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fat2fit said:
If you promise to go exercise tomorrow, then I will too. I will be back tomorrow to let you know that I went. I hope you go and enjoy it!
Cathy
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I did go to the Gym and had a great workout, and a also had a few epiphanies about my attitudes towards food and exercies.

First, the workout. I coordinate going to the gym with my boyfriend going to boxing, and tonight his class was 1.5 hours, so that means I had a little longer at the gym. So I did an hour of cardio for ~1000 cals (or however accurate the calorie counter is on those machines! But i did work up quite a sweat so I know I was working hard, plus my hear rate hit near max on my intervals). I also did a half hour of weights; tonight was back/chest and triceps.

But I think more importantly than actually doing the exercise is that I realized that I often reward myself for some good deed or sticking to my plan by eating foods restricted in my diet plan (perrogies, chocolate, fries etc.) and punish myself for going off plan by having to do extra mins of cardio at the gym. I'm sure we all do this from time to time; we ate that extra cookie at lunch so we need to do an extra 20 minutes on the stairclimber. Or we're good and on track for a week so we get to eat that huge piece of chocolate cate or have fries rather than salad. And I realized that's just conditioning my brain to always hate exercise, and always seek out junk food! I think it's important to treat oneself every now and then, but I don't think it should be a "reward". As well, I should enjoy and look forward to trips to the gym ('cause I do feel really good afterwards) but if it's always, "I've been bad and here's my consequence", I'm never going to want to go! So, as of today, I'm going to try to associate the gym with all things positive; that endorphin high after a killer cardio session, muscles being sore the next morning (I actually enjoy this, means I worked hard!), being able to lift more and run faster next week. And as for "reward food", I'm just going to treat it as part of my diet plan, that Thursday I'll have a food I'm craving as part of my calorie count and not because I did so well during the week.

Wow, this turned into a rant. Sorry 'bout that!

I hope everyone's Wednesday morning weigh-ins went well!

Ciao
 
jojoluvsu2 said:
I did go to the Gym and had a great workout, and a also had a few epiphanies about my attitudes towards food and exercies.

First, the workout. I coordinate going to the gym with my boyfriend going to boxing, and tonight his class was 1.5 hours, so that means I had a little longer at the gym. So I did an hour of cardio for ~1000 cals (or however accurate the calorie counter is on those machines! But i did work up quite a sweat so I know I was working hard, plus my hear rate hit near max on my intervals). I also did a half hour of weights; tonight was back/chest and triceps.

But I think more importantly than actually doing the exercise is that I realized that I often reward myself for some good deed or sticking to my plan by eating foods restricted in my diet plan (perrogies, chocolate, fries etc.) and punish myself for going off plan by having to do extra mins of cardio at the gym. I'm sure we all do this from time to time; we ate that extra cookie at lunch so we need to do an extra 20 minutes on the stairclimber. Or we're good and on track for a week so we get to eat that huge piece of chocolate cate or have fries rather than salad. And I realized that's just conditioning my brain to always hate exercise, and always seek out junk food! I think it's important to treat oneself every now and then, but I don't think it should be a "reward". As well, I should enjoy and look forward to trips to the gym ('cause I do feel really good afterwards) but if it's always, "I've been bad and here's my consequence", I'm never going to want to go! So, as of today, I'm going to try to associate the gym with all things positive; that endorphin high after a killer cardio session, muscles being sore the next morning (I actually enjoy this, means I worked hard!), being able to lift more and run faster next week. And as for "reward food", I'm just going to treat it as part of my diet plan, that Thursday I'll have a food I'm craving as part of my calorie count and not because I did so well during the week.

Wow, this turned into a rant. Sorry 'bout that!

I hope everyone's Wednesday morning weigh-ins went well!

Ciao
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Good job on the work out. Maybe you can treat yourself with a healthy dessert (if there's such a thing). Just wondering, how'd you end up weighing yourself on Wednesdays?
 
great job, jojo. It is good that you looked into why you didn't like going to exercise and found an answer. I understand what you are saying about rewarding yourself with food and disciplining yourself with exercise. It sets you(and me, and everyone else) up for failure. Thanks for bringing it to light, hopefully it will help me to get into the gym more often.
Cathy
 
Rewarding myself with food eh? Oh yeah i used to do that, I'd walk to tim hortons just so i could say ' hey i walked here i can have a bagel smothered in cream cheese." It's a really hard habit to break but if you can you'll life way easier.

Right now for me it's a matter of doing the hard workout or doing two easier ones to makeup for not doing the hard one. I know the two easy ones do not burn the same calories as the hard one, I know it and yet I still try and convince myself that two is always better than one.

Also I am jealous of all you people with gyms to go to. I'd kill to have access to machines.
 
20lbgoal said:
Good job on the work out. Maybe you can treat yourself with a healthy dessert (if there's such a thing). Just wondering, how'd you end up weighing yourself on Wednesdays?
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I just copied the timeline someone had written out on the original page. I think everyone who joined a little later and is going until May 7 seems to be weighing in on the Wednesday.

3 days at the gym in a row! Whoo! I think I'm going to take a rest tonight, I can feel my body getting tired and that usually means, for me, a plateau is imminent because I can't push myself as hard at the gym due to tired muscles. I think a nice walk along the river trail right by my house with a friend is a good reward for a week of hard work, then hitting the gym hard saturday.
 
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ladyumbra said:
Rewarding myself with food eh? Oh yeah i used to do that, I'd walk to tim hortons just so i could say ' hey i walked here i can have a bagel smothered in cream cheese." It's a really hard habit to break but if you can you'll life way easier.

Right now for me it's a matter of doing the hard workout or doing two easier ones to makeup for not doing the hard one. I know the two easy ones do not burn the same calories as the hard one, I know it and yet I still try and convince myself that two is always better than one.

Also I am jealous of all you people with gyms to go to. I'd kill to have access to machines.
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I hear you about the "short walk = lots of food"! I worked on a farm for a few summers, and there was a corner store about a 2 block walk from the dorm I was staying at on the farm. I didn't have a car, so I justified going to grab a snack if I walked there. Which might have worked if I just grabbed something small, but while I was at the store I'd load up; bag of chips, chocolate bar and icecream for the walk home. I don't think the 15 minute walk there and back added up to ~1000 cals of junk!

1 hard workout vs 2 easy? IMO (and it is just that) maybe alternate days. A good all out ass whooping is always good, but two less-hard workouts in a day can be good too, give your muscles a chance to regenerate and keep the metabolism up all day.

Do you do your workouts at home?
 
Hello all,

Just checking in with everyone and I see there's some discussion on your progress! Hope the transformations are going smoothly. I can't say as an admin I set a good example, as I was on my holiday this week:p Bad bad bad......as my weight gaining goal I probably did gain some, but not muscle as intended.....probably more in the fat department....ugh.

At least I can't win the prizes:p Speaking of, Sean posted some of the ones we are getting from Sissel, so if you haven't had a chance to look at them, there is a posting aside the other threads for the contest.

Make sure to keep your weight posts weekly and up to date in the weigh in threads!

I'll be looking into some winners for the first set of prizes for month #1 this week.

Keep up the good work!
 
nikegirl24 said:
Hello all,

Just checking in with everyone and I see there's some discussion on your progress! Hope the transformations are going smoothly. I can't say as an admin I set a good example, as I was on my holiday this week:p Bad bad bad......as my weight gaining goal I probably did gain some, but not muscle as intended.....probably more in the fat department....ugh.

At least I can't win the prizes:p Speaking of, Sean posted some of the ones we are getting from Sissel, so if you haven't had a chance to look at them, there is a posting aside the other threads for the contest.

Make sure to keep your weight posts weekly and up to date in the weigh in threads!

I'll be looking into some winners for the first set of prizes for month #1 this week.

Keep up the good work!
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You weren't the only one on holiday. My tuesday weigh in wasn't what I expected, my body fat reading was a lot higher than what I or my workout buddy expected, I had a cold so I "couldn't" do my cardio this week (plus it was/is cold and wet outside)... what a bunch of downers! To add to that, my mother and I had our birthdays this past week and I feasted for about 4 days! (I'm sort of complaining about it, but I had a lot of fun lol :cheers2:). I just finished eating some left overs including pecan pie, and I think I'm ready to get back on track. I don't think this week's (02/26) weigh in will be very good, but I'm determined to have a good one the week after (03/04). :rant:
 
jojoluvsu2 ~ yeah home is all i have to work with but it's pretty good. i can finally go outside to workout again. A daily walk in the park should kick up my calorie burning a bit and change up my routine a little.

Most importantly it's one month in and I feel great ( if a bit more tired than usual everyday)

Nikegirl those are some awesome prizes right there.
 
ladyumbra said:
jojoluvsu2 ~ yeah home is all i have to work with but it's pretty good. i can finally go outside to workout again. A daily walk in the park should kick up my calorie burning a bit and change up my routine a little.
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I can see how having a gym puts us at an advantage for weight loss, but I think you're setting yourself up for a life of healthy living by doing it at home! I'm not always going to have a gym membership (secretly I HATE the gym), and once I decide to no longer go to a gym I'm going to have to figure out how to increase my activity in daily life! You'll have already figured that out. I'll get a dog or something, take it for runs ;)

As for me, down another pound! And that was while on my period :) Can't wait to see if it was actually more once the extra water weight goes away. I started eating a bit more at night, and I think that's making a huge difference in my energy level.

How is everyone else doing?
 
I didn't do so hot this week. I decided to up my calories to a healthy range and watch my fat/protein/carbs intake better, because I wasn't doing it regularly and my calories were way too low, so in turn with this I gained weight this week.
But i'm okay with it, not going to beat myself up.
Hows everyone? :]
 
Looks like everyone's doing well.

Remember guys and girls, especially those of you not seeing the poundages they'd like to - take measurements and body fat readings, they help - it's not how fast you are out of the gate, but rather how willing you are to suffer. :D If you never give up, you can't lose. ;)
 
Casanova it sounds like despite the gain you're doing what you need to. Now that you're back up to a better intake you can decrease slowly.

I should follow your example of watching my fat/protein/carbs, mostly I've just been monitoring the calories and running from sugar

*waves to focus* Measurements went well minus my upper leg which somehow got bigger. I'm not sure if this actually happened of if I made a mistake measuring.

Due to the magic of my friends loving to play DDR as much as I do i now have less to worry about this weekended. I might be indulging in a slice of two of my birthday cake but I can make sure it won't ruin my eating plans but still getting in my exercise via DDR.
 
I am going to start decreasing next week i'm thinking, so I can make sure my intake is regular enough.

lady umbra, you should try it for a week or two, or a month. It might seem inconvenient at first, but use , or start a journal on yourown to record it, and it can help a lot. :]
Also, I love DDR! Its my favorite way to exercise.
 
Or try FitDay.com, if you want a little more freedom to choose what you eat. It'll tell you the % of the macros, but it's up to you to keep them balanced.

Small update for me, I've decided to do a triathlon in the spring (a try-a-tri, shorter distance). Hopefully that'll keep me motivated to workout, beyond just trying to lose weight. Though I may have to take a few swimming lessons again, I havn't had any formal instruction since I was about 8.

:)
 
I've never actually been on fitday.com, i'll have to check it out now.

I want to run two marathons for cancer; ones in may, and the other is in october, so its plent of time. The second one is a 5k, and i'd love to be healthy enough to run it. since the snow is finally leaving[newfoundland weather=messed up] so i'm taking up regular walking/jogging/running in the mornings again.^_^
Good luck with it, even though its a while away!
 
Congrats to everyone putting up with the contest :D
What's your goal for the weigh in 4 weeks from now (3/18 or 3/19) and how do you plan to do it?

My goals:
-for my arms to stay the same circumference (lose fat, gain muscle)
-lose some inches on my stomach (don't know how much)
-continue lifting at least twice a week (I've already increased the weights I lift by a couple lbs)
-continue to do some form of aerobics at least 3 times a week (usually jogging for 20-30 minutes or riding my bike for an hour).
-cut down on bean and cheese burritos from del taco and taco bell, cheese has too much fat and the whole thing just has too much sodium
-walk my dog more often
-get down to 185 lbs (7.6 lbs!!!)
 
my goal is to be 173 by 03/19 that is minus 7lbs how Im gonna do it is excercise excercise excercise and healthy eating
 
What's your goal for the weigh in 4 weeks from now (3/18 or 3/19)

*My goal is not so much for the weigh in but for my measurements. I want at least 2 inches gone off my hips.

*Weight loss wise I'd be happy for 6-7 pounds.

how do you plan to do it?
1.5 hours cardio a day
1 resistance session every day
mandatory 5 hours sleep a night so i have the energy to workout.
 
Thats a good question!

What's your goal for the weigh in 4 weeks from now (3/18 or 3/19)
I am not really focusing on weight so much as my measurements. I get more success in thatarea, and I feel its more important that a number on the scale that could be inaccurate unless you have a good one.
With that said, my goal is to lose up to five inches on my hips, and maybe 2 or 3 on my waist. my hips need to catch up with the rest of my body asap:p

how do you plan to do it?
Way too many rounds of DDR, a lot of cardio workouts[turbo jam ftw!], walking/jogging/running, crunches.
cardio five days a week
strength training three days a week.
eight hours sleep ^_^ [ i love sleep x 94395]
 
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