Under 150 --- positive people to work with me on this goal!

I have been within a few pounds of my goal of 150 for MONTHS -- far too long really.  Like it's getting ridiculous....     I saw as low as 152 for a few weeks, then I did what I always do, start slacking because "I am so close, I can taste it" and backslide a few lbs.   Start over.     ( :     

NO MORE, I say.    I have it all figured out.    (well except how to stop drinking so much and how not to be so dang lonely.........).  But the lifestyle thing I have down pat.    I workout every day (run with my dog and ride a bike).  I eat good food and the right amount of it ----  1500-1700.   Drink lots of water, get my fiber, try and get enough sleep (this one is hard).

Looking for some girls who are cool who are pretty with it on the fitness path and in the same range as me.....    close to 150, wanna be under 150 and BEYOND.

anyone out there in the same place?     ( :       

I do have a post workout snack, and I do have a after workout snack.

No, it don't contributed to your plateau. You don't have to add all the calories you burn back.

Don't enter a workout hungry. If you start exercising in an energy deficit, your body is likely to preserve fat and perform poorly. (Metabolism slows down) If you tend to tucker out midway through a hard session, low energy may be the answer to your problem. Quick absorbing carbs with a high glycemic index will give you fast fuel. So before a tough workout, have a sports drink,juice,fruit,bread or some pasta. Take in some calories.

Just be-careful about the calories amount. You want to keep that range at 200-350. Some people say that 100 calories are fine too.. I say.. More is better than non at all. When you have some calories already in your body along with the right amount of fats.. Your body is going to release some of that fat its trying to hold on too. If you feed the body nothing before a workout. It will hold on to everything or store for later, and not release any of the fat stored already. Thinking you are in a starvation mode.

That's why the body don't release fat half the time. It thinks you are in a starvation mode. Natures protection code I call it.

I drink a whey protein shake, and get to work, and drink another kind of weigh protein shake afterwards.

One isn't whey by the other one is..

Muscle Milk 350 calories 18 grams of fat..
Whey Protein after workout 1 scoop 160 cals.. Fat grams unsure right now.. But I do know about the muscle milk. I get those by the case sometimes.

It also depends on the time frame of your workout. Early morning. I load up on the protein shake with 350 calories.

Late after noon.. I have 150 calories.. Sometimes 200, and it depends on what type of energy level I plan on working out at. A low brisk walk.  100 is fine.. Kicking my own A in the gym. I need around 200-350 that's set up on a burn of maybe 600+ calories..

I hope this makes some sense to ya.

Right now I'm only doing the Weight lifting suggested in the book. The book says you should consume maintenance calories, which is what you would burn in a normal day not including your workout which for me is about 1700 cals. It also says if you are trying to lose weight and it's not happening re evaluate after 4 weeks and cut the calories by 300 So we'll see how I do at the end of my four weeks. The book also says you must have a Post workout shake, I bought whey protein but hate the taste of it plain, so I have my muscle milk light instead, it has 25grams of protein. I also took a "before" pic and my measurements yesterday (even though I started the program a week ago)

Ama, I try to hit around 1400-1600 calories a day, because I'm not trying to gain any more weight. I just want to lose a few or maintain at the same. Sometimes it works, and I notice.. When I go a full week without reaching my calories amount. Falling short by 200 at times. I find it hard to get those much needed calories. With the type of mucsle milk I drink. I have chocolate by the way, and I love the taste. Taste like Chocolate milk to me. 350 calories, if I mix with just water only.. YUNK, so I cut the scoops down to 1 so I can get my calories down intake from the milk lower. Giving me a range of 285 calories. Since I went to go lift weights this morning. I had 450 calories. Its all about cutting the protein shake down. I'm getting around 32grams of protein. It works for me.

I'm going to have to go and get that book you are using. I've been going by what my trainer's say. But hey.. I can always try something new and learn something new too.

I prefer the muscle milk light it's only 195 calories and still has 25 grams of protein.

I'm trying ot follow the regimen in the book as close as possible then after I see how my body reacts, I'll make adjustments down the road if necessary. Thank God bikini season is months away.

Ama, that's a season I've never cared for. NOPE! I'm a winter chick. I dress the best during the winter. I have to learn how to stress for the summer.. I have psoriasis, and it's not easy to deal with. But I do my best. I can't really wear shorts.. That hurts my feeling a little bit, but hey. I've been living with this for 13 years now, and I've learn how to dress my flaws, but not yet learn how to make them cooler for the summer.. People think I'm mis perfect because. I'm always dressing pretty casual, and then.. IF I'm in Jeans the whole summer.. They are like. What's up with you? I got to get some tips for my style.. I'm going to have to check out the light muscle milk.

bummed out.....   not too bad, 'cause it's craziness, but woo.  I saw the real number 150 (and 151) this weekend, and then this morning, 158. 159, 160.   sucky.  

it'll come back off, but I hate that.  I really did not eat 3500 X 10 extra calories, uoi know?   I had a brownie, cheese/turkey summer sausage, and I gave in to a little homemade ham/cream cheese/olives/onions dip with those salad crackers?  yum.  all worth it.     that is "all" I had extra on Monday.   Don't know why except it looked good and it was there and I was hungry.   Feeling a little defiant that morning, I guess...  and it was good.    I had a ziplock bag of celery and a 60 cal string cheese for lunch, walked an extra mile on the track on my plan, and had a sensible salad and sandwich while CHOOSING to skip the awesome, homemade (by a MAN nonetheless) breakfast/dinner of biscuits and gravy with sausage AND Bacon.  I can feel my butt gettting bigger just thinking about it.   lol --  I worked in this friend's kitchen sanding drywall mud smooth,mostly ceiling for two hours.... and I COULD have stayed for that luscious supper, but I didn;t.  I was good ----- and the scale still said 160.   that's sick.     lord knows, I love a Pillsbury jumbo butter flaky biscuit.   I was good and I still got screwed.  =P   lol  irony sucks.  I am still laughing though...  and I will swim on like Dory....  

Hope all of you are well.   did we ever decide a weigh in?  I have 2 on Friday,  I think one on Saturday, and one that changes every month 'cause she always starts on the first.  :)   how about Mondays?  that will make me want to work out on weekends and NOT DRINK TOO MUCH.  that would help a lot.    if it wasn't so boring....   ;)   I'm working on getting a job......  that would help too.

how are all of you on your way to 150???  thanks for letting me vent.  

-----and edit to add:  lol ----  I find I like ALL the seasons now that I WANT to wear less clothes and be cute!!!!   I feel so awesome now in my tankini, I love my skirts and capris and even a few shorts becauseI know I look fit and heatlhy.   AND HAPPY -- did I mention that?  seasons, schmeasons ----  it's life. gotta live it.   

I think I weighed 150.8 today, my goal is 140, I'm still in the 10 pounds or less to lose group.

Seriously how often are you weighin yourself Janay? And when are you actually recording your weight?

I may weigh myself  about 2 times a week but I'll only record it in the weight log once a week. I also try to record my weigh in day the same day of the week and same time, Monday(or Friday) morning, naked after the morning tinkle, before my shower. I find thats the most accurate . I also may skip my weigh in the week prior to TTOM to avoid recording false weight gains.

I weigh every day, only record when I like it usually. 

I weigh after the tinkle in the morning. I weigh myself every morning, and I record my weight. This weeks number so far are.
s/000.0- m/147.4- t/146.6- w/146.4

I try to keep an eye on my numbers, and everything is good when I chart my weight like this.. It makes me think about what I eat during the day, but I do know. I have to get in those 1400-1600 calories.

Please don't be offended by this but what do you gain by weighing yoursefl everyday? Especially since you are all smart enough to know you can't reallly gain or lose a pound or a couple of pounds in a day (or 9 pounds) and the fluctuations you see are usually water weight. Is it just to remind you to stay on track?  I think I would go nuts if actually beleived the scale everday.

No, I'm not offended by this at all. Coming from 226 pounds, and seeing 246 and 278 at one point of your life makes you really watch what you are doing. No! It don't drive me crazy it's just a tool for my own motivation and support. I really log my weigh from the gym, and my home scales normally fall short by a few points than theirs. I have a color code. Gym weight goes in under Monday in red, and any reading at home goes in black. This system I use came from an old trainer. Just to make sure I'm hitting my marks, and watching my sodium levels.. If I stay the same number all week. I know.. I'm doing right, and eating right. If I'm up a few pounds.. I know it's water weight gain, and sodium- but if I don't change from that weight within 2 to 3 days.. I know I need to watch things a little more than the usual. I still hit my calories, and I zig zag a little during the week. With those zig zags. I see the change in weigh. As in.. Water weight gain, and (High Levels) of sodium. So this is my tool to assure myself.. I am on the right track, and I'm not fallen asleep on the job.

I have put on over 8 pound in over a day back during the first of the year, and I leveled out with only 4 of those pounds. Freaked out, because I never saw that happen- and I had to check my logs.. A ate a ton of sodium, and junk loaded in fats. Just a poor choice of food that day, and I've been working at that poor excuse of a gain. It's not going to go.. BOOM! Bye Bye like that, but it helps me keep myself in check.. 

Oh! And If I weigh myself on Monday, and then again on Friday.. I will have a big azz gain at the end of the week, and this is where it came from.. Watching my scales.. As I track my weigh. I can see, and understand what foods are bad for me. Like too may carbs.. I learn just by doing two different kinds of diets ( Life style changes) But I will use diet... High Carbs.. I gain.. Low Carbs I lose or my weight stays the same. My body stores carbs very quickly, so I have to stay on a low carb living style.  Carbs is what got me here.. Bad carbs. Not only that, but some of my food choices give me the bloat, and I can go back and look at what I did using my food jourals.

Sorry for the long reply. 

I weigh every day because it helps me to ignore the number on the scale.  I know that sounds backwards, but I know I'm not going to gain or lose "real" weight in a day so I don't have to worry if the number goes up.  I just record it, look at the graph and figure "hey, water weight".  I tend to consider my "real" weight to be the smallest number I've seen in the last week.

If I only weighed once a week, on the other hand, I'd probably get upset if the number went up because a week *is* long enough to gain or lose a pound.  So, it might be "real" weight.

So, for me, it's less stressful to weigh every day.  It gets me used to the fluctuations and I just look at the graph to see whether I'm gaining or losing on average.

this is so rare but wonderful ----   lol

ama --  everything they said is how I feel too.   susie is right ---  and for me, I know sodium and stress and all kinds of things make me gain and lose strangely.  it;s all a lifestlye guide for me...  I track my trend line mostly.   :)  

My monday weight is my weight. I only hold to that. I have a few friends on here that weighs everyday, and it helps them, focus more on what they are eating. Doing this also help me learn that.. CHEESE! Has Sodium, and I can't have cheese like I use too.. To say no to cheese on my salad is like telling a kid they can't have candy.. But I'm learning how to weigh my food better, and my serving and portions sizes. I know, I can't have too much of this and that... Just by using my weigh as a guide line to my healthy eating. Like the numbers Jan get's. Those are water weight and sodium weight gain. She works out like a mad woman.. It's all about guide line. It helps me stay balanced in a odd way.

Thank you Ladies for your responses.

Hi ladies,

How are you all doing today? Well, I started my morning off at the gym. TOM is here so I got weighed at the gym again this moring. 146.4, I've been sticking to my trainer program, and watching the sodium really close, and everything is looking pretty good today. I did HIIT, and I'm sore from that. My timing and speed is getting better she said. I'm really working at the program, and I want say.. I want slip, because we all do.. I have my rules, and I understand them. It's good to feel I can have a cookie, and feel good about it. I had more than a cookie last night. I had 6 of them. I had room in my calories logs, and I took a risk and had them all. I normally share the cookies with my kids, but they was asleep, and I had them all to myself. Took the rest of the cookies, and packed them for my baby girl mid day snack at school, and she loved it. She was so happy with the cookies. She had apples all week. A treat for making an early A on her spelling test, and getting out of taking it on Friday. She told me this morning.. She has an math test coming up on Friday, and she is pushing for a A so she can get a cookie treat on Tuesday. Monday is when they send home the progress reports. I hope she does well. She's been working really hard.

Well, I'm almost done with week 1 of HIIT, and it has been good. I thought I would hate it, but I really do love the program. 5 more weeks to go. I'm going to keep on pushing forward.

TTOM is here for me as well, but no work out today I'll have to push myself on Friday not to skip it.

TOM is good, when it comes and get out of your way. I'm normally with TOM for 3 to 4 days, and I do gain the water weight gain. No gain this morning really look at my logs, and they are pretty good. I've even cut my muscle milk down to 360 calories. Now that's good. 1 scoop, and 8oz of milk.

I'm on a roll right now... That's a good start.

It's cold as hell out there. I was going to do a walk at noon. Hell, I did HIIT this morning. I will pass. It's going to be low temps in the morning, and I'm going to do my 5k in the house. Too cold to push it on the track. I want this cold snap to move on out.

I usually weigh more the week before, by the end of the week I should be straight. It's been cold here too I can't till spring gets here I hate the cold weather.

Ama, it hits me in the beginning. I know that for a fact. Or a day before I even start. TOM is with me 3 to 4 days sometimes. Sometimes I get hit with a full 7 days of the bastard, and it drives me nuts when it's hangs around for 7 days, and everyone in the house is fair game in my book.. My kids are off limits.. They are smart. They stay out of my way. As long as I watch my temp.. And don't fall into the trap of PMS. I do pretty damn good.