| Apologies for getting this started and then skipping out on my check-in this week! I'm three days late. I'm thrilled that others are playing along... congrats on your
Those of you on my friends-list might imagine why I was a bit distracted. Seriously, though, as self-centered at this statement may be: I often do better with self-care during times of high stress, and this past week has provided plenty of that.
The holiday challenge: "Post this week's plan, Post last week's results"
Note special hurdles each week and special days and strategies for handling them.
( Last week )
The plan for this week
1. 30 minutes of walking every day, two or maybe even three strength training sessions this week. Take advantage of free 2-week trial guest pass to local gym.
2. The annual chili cookoff at work on Thursday the 12th. The goal for this one is to be social without chowing down. I think I'm opting to not be a judge this year. Stay on my food plan otherwise, which is between 1200 and 1500 calories a day, balanced nutrition.
3. I have started trying to reduce the number of diet sodas I have to no more than ONE each day. I am addicted to bubbles, and recently it made it through my dense brain that the bubbles cause bone loss. I suffer from bone loss. Hello? Isn't my continuing to down three or four cans a day something like a lung cancer patient continuing to smoke?
3. Report back here with results next Sunday. | COMMENTS // Please, leave a comment!   |
| I've been doing Weight Watchers for 5 weeks now. According to the official WW scale I'm down 7 lbs. I think it's a little less because of differences in what clothes I was wearing this week as opposed to last, etc. According to my bathroom scale it's more like 6 lbs. Of course I'd like to be losing slightly faster (wouldn't everyone?) but yay! I can wear a pair jeans again that I couldn't a few weeks ago, and I'm close to fitting comfortably in my favorite pants again.
I've definitely been eating healthier food, and better quantities of food, since starting the plan. I've also been getting to the gym... not as often as I'd like, but more often than I was. Plus I've been biking to work, which gives me at least some exercise on most days.
I'm really nervous about next week, though. I'm going to Austin, TX, for six days. For the first day and a half I'll be visiting friends, and then I'll be at a conference for three days. The final day will be all airport fun as I head home. I haven' seen these friends for about a year, and I'm super excited about that, but I can already see the margaritas and huge plates of tex-mex coming. Then there's conference food. The conference hotel supplies breakfast and lunch so I'll have very little control over what I'm served (some in the mornings, as my recollection from last year is that breakfast is buffet-style but lunch isn't). There's also probably a cookie-infested snack break in the afternoon each day, and cocktail hour on two of the evenings. Then I'll be going out to dinner for anther three nights with co-workers and vendors we work with, no doubt to restaurants much nicer than I usually go to.
Ack!
I'm not sure what the possibilities for exercise are. I'm also not sure if there's anywhere near the convention hotel to buy healthier snacks, but I think I will ask my friends for a stop at a grocery store before we part ways.
Has anyone been through this sort of thing before, and how did you fare? Any tips for keeping things under control? | | COMMENTS // 5 or Please, leave a comment! |
| I'm so ready to start over. And I think this is the perfect community to do that. I have been watching for quite a while, and the group just seems so supportive.
So here are my stats:
SW: 185
CW: 185
GW: 130
I plan to lose ths weight before next September, when I start at my new college. I really need a point to start over, and I think that if I had my life in order by then, it would be so good. Also, it just gives me a definitive date that I can remember, and remember the reasons why I want to lose weight.
So this is just my little intro, if you want to know anything else about me, view my profile! Or add me :)
My Reasons for Losing Weight:
1. To be healthier
2. To look better (that sounds shallow, but I think that's everyone's goal)
3. To have a clearer mind
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| Hi! My name is Natalie, and I've been battling with my weight since early high school. Now, at 22, I'm starting to win this thing.
SW: 225
CW: 182
GW: ~140
Weight lost so far: 43lbs
Weight to go: ~42lbs.
I've been losing weight slowly and steadily, but I'm working on getting over a plateau. My goal weight is set at 140 as I've not been that small since I was 15 and I"m not sure what I'll look like between here and there.
I'm adopting a semi-vegetarian diet for awhile; no red meat or pork, but I can eat chicken, dairy, fish, and eggs. I've also become infatuated with brown rice lately, mixed with a little spicy garlic szechuan sauce.
My question is, do any of you have some yummy recipes you'd like to suggest? :) Go nuts! | | COMMENTS // 1 or Please, leave a comment! |
| So! It's been a while, guys.
SW: 220
CW: 170
GW: 120
Sure, that LOOKS good on paper, but I've gained 6 pounds since I went to college in August. I was optimistic at first, thinking I'd keep up a workout regiment and a strict diet. But alas, I completely understand how easy it is to succumb to Freshman 15 (since I'm about halfway there). I really didn't notice it at first: it started with a pound -- maybe two -- that I would dismiss as due to sodium intake or my jeans being heavy or whatever. But soon I noticed my pants getting tighter (I barely fit into the size 10s that I have now...and we all know how unpleasing muffin-tops look in the mirror), and my shirts fitting a little TOO well. So, I made a pact to get back on track finally.
I can't let myself fluctuate back to my old weight, my old ways, my old (lack of) self-esteem. Over the summer, I dropped down to 164 (163 on a good day), and had the stamina to work out for 3 hours a day, four times a week. Now, in the rare event that I hit the gym, I can barely manage an hour of cardio alone. This relapse gets me down, but I can't let it KEEP getting me down...
For all the college kids (and former college kids) out there, how do you keep up a healthy lifestyle in college? | | COMMENTS // 4 or Please, leave a comment! |
| After weeks of eating unhealthy and sitting on my behind [excluding the 45 minutes of exercise in P.E. class] I have finally done something to get back on track. I finally got off of my lazy butt and got on the gazelle [google it] and worked out on that for 20 minutes without stopping. I used to get pretty tired after ten but I lasted the whole 20. I just NEEDED to do something because I just felt so big lately. I've been lacking time. Actually, I quit my job in order to make more time for exercise and other important responsibilities I have. Keep in mind I'm only a senior in high school, I only had a job for spending money. Despite the fact that I only worked weekends, it was getting overwhelming not seeing my dad or my nephew, slacking off on essays and other homework I knew I could've done a million times better on, etc. I'm gonna stop there before I begin to rant about quitting.
So hopefully I will get completely on track, this is a start. I haven't been off to long but I'd really like to continue getting those "oh my god, did you lose weight?" compliments, you have no idea how great that makes me feel. I haven't gained anything...my clothes still fit the same as they have been. Although I must confess that my arms are freaking me out. It's my weakness. My arms are my biggest flaw to me...and I can't seem to stop looking at them recently. Maybe it's because I've been off track and I'm making myself paranoid...who knows.
Anyway, if my mom ever decides to go grocery shopping I plan on making over my diet once again...and hopefully I'll reach my goal of being a size 12 by my birthday in January.
=) | | COMMENTS // 1 or Please, leave a comment! |
| So....
I'm starting to get really anxious/nervous/excited!
It's 25 more days before the marathon -- this Saturday is my longest training run - 20miles.
EEK!
I let the anxiety cause me to eat like a nut this weekend but I'm back in control today.
Last week I ran 31 miles total -- 7, 4, 7, and 13+ long run on Saturday. | | COMMENTS // Please, leave a comment! |
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