140s want to be 130s discussion/support group *ALWAYS OPEN*

taking a page from restless_girl's book, because i don't understand why groups have to be exclusive.

me, i've been kicking around in the 140s (both extremes and everywhere in between) for over a year now, and trying to get down to 135.  at my highest i was 167-ish; that was long ago.  but it seems that every time i knock at the door of 139, i get complacent and backslide (beer & chicken wings anyone?).

weigh-in if you want, or just commisserate and support.  i'll pop in periodically ;)

I started a year ago at 148 and now I'm at 139 (I've gone up and down a lot as things change in my life) and I'd like to get to 130. So I guess this group is for me! I'm focusing on my tummy pooch right now cause I'm pretty happy with the rest of my appearance. Any tips?

my best tip: if you don't already have one, get a dog ;)

this is totally the group for me! im 5 ft9 and wiegh about 145 lbs and want to be 135lbs. my weight has yo-yo'd everywhere from 160 to 139. I really want to make it to my goal this time. what have you guys been doing to reach your goal? how much do you guys work out?

im close to this groups sorta haha im 5'10" and about 150 i'd like to be somewhere between 140-145

I am not exactly at 140 anymore but I started at 150 or so a year ago and about a month ago I was 140 and decided that it was time to really buckle down and lose this weight. I want to get down to 120. I am 5'4" and I think that would be a good maintenace weight for me. This morning was my 30th day and my goal was to lose 10 pounds in that 30 days. I didn't quite lose the 10 pounds but I did lose 8.2 and am very happy about it. I definately didn't do it easily though. I did two-a-day workouts 5 days per week. Jogging for an hour in the morning and then either a weighted vest walk in the afternoon or jumprope depending on what day it was. I kept my calories between 1400 and 1700 most of the time and only went over that occasionally. Hope this helps. I would love to check in and see how everyone is doing!

hiii

I was at a plateau at 142ish FOREVER.  I finally got through it and got down to about 130ish where I am now.  

Really what got me through it was really getting the diet part down, I have always worked out but diet is KEY.

I eat 6 times a day, no meat (for moral reasons), high protein, low GI index carbs.  The key is to eat enough for how much you workout.  There is a fine balance between creating a deficit to lose weight and creating one that is too big causing you to binge later.  for me I eat about 1700-1800 cals a day since I workout hard.  Of course this ends up being much higher some weekends.. but the key is long term consistency and you will see results.  

Good luck!

thanks for the support, morgan!

i think i'm your polar opposite; i've never been an athlete (though when i was young, i was very active) and i've always had a small appetite.  my downfall was inactivity and beer.  so i haven't had to change my eating habits much - just try to avoid my absolute worst foods like chicken wings and potato chips. 

but i think now that i'm running, i'm going to get there!  i've been very active since i got my beautiful dog last february, and since i started running regularly the weight has started to fall away slowly.  and of course i'm getting stronger and fitter ;)

actually, it all comes down to balance for me: a balanced diet, but mostly a balanced life.  if i take care of my social, intellectual, spiritual, and physical selves, everything just falls into place.

thats soooo true.  You need to be happy and be able to balance going out and being social with weight loss and everything else.  When I first started trying to lose weight I would just try to not eat all the time and I would get stressed when I knew I was going out to eat or drinking, I was a miserable person!  No fun to be around.  There is def a place where you can make healthy choices, have fun in moderation, and be happy and healthy :)

hee!  again we're polar opposites; i have to make myself go out (or, preferably, have friends over).  this wasn't a problem for me when i was in my 20s, but now that i'm 40, i'd rather be at home.  so i try to make myself do one purely social thing every week (which reminds me, it's been five days and i have no weekend plans...).

hi there

i am 146 right now, and thats the highest ever. in highschool and college i was 125-140.

i want to get back to 139 ideally but not having so much luck. havent been at that weight since a year ago

another one here! currently 137-138 and want to be 130... 

plan for now is 500-600 cal defecit every day... trying to avoid to booze.. easier said than done... :( but I can do it! I'm not planning on having a maintenance day till Thanksgiving ... only 4 weeks away! I can't believe it!

My diet is all right.. the only thing I gotta kick is the weekend beer drinking.. and I'm kind of over that right now anyways... I really enjoy working out but don't have a lot of free time. I lift weights 3x a week at home and go to a Turbo Jam class 2x a week.. I also go hiking w/my boyfriend once a weekend.. fun stuff!!

well.. I'll try to pop in when I can! hoping for 136 something this week; I'll keep you guys posted :)

WE CAN DO THIS! ;)

krrpt, i have almost entirely kicked beer.  at least until summer ;)

i don't actively count calories anymore.  i read lables and if i'm trying something new i use the recipe analyser, but i feel like i have a pretty good sense of what works and what doesn't, and i try to keep a calorie estimate (to the nearest 100) in my head as i go through the day.  for exercise, i walk the dog, and two or three times a week i run.  if i'm really bored, i might play with my dumbbells ;)

i love yoga, but haven't been to a class in almost a year.  since i got my dog, any exercise that doesn't include her feels kind-of dirty.

well, so far this weekend I think I'll do okay booze-wise.... luckily my b/f is sick of being hungover all weekend so he's trying to cut back also and that really helps... plans so far are friends over for a scary movie tomorrow and then driving to a party 45 minutes away on Saturday.. I'll be driving so I won't be drinking much at all; score!

I can't wait to have a house so I can get a dog! My b/f and I love to hike and it would be much more fun with a furry companion :) maybe you can find doggy yoga... lol. I'm sure someone has thought of it!

oh, we have doggy yoga.  i do the yoga and she uses the opportunity to kiss me right on the lips - yuck!  you don't want to be on the floor with your hands occupied in my house. 

on the trail, though - yeah, she is fun ;)

that's too cute :)

how did we all do for Halloween? I did all right.. back on track yesterday and today... one day isn't going to harm :)

I'm going to dinner tonight with the fam.. nothing fancy/crazy so I should be just fine!

talk to all of you soon!

krrpt, you talk like halloween is over.  while the day has passed, the tub of tiny chocolate bars in my cupboard lives on!

i used to live in a little community where i knew literally every kid in town, because i worked in the elementary school for six years.  i'd easily have 200 trick-or-treaters; even though i lived on a dead-end road in a low-density area, almost every kid would come to my house.  this was my 4th halloween since i left there, but i still haven't adjusted.

my first year here (this is my 3rd), i asked a friend how many trick-or-treaters she thought i'd have in my neighbourhood.  she said, "hundreds and hundreds" - so i bought 300 chocolate bars.  and i had 8 kids.  i'm getting better; this year i bought 100 and had 15 kids (and i gave 3 or 4 to each).  so i have roughly 3000 calories worth of leftovers.

hey - that's less than a pound!

pgeorgian- lol.. good point.. My b/f and I live in an apartment so we get zero kids... But I did hit up the candy isle at Target yesterday and picked up 50% off candy... just two bags of snickers with almonds and a bag of dots.. two of his favorites. I can justify one mini snickers here and there :) plus since these are his two favorite candies I won't be eating them alone! and holy crap that is a lot of kids! That must have been so fun having 200 trick-or-treaters venture to your house!!

well.. I was 137.2 Friday (new low) up to 139 Saturday b/c of candy, down to 138.4 yesterday and then up to 139 today... Yesterday wasn't the absolute greatest but I still had a 300 cal defecit... so wtf? I'm thinking it's b/c of ttom.. expected tomorrow.. On a brighter note, my younger sister asked me if I lost weight on Saturday... so that was a plus... She said I looked a lot skinnier.. Since I started going to Turbo Jam I've lost about an inch around the waist and 3 pounds... so that made the candy a little more worth it... lol

Still planning to get to 136-135 this week.. hopefully after aunt flow leaves...

hope everyone has a good Monday! (is that even possible?!)

yay krrpt!  you broke the threshhold!!

i think i reached a new low for weight obsession the other day.  i'd gone from 142.1 to 142.3 in a day, and i was sure that wasn't accurate, so--and here's the obsession part--i did the conversion to find out how many grams 0.2 pounds was so that i could convert that to mililiters so that i would know how much i would have to pee before lunch to be back at 142.1 (a little less than half a cup).

i have way too much time on my hands.  i'm not really that neurotic - really!

i haven't been for a real run in almost a week.  i realized yesterday that i have to institute a strict every-second-day policy, even if that means that some days i only run two or three kilometers.  must get that heart rate up!!

Hello! I sound a lot like pgeorgian. I'm 5'8 and my heaviest was 180, which I lost by (slowly) becoming a distance runner. I've kept the weight off for almost three years and now I'm at about 140-145. My body seems happy there, though I would like to get down to 130-135. I eat vegan 95% of the time and though I know there are places where I could cut back, 1500 calories just seems like too little and I have difficulty maintaining that. I have been lazy with my running lately, mostly because I have some depression issues and it's difficult to find the energy to get up and move, let alone run around. pgeorgian maybe we could help each other stick to every other day runs!

I have three furkids but they are of the kitten variety and kittens are lazy. Terrible weight loss companions.

tiggens, that's a great idea!

today is not going to be a running today, because (and this is going to sound like an excuse, but...) i thought i had a meeting at 11:30, so i showered early, and then my meeting was cancelled and i don't want to have to shower again before i go to my stupid little job at 3:30 (i'm a grad student.  i spent most days in my pajamas).

i've struggled with seasonal depression for the last few years; but i think i'm going to be okay this winter.  i got Kenya--the dog--last february, and it was like coming out of a fog.  if you can manage, i highly recommend it.  the enthusiasm is infectious!!

so - tomorrow?  5k?  2pm?  is it a date? (okay, we don't have to go the same distance at the same time.  and i might do more than 5, since i've had so many "recovery" days!).