoming Sunday, but I'm not sure if that's going to happen.  But I'm totally pulling for all of you on this board who are trying so hard to get into the next group down!  We can all do this!!  Good luck!!

Aw kate7307, it sounds like you had a rough day. But one bad day won't ruin your diet.

I had a bad one yesterday actually (I was humiliated in a hall full of people and basically told to leave). But even though I cried all the way home, I ate a nice sensible dinner! I'm shocked at this new and squeaky-clean me.

okay so my day has been ok food wise but ttotm must be coming because i am in such a mood, if one more person calls me about something dumb im gonna tell them about it..lol.. no really im  in a foul mood.. my poor family..: (

im gonna have to make a pit stop fpr icecream... make me feel better, but i do get fat free blue bunny so the cals are not  that bad.. i will let ya know tomorrow if i ate the whole tub or not ; ) gonna try to go roller skating to get me feel better when i get home.. or for a brisk walk.. something to make me feel better...

well i hope you guys have a great night, will try to get on later..

stormsrun...isn't it amazing when that happens?  you think you've gone and done yourself in for the day, and you realize you still have a little room left in the max!  it's pretty awesome that you went to the gym after, too.

last night my husband & i went to the macaroni grill (it's the only restaurant on base here on okinawa).  i thought the salads there were pretty good for the longest time until i looked them up!  so i'm an avid skinny chicken girl now.  last night i was really tempted to get the shrimp portifino, but i just DIDN'T DO IT!!!  i couldn't.  i knew that if i did it once, i'd do it again. 

we were supposed to go to the gym last night, but i'm getting ready for "aunt flow" to visit and just didn't feel like it.  i can't really use that as an excuse, i haven't really felt like it in 2 weeks.  which is pathetic.  but i'm taking my comp time today and the hubby has a half day so we're going to scuba dive (we just got certified last weekend!).  I can't wait!  And I just found out it burns 492 cal per hour!  WOO HOO!  Wish me luck!

I just wanted to introduce myself. I am new here and no offense but I hope I don't last too long. I am 151 and trying to work my way down to the 130's. I've been stuck around 150-155 for the past four months now and it is driving me nuts because I am only 4'11"! A year ago I was in the best shape of my life at 128! I really want to get back there and know that I can. I work two jobs (soon to be three) and after work (9pm some nights) I just feel like crashing, not working out. Even though I live 20 mins from my gym I am going to try my best to get there in the morning before work. It will be hard to wake up a 5am but I can't stay at this weight so I HAVE to do it. I just bought a mountain bike and I really hope I can find time to use it and burn massive calories that way. Anyhow, it's nice to meet all of you here. 

I am done with day 4 of the Body For Life program! Doing great! I am also counting the cals to make sure I am on track! So far 1300 or so each day! About a 700 cal deficit or more each day! It better show on the scale! Holly, sorry you had a stressful day! Nice to meet you Tara! Welcome! We have a great little group here!!!

Welcome Tara, it's nice to know that even personal trainers struggle just like the rest of us. This has been a great group although I hope to be leaving it in the next couple of days.

Welcome, Tara!  I totally understand where you're coming from...I'm a former Marine and when I got out of bootcamp I had a body that even IIII was jealous of!  Unfortunately, we don't all have Drill Instructors watching over us every second of everyday!  :S  Hopefully we can all join the 140s and 130s group at the same time! :)

Hi,

I did ten minues of the hardest workout video of my life last night and then collapsed...

Bit annoyed to discover I'd only burned 87 cals.

Plus my weight's fluctuating again...

My goodness it seems everyone is having a tough week.  Mine hasn't been awesome or anything but I am super proud of myself because I am going to the gym every morning and I go running after work when I don't have to go to my second job.  Woohoo.  Oh, I weighed in at 153.5 this morning yea!.  1.5 lbs down from last week.  I am shooting for 150 next friday.  Somehow I have managed to become a runner in the last few weeks, pretty cool.

Welcome Tara, I think we all hope our visit here will be brief but for me it seems I am having trouble resetting my body for anything lower.   It really likes being in the 150s or something.  I am not listening though.....135 here I come!!!

Bondgirl, Hope you have fun I have always wanted to go scuba diving...looks like so much fun.

To everyone else hang in there, and thank god the week is almost over.  Good luck to all of us