20lbs or less club

I am dying to go shopping - but I hate to think of spending money on clothes that won't fit me well in a few months =(

I am going saturday however... i have to order my wedding dress - ack! - I am going to just order the size that fits me now, and have it altered smaller.... that's better than guestimating
 
are any of you keeping journals/diaries in the motivation section? I was going to check them out and comment, but all I have looked for so far, I couldn't find.

If you have one, let me know and I'll come post on yours!

Mine is here
 
No journal :(

I would normally keep one, but since I am working with a trainer and she has set out a precise plan for my exercise and food, I don't think it is fair for me to post one, since I would just be handing out what I paid her for and while I'd love to share everything, I realize that this is her business and livelyhood, ya know.

I will say that I am not eating out, eating almost nothing pre-prepared or processed (doing a LOT of cooking, lol), and have very rigid plans in place (rigid as in do this, then eat this, then wait 3 hours, then eat this). I think that it helps that I paid for it all, cause it makes me wanna follow it faithfully, else wasted $$. Plus, the meal plan is tailored to my likes, so I am eating yummy things that I would normally have, just don't get the trip to Taco Bell, lol.
 
that is really awesome jennay =) Sometimes having to pay for something makes you stick with it even more too!!! you feel it in your wallet - hehehe
 
Hello new people!!!

The last few days have been horribly stressful....I have some confessions to make!

-While finishing a paper at 2am Wednesday morning, I had some Andy Capp Hot fries.

-I ate out two days in a row---Chinese one day and Mexican the next. At the chinese restaurant I had lo mein, broccoli, rice, potatoes, a chinese doughnut and some garlic bread. For Mexican I had veggie fajitas-grilled veggies with rice and beans (no tortillas). And I ate chips and salsa.

-I went two days without fruit or exercise :(

Although I ate healthier when stressed than I used to when everything was fine, I'm pretty sure I've foiled my chances to lose a pound this week. Oh well, back on the wagon! I had two papers due the same day and two tests the same day. At least next week will be better!

Casey
 
ugh! Im in school too - and it just ruins everything!!! there are those weeks where there is so much work and any discipline or structure in your life just goes out the window.

I guess the good news is that you just have to accept some weeks will be like that and move on. Don't beat yourself up over it. =)
 
yeah, sometimes life gets in the way of the best laid plans. I think my week is pretty much going to be an even/steven week as well, no loss, no gain. I missed getting to work-out yesterday and today because I've been helping a friend prepare for a 250 person luncheon...then today I missed both breakfast and snack because we were crazy busy setting up the luncheon....ended up eating a little too much during the luncheon itself cause I'd let myself get too hungry. Theoretically, I could run and do a quick work-out now but I'm exhausted and am going to take a nap instead:p

Got friends in from out of town this evening so I already know tonight will be a wash as well because my 2 planned glasses of wine will knock out the potential of any fat burn. :mad: But life would be a little boring if everyday were perfect I guess.

Courage to be: I keep a pretty detailed online journal "It's all about me" - don't know how you do that neat little click on thing - sorry. Feel free to come poke around in it anytime - but it's pretty boring, just a list of every bite that crosses my lips with a calorie/macro breakdown at the end.
 
Hey there!

CaseyAtMartin- It's good to have some "real" days mixed in. Doesn't seem too bad to me. I know what it's like to do good for awhile and not want to mess up that streak. Course, right now I'm doing good, but it's been awhile.

This next week will be a big week for me school wise. I'll have 4 exams... but only one each day M-Th, so that's not too bad. I've kept up as we've gone, so I just need to drill, drill, drill as much as I can.

I did REALLY great with workouts this week. If I workout tomorrow, which I will, that'll make 5 regular workouts for the week. Plus, I've done a 20 min treadmill first thing each morning this week (M-F). It's felt really good and I think a nice little extra chunk of exercise that will hopefully get the weight loss going.

Have a great weekend everybody!
 
CaseyAtMartin said:
Hello new people!!!

The last few days have been horribly stressful....I have some confessions to make!

-While finishing a paper at 2am Wednesday morning, I had some Andy Capp Hot fries.

-I ate out two days in a row---Chinese one day and Mexican the next. At the chinese restaurant I had lo mein, broccoli, rice, potatoes, a chinese doughnut and some garlic bread. For Mexican I had veggie fajitas-grilled veggies with rice and beans (no tortillas). And I ate chips and salsa.

-I went two days without fruit or exercise :(

Although I ate healthier when stressed than I used to when everything was fine, I'm pretty sure I've foiled my chances to lose a pound this week. Oh well, back on the wagon! I had two papers due the same day and two tests the same day. At least next week will be better!

Casey
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I dont agree with you ruining your chances to lose the 1lb. You should be able to make up for the food you ate by doing quite a lot more exercise in the same week.
You have to be in the right mood though. On some days i set my treadmill for a half hour and just cant be bothered with it 5 minutes later. Other times i do my best for half an hour and sometimes carry on longer.
 
Congrats on finishing that paper, CaseyAtMartin!

Congrats on finishing that paper, CaseyAtMartin! It must feel great to have that done! Still, I know how bad it feels to "fall off the wagon" (oh boy do I know!), but I think you have such a great attitude. Just say "rats!" and hop back on that wagon. Everything I've read says this is the best attitude to have for successful, healthy weight loss if you can learn from it and just move on, so I think you did great, chips n salsa and all ;)
Maybe next time you have a paper due you can remind yourself that these conditions tend to be more difficult for eating and you can think of ways to avoid tempting situations? I always CHOWED when I studied or was writing a paper, so I started bringing my computer to coffee shops and writing papers there, which helped tons or studying with a friend (I often learned more that way anyway!) I dunno. And if you do go out to eat and it's a tough study/paper-writing week, maybe just even thinking ahead that you tend to have more difficulty during this type of week will help you say no to the chips n salsa and order something healthy-ish? All that said, I think it's good to have little splurges once in a while. We had pizza for dinner last night, which made me super nervous, but I just had 1 1/2 pieces and so I feel good! And it feels so good to eat pizza once in a while :) I think I know what Kat means now when she said she likes to write pep talks b/c they help her motivate herself too!
Congrats again on finishing your paper - hooray!
 
just a sudden uncontrollable need to vent

I am somewhere between perplexed and annoyed...can't decide which one. Yesterday was a big deal affair for a friends hubby. We had a huge luncheon (250 people), tons of of people in from out of town, dinner at home with friends, and finally went dancing at a club. Okay, so far so good, I knew the day was going to be off food and exercise wise, I made choices I was okay with, no worries. So, we all leave the club, everyone is talking about going to Denny's, that idea was not even on my radar. I didn't make a big deal about it, just planned on turning my car in the opposite direction and heading home instead.

Before I even get out of the parking lot my cell phone is going off with people "reminding me" we're meeting at Denny's. Less than 1 mile and what seemed like 50 conversations later I'm still explaining that no, I don't want to eat at 3 in the morning, and if I did it wouldn't be Denny's, yada yada yada..

Long story short (too late right?) I started to realize, that for reasons I still don't understand, a couple of my friends were actually getting angry...so in the name of love, peace and harmony - yup I went to Denny's. By the time we got a table that could accommodate all of us it was nearly 4 in the am so I had steak and eggs and figured I'd call it breakfast and move on.

But here's what I don't get, will never get...the whole day and night was filled with people saying "you look great" and then 2 seconds later literally reaching over and trying to add food to my plate (what am I two years old?) culminating into browbeating me into one more food oriented outing.

Oh well. I know that I am serious about wanting to lose the "final five" and it's going to take more discipline than yesterday. I know that I am the one ultimately responsible for what I do and don't eat, and I'm usually really good at "standing my ground"..but after yesterday/last night I'm just thinking it would be so much easier if "well meaning" friends managed their own eating habits instead of mine. Rant over. :eek: Thanks for listening.
 
Rant understood.

cym- I think as we all get closer to goal we'll experience these pressures. People get jealous and I'll admit I've done it to other women. You think someone looks great and try and pressure them into indulging with you because you think they should treat themselves. Well, I think you said it well when you said we all should just manange our own eating and leave others alone.

I commend you for trying to be peaceable, you sound like a good friend. But, never do anything you don't feel right about.. even eating.

I'm worried I'll struggle with this with in-laws because all of our get togethers are food centered. Course, they all go on their plans and have their preferences.. I just tend to be such a pleaser that I think it can be rude letting that reign priority. Now, is different though. I'm happier and feeling good and nothing will ruin that.. not even my own insecurity at times.
 
oh yes... i know this situation well!!!

the good news is, that now you have thought about the situation and can think about how you might respond another time.

I think the last little bit is soooo hard. I was down to 135 a year ago thanksgiving... and wanted to be at 130 (still do). And any family gathering with food (especially thanksgiving) is just trouble. If you try to eat healthier portions you get funny looks. If you load up on the veggies instead of the pie, people think you are starving yourself. People are just too nosy - and they don't understand that one piece of pie on thanksgiving day is enough! I think one of the problems we face is that people in general (and us before this decision to treat our bodies better) just are uneducated about what is healthy or not. And that's what makes it tough.

Maybe our job is to share the love (aka knowledge)? idk...
 
Thanks for the support everyone!

Cym, I know what you mean. It's frustrating when people don't understand how important healthy eating is to you. It's socially awkward sometimes to make healthy decisions, which is NOT how it should be! Hang in there.
 
I hear that!

I totally know that situation and hate it too - well worth the rant! My personal gripe is when you have dinner at someone's house and they push dessert on you like you're insulting them if you say no. The only thing that I've found that works (and it has worked every time so far) is to say that I'm full... who can disprove or disagree with that? It's totally annoying though, you know?? It sounds too easy to work, but it works heaps easier than saying you're trying to watch what you eat (which inevitably ends up in them trying to push this on you and them telling you one pice of pie won't kill you). So that's my rant to add to yours :D

Soooo... I've been trying to eat more healthy, exercise more, drink more water, drink less alcohol (a huge trigger for me to chow down!), eat my multivitamin every day and eat less overall, and I think I'm doing ok on most days (maybe 2 good for every 1 bad day) but I have yet to hit my goal of <1250 calories, which I'll supposedly need to do to lose weight. I'm starting to get a little discouraged. At the same time, I FEEL sooo much better these days. More energy and not feeling so bloated and down on myself. Also, I feel like I'm learning a lot about where I'm going wrong from reviewing my food log at the end of each day, so I feel like I learn useful stuff for the next day. And I learn so much from you guys and feel so much more confident and supported in my ability to do this! But still I have trouble remembering that wt loss takes time. I get so impatient, you know?

Anyway, thanks so much for all your support and great tips. If anyone has any other great tips they have found useful and would like to share, I'd love to hear them! My most recent fav is the "Kickboxing for Dummies" DVD. It's so much fun!

Hope you all had a fun and healthy weekend:)
 
Annabanana: you hit the nail on the head when you said "I feel like I'm learning a lot about where I'm going wrong from reviewing my food log at the end of each day, so I feel like I learn useful stuff for the next day"...that's exactly what I do at the end of every day...it really does help make better choices the next day.

I guess it will always be a little bit of a struggle between eating the way we know we need to to achieve/maintain a healthy weight and being surrounded by friends/family who honestly don't realize that 2 oz of pasta is considered a serving size - not 2 big bowls...Like Courage to Be said (thanks for the needed reminder) I had a pretty dysfunctional relationship with food myself before "the light dawned"...it's all about patience...with ourselves and those around us....who love us despite trying to fatten us up like a holiday goose.
 
Woohoo!

I am down to 136lbs now! :D That is 4 lbs in 2 weeks (I am preparing myself for the impending slow down, *pout*).

Also, luckily I have pretty supportive friends and family. I went out to lunch with friends Saturday and they just chuckled a little bit as I ordered a completely plain salad of greens and then emptied the baggie of grilled chicken I had prepared at home and used some dressing I had brought in a tiny little tupperware container. The girl taking my order was weirded out though. It took me five minutes of explaining that I wanted a salad, with nothing but greens (she kept asking if i wanted tomatoes, then cucumbers, then cheese, I'm like, seriously, no, just greens, nothing else!), plus she charged me for a regular salad, but at that point I didn't really care if I was paying $5 for a bed of lettuce, lol.
 
You go, girl!

Wow, 4 lbs in 2 weeks?? You go, Jennay! That is awesome! And way to stick to your guns. I'm so glad you have such supportive friends and family, too. HOORAY!!!!!!!! Selfishly, too, it's so fun when one of our little "team" loses b/c it's so motivating. It makes me feel like I can do this too! So, thanks for the motivation :)
 
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