I loved the water points too! We might have to bring that one back in a couple of weeks.
Weight-Loss WL competition TEAM GOLD
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Weight-Loss
San2
Mod
Slightly delayed update, sorry about that. Copied from my score sheet:
Jan. 25: 356.3 lbs (- 5.4 lbs) - 1.49%
ex. points: 12 (max for every day except Thursday)
mini chall. points: 14 (max. every day)
I honestly didn't expect to have lost any weight this week, since my eating was rather...erratic, to say the least, and not exactly healthy. Thursday was the worst (that was the day of the funeral), and I ended up eating more sweets than I should have. Looks like the fact that I was good on sweets and portion size for the rest of the week still counted for something, so I am not complaining.
I managed to do a minimum hour of exercise each day, again with the exception of Thursday. I simply couldn't fit it into the day - I was up at 7 to get the kid ready for school, then had to drive to the florist and pick up the flowers, drop them off, then get dressed and ready, funeral at 12, back at the house at 2, and then there were scores of people there, relatives and others, which we had to cater for, so it was past 8 when the last ones were gone - and then all I wanted was to get home, out of the black clothes, and collapse into my bed.
Mini challenge was easier than expected, so full points for every day.
From now on, things should be calming down and slowly going back to normal. We still have to clear the house, but at least I won't have to deal with any more relatives that I have never even seen or heard of!!
Full points for yesterday's mini challenge - despite spending a large part of the day in the car, stuck on a snowy road, I managed to limit myself to drinking coffee to keep warm, and flavoured, calorie free, still water. And I even got an hour of exercise in - half of it done by jogging (well, brisk walking) up and down about 2 miles of the motorway when the road was completely closed and I had the choice between running out of fuel, and getting out and moving so I wouldn't freeze my behind off!
Jan. 25: 356.3 lbs (- 5.4 lbs) - 1.49%
ex. points: 12 (max for every day except Thursday)
mini chall. points: 14 (max. every day)
I honestly didn't expect to have lost any weight this week, since my eating was rather...erratic, to say the least, and not exactly healthy. Thursday was the worst (that was the day of the funeral), and I ended up eating more sweets than I should have. Looks like the fact that I was good on sweets and portion size for the rest of the week still counted for something, so I am not complaining.
I managed to do a minimum hour of exercise each day, again with the exception of Thursday. I simply couldn't fit it into the day - I was up at 7 to get the kid ready for school, then had to drive to the florist and pick up the flowers, drop them off, then get dressed and ready, funeral at 12, back at the house at 2, and then there were scores of people there, relatives and others, which we had to cater for, so it was past 8 when the last ones were gone - and then all I wanted was to get home, out of the black clothes, and collapse into my bed.
Mini challenge was easier than expected, so full points for every day.
From now on, things should be calming down and slowly going back to normal. We still have to clear the house, but at least I won't have to deal with any more relatives that I have never even seen or heard of!!
Full points for yesterday's mini challenge - despite spending a large part of the day in the car, stuck on a snowy road, I managed to limit myself to drinking coffee to keep warm, and flavoured, calorie free, still water. And I even got an hour of exercise in - half of it done by jogging (well, brisk walking) up and down about 2 miles of the motorway when the road was completely closed and I had the choice between running out of fuel, and getting out and moving so I wouldn't freeze my behind off!
Omega
Moderator
Slightly delayed update, sorry about that. Copied from my score sheet:
Jan. 25: 356.3 lbs (- 5.4 lbs) - 1.49%
ex. points: 12 (max for every day except Thursday)
mini chall. points: 14 (max. every day)
I honestly didn't expect to have lost any weight this week, since my eating was rather...erratic, to say the least, and not exactly healthy. Thursday was the worst (that was the day of the funeral), and I ended up eating more sweets than I should have. Looks like the fact that I was good on sweets and portion size for the rest of the week still counted for something, so I am not complaining.
I managed to do a minimum hour of exercise each day, again with the exception of Thursday. I simply couldn't fit it into the day - I was up at 7 to get the kid ready for school, then had to drive to the florist and pick up the flowers, drop them off, then get dressed and ready, funeral at 12, back at the house at 2, and then there were scores of people there, relatives and others, which we had to cater for, so it was past 8 when the last ones were gone - and then all I wanted was to get home, out of the black clothes, and collapse into my bed.
Mini challenge was easier than expected, so full points for every day.
From now on, things should be calming down and slowly going back to normal. We still have to clear the house, but at least I won't have to deal with any more relatives that I have never even seen or heard of!!
Full points for yesterday's mini challenge - despite spending a large part of the day in the car, stuck on a snowy road, I managed to limit myself to drinking coffee to keep warm, and flavoured, calorie free, still water. And I even got an hour of exercise in - half of it done by jogging (well, brisk walking) up and down about 2 miles of the motorway when the road was completely closed and I had the choice between running out of fuel, and getting out and moving so I wouldn't freeze my behind off!
I said right at the start that you would be a strong member of our team - and you have proved me so right it is silly... You are still the strong challenge player that I remember from a few years back... You have done amazingly well to come out of a particularly challenging week with such a brilliant number of points... All that and impressive weight loss too.
GOLD is such a motivated team - that literally nothing can get in our way.
We are showing the whole forum what motivation looks like...
We are also showing everyone why people quote Aristotle when they speak of teams, and say that it is "greater than the sum of its parts".
Nothing can stop us from making our weight loss dreams come true.
GOLD is as strong as any winning team on the planet.
GOLD will win this challenge.
Omega
Moderator
LOL as a PCOS lady I can pretty much guarantee that I will not get more weight loss than anyone else... It will therefore not be my decision what people do for any of the mini challenges...
I can say that we would all be wise to continue drinking at least 64 ounces or 2 litres of water every day for the entire length of the challenge whether we get challenge points or not. This will help regarding not only our general health but also as a measure to minimise water retention which we tend to get either from eating high sodium or TOM...
I can also say that we would be very wise to do this in the last week in order to make our final weighing as good as possible...
Justina
New member
What an awesome team!!! Well done everyone - way to go!!
I have revised my numbers & I realized I got something wrong - losing 40 lbs in 10 weeks is not reasonable for me. As much as I want to hurry along my weight -loss ( if I could help it - I'd be 180 tomorrow, right? ) - I am happy to go with an average rate of 2.5 lbs a week. Having said that I won't be upset if it's more than that at any given weigh in day.
So my new goal is 30 lbs instead of 40 by the end of week 10. which is a decent weight loss I think.
My mini goal is still 230 - I want to achieve that by the beginning of May.
My mini goal is sad really. Last time I was here (2011) - that was my highest weight & I hated it!! & now to think that 230 is my goal...ugh...
I really don't know how i could let myself down so bad..
Anyway rant is over.
Have a great week 3 everyone!!! We gonna rock it!
I have revised my numbers & I realized I got something wrong - losing 40 lbs in 10 weeks is not reasonable for me. As much as I want to hurry along my weight -loss ( if I could help it - I'd be 180 tomorrow, right? ) - I am happy to go with an average rate of 2.5 lbs a week. Having said that I won't be upset if it's more than that at any given weigh in day.
So my new goal is 30 lbs instead of 40 by the end of week 10. which is a decent weight loss I think.
My mini goal is still 230 - I want to achieve that by the beginning of May.
My mini goal is sad really. Last time I was here (2011) - that was my highest weight & I hated it!! & now to think that 230 is my goal...ugh...I really don't know how i could let myself down so bad..
Anyway rant is over.
Have a great week 3 everyone!!! We gonna rock it!
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Quercus
New member
Hey gang! Congrats to everybody!
I missed my first day of exercise as I had something wrong with my ear and my equilibrium was so off that I had to have help to walk without falling. I was in bed within a half hour of getting home.
That's my first day to miss and it bugs me. I woke this morning and felt fine. I did an hour on the spin bike and went straight into an hour long walk. I know the points don't count, but I feel so much better being "caught up".
I am down .4 pound this morning and I've drank no calories and no artificial sweetener either.
I missed my first day of exercise as I had something wrong with my ear and my equilibrium was so off that I had to have help to walk without falling. I was in bed within a half hour of getting home.
That's my first day to miss and it bugs me. I woke this morning and felt fine. I did an hour on the spin bike and went straight into an hour long walk. I know the points don't count, but I feel so much better being "caught up".
I am down .4 pound this morning and I've drank no calories and no artificial sweetener either.
Omega
Moderator
Quercus - I'm sorry about the ear and equilibrium... none of us can help our bodies having real problems from time to time... It is important that you do not risk falling over just to stop me nagging you... It sounds like you are ok now - which is good news. If you get any more problems like that - be sure to mention it to your doctor.
Feel good about your weight loss... and the two points that you did earn.
Feel good about your weight loss... and the two points that you did earn.
Quercus
New member
Omega- Thanks for understanding, the ear thing was weird. I still have an earache and headache, but no balance issues. We've had wide swings in our weather this past week and I've been outdoors a ton this past week so it is likely the drastic changes and my allergies at play here.
Justina- I feel your pain. I was down to 275 in 2011. I did not do it in a healthy manner and I gained it back quickly. I'm doing it right this time and I realize that the scale or at least the measuring tape will be a constant part of my life from now on. Once I hit my goal weight (I don't even know what that is yet) I'll have to weigh once a week and/or measure my stomach to make sure I don't start to regain the fat and if I do, I will have to go back to recording calories and exercising more until it's back. Maintaining will be easy compared to what we are accomplishing now. We will get there together!
Justina- I feel your pain. I was down to 275 in 2011. I did not do it in a healthy manner and I gained it back quickly. I'm doing it right this time and I realize that the scale or at least the measuring tape will be a constant part of my life from now on. Once I hit my goal weight (I don't even know what that is yet) I'll have to weigh once a week and/or measure my stomach to make sure I don't start to regain the fat and if I do, I will have to go back to recording calories and exercising more until it's back. Maintaining will be easy compared to what we are accomplishing now. We will get there together!
Omega
Moderator
Justina - I thought at the start that some of the weight loss goals were optimistic. Yours was one of the ones that worried me... I would dearly love you to lose the 40 pounds that you originally spoke of - but have to say that the 30 pound goal that you have changed it to is likely to be closer to the mark...
The rule of thumb for reasonable average weight loss after the first week or so of trying that I tend to subscribe to is 1% of weight if you work hard... People tend to lose more in the first week as their bodies get used to the change of habits... That would lead me to pick a goal of 26 or 27 for you... Everyone knows their own bodies best so the 30 that you have come up with sounds about right.
Equally - I would just love to lose more than the 17 pounds that I set as my own goal - but I know that I will need to stay focused and work hard to get anywhere near that... You have to believe that if I could get back down to my goal weight which is less than 40 pounds away within the 10 weeks I would shoot for it... I have loads of lovely clothes that I got when I got to goal weight sitting in a giant case and I am spending my life in an interim wardrobe where I wear the same things week in week out...
If you think that you want to rant about being heavier than you were - you can imagine how much I would like to rant about having been at goal and messed it up... I was measured under lab conditions by uk biobank back in 2009 and had a body fat percent of 21.7%... that is classed as "fitness" or "lean" for a woman of my age... and I totally messed it up...
We are where we are......
We have to pick ourselves up and push our weight back down to make our dreams come true...
I certainly know what to do... I have done it before...
We can all do it...
And we will...
ASAP... The challenge goal is meaningless... We will all sail past it if we can... We are going to make our dreams come true.
The rule of thumb for reasonable average weight loss after the first week or so of trying that I tend to subscribe to is 1% of weight if you work hard... People tend to lose more in the first week as their bodies get used to the change of habits... That would lead me to pick a goal of 26 or 27 for you... Everyone knows their own bodies best so the 30 that you have come up with sounds about right.
Equally - I would just love to lose more than the 17 pounds that I set as my own goal - but I know that I will need to stay focused and work hard to get anywhere near that... You have to believe that if I could get back down to my goal weight which is less than 40 pounds away within the 10 weeks I would shoot for it... I have loads of lovely clothes that I got when I got to goal weight sitting in a giant case and I am spending my life in an interim wardrobe where I wear the same things week in week out...
If you think that you want to rant about being heavier than you were - you can imagine how much I would like to rant about having been at goal and messed it up... I was measured under lab conditions by uk biobank back in 2009 and had a body fat percent of 21.7%... that is classed as "fitness" or "lean" for a woman of my age... and I totally messed it up...
We are where we are......
We have to pick ourselves up and push our weight back down to make our dreams come true...
I certainly know what to do... I have done it before...
We can all do it...
And we will...
ASAP... The challenge goal is meaningless... We will all sail past it if we can... We are going to make our dreams come true.
Omega
Moderator
And I want my old ticker back...
The one that goes all the way from 294 down to 126. I loved it... And it looked so good towards the end...
I threw it away as it makes my current situation look good instead of the way that it is... a new project...
When I get back to goal I will have my proper ticker...
It sounds silly - but it is important to me.
The one that goes all the way from 294 down to 126. I loved it... And it looked so good towards the end...
I threw it away as it makes my current situation look good instead of the way that it is... a new project...
When I get back to goal I will have my proper ticker...
It sounds silly - but it is important to me.
Justina
New member
Thanks Omega & Quercus!
For me this is the 3rd time doing this whole weight-loss thing. So i know how you feel Omega..
In 2004 I was 175 (From 275 in 2003) - for my height that was a healthy weight.
I had a year out in Spain & I lost the weight (tons of exercise, healthy eating). Then I was back in the UK, at university: eating all junk, take away, sweets, drinking out etc - like everyone else! Only i am not like anyone else - and I put on back most of the weight. By 2007 I was back to 270...
Then I moved to Spain/Italy again & lost the weight in about 2-3 years. I was down to 200.
Then I married my husband, moved to the US & I was back with fast food & sweets etc...this time i was sitting at home (no job ) & the weight crawled back on.
Now I am doing this again....& this is going to be the last time - if i can lose weight here (fast food heaven), then I can be disciplined enough to maintain it!
So hey - there is my struggle with weight.
And as Quercus said - I need to weigh in & make sure I exercise every day even after I am at my target weight. It has to be a lifestyle for me.
For me this is the 3rd time doing this whole weight-loss thing. So i know how you feel Omega..
In 2004 I was 175 (From 275 in 2003) - for my height that was a healthy weight.
I had a year out in Spain & I lost the weight (tons of exercise, healthy eating). Then I was back in the UK, at university: eating all junk, take away, sweets, drinking out etc - like everyone else! Only i am not like anyone else - and I put on back most of the weight. By 2007 I was back to 270...
Then I moved to Spain/Italy again & lost the weight in about 2-3 years. I was down to 200.
Then I married my husband, moved to the US & I was back with fast food & sweets etc...this time i was sitting at home (no job
) & the weight crawled back on. Now I am doing this again....& this is going to be the last time - if i can lose weight here (fast food heaven), then I can be disciplined enough to maintain it!
So hey - there is my struggle with weight.
And as Quercus said - I need to weigh in & make sure I exercise every day even after I am at my target weight. It has to be a lifestyle for me.
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Omega
Moderator
Absolutely - it is something that we need to do for life...
This is the reason I left this site in the first place... There is absolutely nothing for maintenance here... There never was... If you check the sections there is not a section about maintenance... I think that the only thing there ever was is a maintenance club which I started in the clubs section and which died the day I left with a group of friends... The only challenges that ever gave points for weight maintenance if you are a maintainer were the ones that I ran... No-one else ever ran one... OK there were exercise challenges - but that is not a problem... Challenges can be a very useful tool for many people that are not natural weight controllers... Nothing changes with maintenance - but the challenges often disappear...
Just a word of warning for people thinking about how the future can work!
This is the reason I left this site in the first place... There is absolutely nothing for maintenance here... There never was... If you check the sections there is not a section about maintenance... I think that the only thing there ever was is a maintenance club which I started in the clubs section and which died the day I left with a group of friends... The only challenges that ever gave points for weight maintenance if you are a maintainer were the ones that I ran... No-one else ever ran one... OK there were exercise challenges - but that is not a problem... Challenges can be a very useful tool for many people that are not natural weight controllers... Nothing changes with maintenance - but the challenges often disappear...
Just a word of warning for people thinking about how the future can work!
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anna.banana
New member
I'm no good at this weeks mini challenge and failed on the first day. I keep thinking that I should try and do at least one day, but not sure if i'll get there. Oh well, I just can't give up milk in my coffee!
Sorry team
Sorry team
Justina
New member
Hey Anna - I did fail it today too!
I accidentally had iced tea with sugar. I thought it had stevia as a sweetener (0 calories). By the time I realized it, I was half way through the bottle - so I gave the rest of the drink to my husband. Oh well.
Quercus - you defo set a challenging challenge this week!
Other than that I did great with food & exercise (2hrs)
I accidentally had iced tea with sugar. I thought it had stevia as a sweetener (0 calories). By the time I realized it, I was half way through the bottle - so I gave the rest of the drink to my husband. Oh well.
Quercus - you defo set a challenging challenge this week!
Other than that I did great with food & exercise (2hrs)
San2
Mod
I can certainly feel everybody's pain about putting weight back on. *sigh*
I went from 368 to 245 (that was my lowest), and stayed there for about 6 months before the weight started creeping back on. Slowly at first, and then the pounds were almost back by the dozens within a few weeks. Now I'm pretty much back where I started, and it's so damn frustrating!!!
On the upside, I know what I did wrong. I know what works for me, and what doesn't. I don't need to try around and learn by trial and error. I know what I have to do, so all I need is get my oversized backside into gear and do it. That's a lot more than other people can say, so I guess it's not all bad.
And I see everybody is doing great, looks like I definitely ended up in the right team.
I went from 368 to 245 (that was my lowest), and stayed there for about 6 months before the weight started creeping back on. Slowly at first, and then the pounds were almost back by the dozens within a few weeks. Now I'm pretty much back where I started, and it's so damn frustrating!!!
On the upside, I know what I did wrong. I know what works for me, and what doesn't. I don't need to try around and learn by trial and error. I know what I have to do, so all I need is get my oversized backside into gear and do it. That's a lot more than other people can say, so I guess it's not all bad.
And I see everybody is doing great, looks like I definitely ended up in the right team.
Omega
Moderator
San - Your memory is playing tricks on you and robbing you of some of your sense of past achievement... You got into the 230s in September 09... You did better than you remember... You will be back there soon with the focus that you are now showing. LOL Margaret has the cursed combination of a good memory and knowing where to look...
Summer Shakeup...
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/threads/32221-Summer-Shake-Up-Challenge-Chat-Thread/page32
You know what to do... You know that there are no shortcuts... You are not going to sit back and try surgery because you know that is not going to be your answer... It is not right for you.
You are back on track. You just need to keep on doing what you are doing...
You certainly are in the right team... and in the right challenge...
I actually feel sorry for people who come to this forum and didnt join the challenge... they are missing out on what in retrospect will be one of the best weight loss tools this year...
Summer Shakeup...
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/threads/32221-Summer-Shake-Up-Challenge-Chat-Thread/page32
You know what to do... You know that there are no shortcuts... You are not going to sit back and try surgery because you know that is not going to be your answer... It is not right for you.
You are back on track. You just need to keep on doing what you are doing...
You certainly are in the right team... and in the right challenge...
I actually feel sorry for people who come to this forum and didnt join the challenge... they are missing out on what in retrospect will be one of the best weight loss tools this year...
Omega
Moderator
As I see it - a maintenance diary is just a diary for someone in maintenance that has decided to set up a new diary and name it accordingly... We can all call our diaries whatever we feel like - but I cannot see how starting a new diary really helps much at all...
When I was at goal weight I found that the forum offered me very little... So many people disappeared as they got to goal weight (taking a heap of weight loss experience with them)... The challenges dried up... you hardly belonged here if you were not actively trying to lose weight... i found other ways of staying in touch of many of my forum friends from that era - we moved either to another diet forum or stayed in touch via facebook...
One of the best things that any forum such as this could do is dramatically expand the maintenance aspect. Otherwise people will stop coming and either go nowhere or go to a forum that addresses this need.
Omega
Moderator
We will all hit stumbling blocks... There are things that I would not do to earn challenge points - but I will not give examples of them as it would give people ideas of things to ask of us...
If milk in coffee is a major issue for you - is there a change that would enable you to earn the points... I am thinking that there would not be a problem if you had a diet drink instead. You can have them hot or cold...
If you are used to having it at a meal time - maybe an extra soup course or replacing coffee with soup entirely would work.
We have snow in England at the minute, and I have just had a bowl of soup as part of my lunch. The soup was highly nutritious and definitely a food... It was part of a batch that I made yesterday.
Recipe...
I first made a huge pan full of stock... I do not use stock cubes as they are too high in sodium and not very nutritious... I saved a bag full of clean peelings from when I made a main meal... there were all sorts in there - carrot, potatoes, onion, cabbage and all sorts. I filled up the huge pan with water and boiled it for quite a long time...
It sounds like quite an odd thing to do - but you get a stock which is so much better than stock cubes it is silly... We all know that the most nutritious part of many vegetables is in or just below the peel - this extracts those vitamins instead of discarding them...
Then I sprayed a little fry light in the bottom of a wide deep pan and dry fried some onions, a peeled, deseeded and cubed large butternut squash and some garlic... I added a couple of peeled and cubed potatoes... I then filled up the pan with the lovely stock and cooked it for quite a while...
I then put it through the food processor. There is no mistaking the fact that it is a food and not simply a drink...
I now have a huge container full of soup in the fridge and I will have a bowl full every day this week.
Having soup is a really healthy thing to do - either as a meal or as a starter course...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8068733.stm
Quercus
New member
I assumed drinking 0 calories would be tough. I made it a single point a day so that if you don't make it others that do aren't too far ahead. I thought it would be useful to everyone to make the calories that you drink a focus. If you can't do it then you know you normally drink calories which should be accounted for in your diet. The problem with drinking calories is that a lot of them aren't healthy calories coming from sugar, fat, and alcohol.
I've decided to take it a step further and not drink artificial sweeteners as well. This has been very difficult for me as I have been craving diet soda and sweets in general. This tells me that I needed to cut down or quit the artificial sweeteners because they increase your appetite for sweets artificial or not.
I've decided to take it a step further and not drink artificial sweeteners as well. This has been very difficult for me as I have been craving diet soda and sweets in general. This tells me that I needed to cut down or quit the artificial sweeteners because they increase your appetite for sweets artificial or not.