Weekly Weigh In - Slimming Buddy required!

Hey does anyone want to have a weekly weigh in with me, might push me to avoid that extra glass of wine or chocolatey treat if I know I'm going to have to deliver bad news - Let me know if anyones up for it!!!

I am currently 232lb with a goal of losing 5lb every 2 weeks, (Down to an ideal 126lb) 

Limiting myself to 1500 calories a day

Doing 30 minutes on the Wii Fit (Rhythm Boxing, Step Aerobics with 2 x 2.4kg weights, Yoga & Muscle Workouts), 30 minutes on my exercise bike (16-18mph) while watching Gilmore Girls!!  and walking to and from work (60 minutes)

Of course at weekends I might let myself have 1800 calories and do minimal exercise except maybe go swimming for half an hour! (And I stress maybe)

Other stats, I am 5ft3 (Titch), 25 years old, female, Irish, Size 18-20 in UK Clothes sizes. Can't think of anything else but would love a slimming buddy if anyones interested!!!

Good evening ladies!

Well pretty good day today.  I'm feeling a lot better than I did yesterday.  I was just in a weird place mentally, but I managed not to stuff the weirdness with food, now I did take the day off from exercise, so I'm counting that as a success.

Sbeverly, well to be perfectly honest I've never, ever even when I was skinny, was I ever an active person. No sports, dance, cheer, hicking, nothing!  It's just never been a part of my life. I've always said (and since I don't think there are any guys on our thread=) I'd rather have a pap and a root canal at the same time as exercise.  That being said I'm actively trying to find something that I don't dread. Other than the pilates, which is great from the strengh training, and I actually almost enjoy it, the cardio is tough for me. I don't like to sweat...  My best friend just got back from the middle east and she brought me a belly dancing belt, so I'm on the hunt now for a dvd.

I've decided to try upping my calories to around 1400 like you, my only worry is that I don't have the available time to do more than about an hour a day in exercise.  What kind of breakdown does your diet include ie proteins, carbs etc... I know you've already covered this somewhere, but please remind me. BTW I'm 36 like you, I'll be 37 July 2nd.  The other issue I'm still working on is getting my water in.  Any suggestions?

Well, I hope everyone has an awesome week.

Sbeverly,

Thank you for your kind welcome.  I am currently taking Metaformin and Byetta to help with my insulin.  I am just glad that both medications help with carb cravings.  Why are you avoiding your Gyn?  Did the medication bother you?  According to my doc, I am morbidly obese and need to weigh between 107-127 for my height.  I just don't remotely see that happening at this moment so that's why I'd rather shoot for 150lbs since losing 80lbs sounds doable.  I also don't feel morbid but that's neither here or there.

I understand that you weigh in on Wednesday's so I'll make sure to chime in with my results.

Hi Guys:

Well first of all I lost 1.4 lbs this week. My diet was off and I knew that. I didn't have any binges, but there were 2 days that ended up being high calorie days (max of 2000 calories). That's one day too many. And one day on top of that where I had 2 sandwiches late at night- I think that particular incident was a form of self-sabotage since the scale had started to move. I think psychology is my main hindrance at this point. I've put my scale away, only to be dusted off on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays (my official weigh-in days). On the good side, Jillian sent me a little "love note" suggesting that I consider to moving to level 3 exercises. I took the plunge, and I've got to say that I am loving it. If I could get back to both diet and exercise being in line, I think that I can reach my general goal of losing 2.3 lbs per week.

Cespowell- I was a bit disappointed. Usually I take the scale in stride, but being able to post the day after the BL finale was a symbolic gesture for me. When I realised I couldn't make it I wore a work outfit that I haven't worn in 8-9 years instead (as a kind of implicit statement that I've done and am doing this). I knew that this month was pretty challenging for me physically and mentally. The closer I get to 50, the more I seem to try to slow down the weight loss by overeating. However, I did take the time to notice that my fitness is much better (doing things that I never thought that I could), I was finally able to deflect a binge by converting it to a high calorie day that was controlled, my clothes fit better and of course, losing 45+ pounds is nothing to sneeze at.

You have overcome one of the most important obstacles to this lifestyle- you enjoy what and how you're eating. That in itself predicts that you will be able to achieve this in the long-term. It means that when slips occur, you will be faster to recover.

Gcak- belly dancing huh!!! Sounds positively sexy  Happy hunting.

You don't need to do more than an hour of exercise a day- you just need to combine your exercises in such a way as to build muscle and sustain high intensity. You may be able to burn more calories by using intervals with your elliptical. My breakdown is 40% carbs, 30% proteins, 30% fats (that's if you put on/take off weight evenly). I drink 8 glasses of water at work- have a bottle at my desk and sip the water if I just need a break or if I'm thirsty. I drink the other 6.5 glasses before/during/after exercise. Since my workout is mainly intervals, I can break it up between sets and usually would drink 1 glass by the end of every circuit.

Vivah- I hate hate hate that term. How grotesque do they think a person has to feel before they get the point that they're significantly overweight . Gyn will quarrel with me for not taking my meds- it had the normal side effects, but I ran out and never made the time to refill the prescription because of how far my doctor works- not a very good reason at all.

Take care

Hi Everyone,

I just found this and joined today.  I am a 49 yo female.  I currently weigh in @ 245.  I'm 5'6" and have been overweight/obese for many years.  Weight has been a struggle for me for all of my adult life.  I saw this thread and thought it would be good for me to join the group.

Vicki

Sbeverly,

I am in total agreement with you regarding that term.  I'm not saying that at times past I didn't feel morbid but those days are gone.  Thank God!   Gcak and I are friends and I bought us both belly dancing scarfs with fun little decorations on them.  We both are willing to try any exercise that is different and easy to enjoy.

I weighed in this morning and I'm down 3lbs.  So, that means I'm down to 227lbs.  I hope that is correct but since I'm not on my home scale I can't be that sure.  My mom says her scale is accurate so I'm going with that! 

Welcome Vicki!  I just joined a week ago and can tell you that this forum has great people and great advice.  Believe me when I say that we all need encouragment.

Hi everyone, 

Posting my weight for 5/14/09:  265 LB.  So I am down 5 LBS from last Wednesday.  Yeah!! 

sbeverly - thanks for the encouragement - I always appreciate all the info. you have - you have obviously been doing this awhile - I hope I can stick to it like you have. 

gcak - I used to drink lots of diet coke - I have a hard time getting in the plain water as well.  For some of my water, I have been drinking home brewed iced tea, with no sugar, and some fresh lemon.   I brew half regular and half green tea since I don't really like green tea and it's supposed to be better antioxidant-wise.  Adding lemon to green tea is also supposed to increase it's benefits.  

I think it's great you are belly dancing and sounds like fun since you go with vivah.  Has anyone tried Zumba? 

Welcome Vicki, our stats are similar - I turned 50 in February, I am about 5'6". and I weigh 265.  So I am a year older, and 20 lb. heavier :)  50 is not bad, but part of my motivation because I think I am too young to feel tired and have a sore back and  be on the medications I am taking - so I decided I had to do this and I feel much better already.  So good luck! 

Hello everyone,

I hope you all don't mind me jumping in here. I use to be a member of The Biggest Loser Club, but found this site and figured why pay for something you can get for free. The forums were much easier there, but so far everything else is much better here.

So, I normally weigh in on friday's. I started in January at 294 lbs. My current weight on 5/8/09 was 270 lbs. I try to lose 2lbs a week, but some weeks I don't lose at all or gain back a lb. usually I gain after a week of a big loss of like 5 lbs or more, lol. I would essentially like to weigh 135 lbs, and would love for that to happen before June of 2010, but I also want to lose it correctly so I can keep it off.

I am a mother of 5 kids (4 birth children) and a wife to a wonderful loving husband. I work 40 hours a week and squeeze in an hour at the gym pretty much every day. Okay, guess that's enough sharing for now, lol. Hope everyone is having a great day.

Welcome to everyone who's new and hey to everyone that's been here  So, as usual, or at least as has been for the past 3 weeks, NADA, nothing, zilch, big fat no, in other words, I lost not a single pound this week  I'm disgusted, confused, angry and probably most of all completely discouraged.  Which for me is a big deal! I honestly don't know what I'm doing wrong. For the first time in Lord knows how long I'm actually trying to take control of my diet and and exercise habits, AND IT"S NOT WORKING!  I'm not even lying on my logs, I log everything, I obsess over amounts and if I'm unsure I always log more than I probably consumed just to be safe. I'm working out 6 days a week, something I've NEVER done, and I just don't get it.

So, Sbeverly, thank you so much for all the tips, I'm going to look into finding one of the bl videos.  I don't think I can take J, but Bob maybe.  I did find a belly dance video on sale today: big waste of money, well not really about $7, didn't even raise my heart rate.  Oh well.

Sorry to be such a downer.  I really am soo glad everyone is doing well this week.

I'm open to any and all tips.

Thanks for being here for me

Hi guys:

Welcome Vicki and justasweethrt- its nice to have you with us.

Vivah girl- you kicked ass this week. That is awesome. However it comes take it

And as for you Cespowell. WOW. YOU ROCK!! What do you think put you over the edge this week (to drop such a large number)? Come on- share!!!! Of course you will be able to stick to it. Once the pounds start rolling that's a motivation in itself.

gcak- I understand where you are coming from. I'd probably feel the same way. Having said that, and right after I've cried into my cups, I'd probably give my sense a mental slap for being disgusted with myself. Disgusted??? After you have been monitoring your diet and making good food choices. After you've been exercising more than you have in a long time? After you've been dedicatedly posting, and could have tried to avoid weigh-in but still posted anyway? What the heck do you have to be disgusted about? YOU ROCK. Yes you are not seeing results- that can mean plateau or that can mean maintenance. You did not gain- that's good. Now you need to figure out what's going wrong and fix it. And yes it may take a while.

Absolutely go where you are comfortable. Having said that, humour me and go onto the kfi site I posted above and listen to any one of J's shows. I literally hated her when BL started. I could not stand her ways and "brutality." But honestly, what they portray on that show is like one part of her. She is a self-proclaimed bully and can really push, but she is also tremendously compassionate and caring. She lost 80 lbs so I think some of the things she says about obesity that sounds harsh is a reflection of her own self-journey and coming to terms with the fact that her choices were not normal and self-destructive. She has such a personal insight into the journey of the "significantly obese" . Once she knows information she shares it- she helps you to understand why you're doing what she's asking you to do so that you can function without her. Sometimes she goes too far, but at this point there is nobody I respect more in the weight loss world.

And as for me, J kicked me up to her level 3 circuits. I feel like a BL, but the best part is that I can for the most part do everything she asks. Awesome. The scale has been a little brutal on me in the last month (not reflecting anywhere near the effort I've put in), but I would be happy to make my weekly goal of 2.3 lbs from now on. At that rate I hope to lose my 100 pounds by the end of the year. Be good to yourself this week.

Sharon

Sbeverly, you have no idea how much your encouragment means to me!!! I think that you may be right about j, i think I've just seen how she is on the show and the idea of working out to her just makes me cringe.  I wonder if bob has a site?

I did go to my doc today, his theory is that since I'm doing strength training that my pounds are being off set by lean muscle, he asked me if my clothes were fitting differently, I told him that in the past month, I've dropped a bra, shirt and pants size.  He says he bets that's all this is and I'm in a weird spot of the muscle changing my shape, but that if I keep it up, the muscle will burn more efficiently and the pounds will star to come off.  I asked about cardio vs strength what combo he recommended, he said and I quote "how many fat joggers have you see?" Cardio burns fat, but lean muscle burns it best, so just keep up what I'm doing and DRINK MORE WATER.  He nailed me there, but I'm getting better so far 56 oz today and it's only 800 pm here.  I'm glad everyone is having a great week.

hey, what about exchanging fav recipes or fav health snack or fav idea to cure the munchies?

Let me know what ya'll think

A

I want to join!!!!!! I need to lose 100 pounds asap! I need the encouragement from other people like me, otherwise, I will keep stuffing my face with junk. *sigh* Let's do this!:D

Start Weight : 242lb (1-4-09)

Group Start Weight : 232lb (29-4-09)

Week 1 Weigh in : 230lb (6-5-09)

Week 2 Weigh in : 229lb (13-5-09)

Week 2 Loss : 1lb

However I was on holidays and I did some major indulging so I am very happy I didn't gain any weight! Sorry I am yet again late at checking in but i did find a set of scales in Paris to weigh myself on Wednesday - Internet wasn't so easy to find!

Hope yas are all having a good weekend - Back to being good for me - super congrats to all who lost weight - took me ages reading up to date this morning. Welcome all new people - can't wait to chat to you all about successes and failures to reach our goals!!

Glad to have you back Feely, how was Paris, you lucky ducky!

Gcak - Paris was fabulous - definitely an incredibly romantic and beautiful city and I recommend it. And of course Eurodisney was great to - I'm such a big kid!!

Crazy insane expensive though. Me and Sean ordered 2 beers at King Ludwigs in Eurodisney - 16 euros!!!! For perspective, thats nearly 22 US Dollars!!! Most expensive pint I will ever buy ever but I couldn't remember the last one I'd had before that so it seemed mildly justified!

Unfortunately it was 5 days without calorie counting whatsoever and I am not going to torture myself to try and remember everything but back on the good wagon now 3 days. Horrible getting up for work this morning!! Has to be done though.

How have you all been?

Hi Everyone..I see that you all got together on Apr 28.  I joined CC on Apr 16 and lost 5lb by Apr 28.  It took me until today, May 18 to gain back the 5lb.  I don't want to give up and realize that a great support group like yours would help alot.  I've tried to do this more times than I care to count.  I'm 54, 5'6" and 285lb.  Hope you have room for one more. 

Hey GCAK- glad things worked out with your doctor's visit. There are undoubtedly many ways to skin a cat, as the saying goes. Good luck.

Welcome moochums and dixiecal

Hey Feely- welcome back. Sounds like you had a ball. I'm hoping to hit Germany next year (my dream forever and ever more that I keep on putting off because of money). Congrats on the loss.

As for me, I am happy to report as of this morning, which is my 5 month anniversary of beginning this process, I have lost 50.1 lbs. I went shopping- unfortunately, it was not enough to stop the shopping trip from being its normal traumatic experience. I was eventually able to replace my work wardrobe, and am looking forward to a non-humiliating trip to the shops the next time I have to do this. On the good side, instead of buying food to self-medicate for the atrocious shopping, I bought books and exercise equipment instead. The bad news is that I am now broke

Do you have room for more people? I just started CC yesterday. I am 293 pounds, 5'7", and I need to lose 143 pounds. I started the slim fast diet today. I am going to drink one for breakfast and lunch, but I am also adding in a morning snack and an afternoon snack. My calorie limit for the day is 1700, as long as I am sedintary. My daughter just finished softball season, so we plan to start eating dinner earlier and take walks in the early evening. I know my littlest one will love the activity and I know I just need to get moving!

I would love to join in here....

A *little* info about me... I am 25 years old living in the Pacific Northwest, currently 273 pounds. This is the heaviest I have been my whole life. I finally have decided to make a drastic change. Better late than never, right? So here I am!

SW: 275

GW: 160

Week 1 (05/18/09): 273 -2 pounds lost

moochums, dixiecal, kimandsami, aw253, plus all other newbies- major welcomes - the more the merrier I say!!

Duno whether yous are all up to speed but basically we chat about all the highs lows and generally try and help eachother.

We weigh in every Wednesday! (Some are always late - pointing no elbows at myself here) But its great to have more ideas and support.

Congrats on all weight lost so far and good luck with the next few days, I'm feeling optimistic about Wednesday, hope you all are to!!

Thanks for the welcome!! I will try and not be late, LOL.