Ugh, I'm irritated. I've been going to the gym (swimming for 1-1.5 hrs a day) and still walking a mile a day....
I did have around 2000 calories a day for 2-3 days in a row... but I have had that much before and lost... and mathematically, that is less calories than my body needs to maintain... so how come the last 2 days I have seen a slight gain :(
Very frustrating... And I know people say "its muscle", but I doubt that... if I was building muscle, I would be burning more fat and would either fit into smaller clothes, or see the scale go down. Neither is happening.
So apparently I cannot have 2000 calories without gaining, even if I supposedly burned over 500 exercising.
I want to see that number continue to move down. It is way too early to have it float all over the place :(

Welcome home Almeeker!! We had bet's on how many of those kids would be returning with you after 2 weeks of tooooo much togetherness! ( Just kidding!!) But you were missed! Glad you are home safe and sound.

Someone here was asking about brands of greek yogurt, or info on it ( I cant remember) and I said to wait til you got back hehe.

I would have dropped after the 2nd park.. congrats on doing all 9! And most of all, congrats on pretty much staying where you left weighwise! All the walking must have helped. :D

Hey hun,
I'm constantly seeing little gains during the week. My weight goes up and down like a Yoyo and I can gain up to 2-3lbs overnight and then lose it again (or more) a couple of days later.
If you're worried that it's because of calorie intake maybe you can try reducing your intake by 100 cals each day until you see the scale going in the right direction again? (But not going below 1300-1500 a day.)
As for the muscle thing, it may well be that a little. I've lost 37lbs and I still haven't dropped a full dress size. It's very frustrating, but looking at pictures I took about 5-6 weeks ago compared to now I've started to see visible changes in my body shape. Mainly that my stomach is starting to curve rather than being a big slab of flab, my lower arms are slimmer, as are my thighs (mainly around my knees) and my face looks less bloated. If you haven't taken pictures you should. I know it's painful and embarrassing, but really good when you can start seeing changes.
Keep at it, you are doing a great job with the walking and swimming. And your weight has been coming off quite quick, so I wouldn't worry too much. You're getting healthier, and you will start getting happier and more confident too. :D

Andddd, Welcome Back Almeeker!!!!

Awww thanks for the warm welcome! "There's no place like home, there's no place like home", come on little ruby slippers...

Yeah, walking all over was key to not packing on more pounds, I think my pedometer read 11,000+ every day, even the days we were at Cocoa Beach, because I made the kids walk up and down the beach with me looking for shells and such. It was fun though, the week we spent in Disney, it was with our 3 kids (ages 4, 7 and 9) plus my niece (age 9) and nephew (age 3), so 5 kids. I usually spend my day with 5 kids, so that was pretty easy for me. The second week was with just our 3 and that was heavenly, although I missed my niece a bit. I've spent time with her before, but it's always been really short and chaotic, like family dinners and such. This was 24-7 and side-by-side, it turns out she and I are A LOT alike. She's the little girl version of my goofy brother, it's absolutely hilarious, so I think this trip sealed our future as good buddies.

On Greek yogurt I really like all the brands I've tried so far. The cheapest one around here is Dannon Greek at $1+/serving, the plain version is 80 calories, 0g fat and 14g protein. My favorite is Fage Total 0%, it's about $2/serving, 0g fat and 15g protein, it's very thick and can be used as sour cream or sweetened and eaten like yogurt. Fage comes in various fat percentages, so you have to look at the package closely. I usually buy plain and add flavor myself, which is more flexible for me and then I get the added benefit of knowing the exact nutritional value of what's been stirred in my yogurt. I also like a brand called Chobani, I buy the plain fat free tub and that's what we use for sour cream around here, it's fairly inexpensive per ounce compared to the single serve cups, and with a packet of onion soup mix stirred in, it's a decent veggie dip.

When I first started buying Greek yogurt my family treated it like the plague, now I have to make sure I buy enough so that I actually get to eat some, we're currently averaging 15-20 tubs/week. They're all addicted now. DH likes his with honey and granola, which has been great for his high cholesterol, our oldest DD likes it with low-sugar blueberry jam and Kashi, our middle DD likes it with low-sugar strawberry jam and granola bars and the youngest likes it dumped over her baked potatoes.

Chunkydunk I'm sorry to hear you've stalled out. I stalled out at about that same amount of loss too. Just hang in there. One of the things that helped me was to read a post that said something like "(calories eaten - calories burned) /time = weight loss". Your weight today is not completely dependent on what you ate yesterday, it's about what you've eaten over your whole life, minus the calories you've burned over your whole life. When you're dieting it takes a while to even things out, so don't stick with it for the sake of tomorrow's weight, stick with it for the sake of all the tomorrows after that. Am I making sense? I would agree that you probably should drop your calories by a few, and you might also want to look at your protein intake, and up that a bit if it's been on the low side. I also would ask if you've been drinking enough water? That is critical for me, and I've been terrible about it lately.

home from vacation
 

Hey guys!

I was away for 2 weeks on vacation with my family. We went to wonderland in Toronto, then the toronto Zoo. It was fun.

I kept weighting myself to check up on myself and I was so happy to see that even before I left for T.O. I was losing. I have lost a total of 17 pounds now!!!!!!!!!!

I have no idea how or why and that scares me since I am now only 236 and I want to get down to 140. I am going to see a dietician on the 13th and I will let you know what she says since I see I am not alone when it comes to workingout and nothing happening.

I want to make sure this continues and a good pace because I would love to be 140 by my 10th wedding anniversary next year. I was 200 when I got married so that would be amazing, I was 150 when I met my husband 13 years ago (and still thought I was fat!).

Ahhhh I forgot to weight myself this morning lol. I will have to do it tomorrow morning andI will post it.

How did you come up with your goal? Like how did you do that math? how many weeks for how many pounds?

You are doing sooo well I am so jealous lol. I want to be just like you lol

Welcome back Almeeker & Christineval! Good to see you both again :).
To all who are destroying pounds this week - congratulations on your losses!
To those who have remained stationary - that's still a positive, fight the good fight!
And finally, to those who may have gained a bit, it does happen and don't fret! As others have stated, weight fluxuations are merely a part of the process. Don't let it derail you! What you've been doing works... so keep at it!

As for me, I am back to the stationary weight pattern. It seems that I notice a few pounds drop about once a week on the scale, and I do weigh everyday (personally I like that, and the fluxuations don't bother me).

My eating habits have been successfully healthy for one month now! I have 'officially' formed a new habit in logging my food everyday and making healthy choices! HOORAY!

My exercise efforts were daily up until a week ago, when I started to slack off a bit. I want to get back into my routine of 30 minutes of walking a day, and light weights -- but, I'm still proud of myself for acknowledging that I have been putting forth efforts this month and am *still thinking* about what I should be doing -- now, JUST DO IT! hehe

Hope you all have a fantastic week!

WE DESERVE TO BE FIT & FABULOUS!

Thanks, actually I haven't lost very much since the end of June, but at least I haven't fallen off the wagon completely. Summer is really hard for me, my garden is making goodies like crazy and I always do a ton of canning, which of course means eating, since there is no sense in canning it unless it tastes good right? I get into trouble out picking too, cherry tomatoes can just pop right off the vine and into my mouth and I don't even notice :eek: !

I came up with my goal weight by looking at various resources, charts at the gym, on-line sites and I also asked my doctors, both knee and regular. They both looked me in the eye and said 115, our Wii Fit Plus said 119.5, but it only lets me put in whole numbers and I'm only 5'-2" when I round up. I also have a slight or delicate skeletal frame, small hands, feet, wrists, ankles, teeth etc. I added in an extra 5 pounds because I'm rather well endowed and none of those charts or websites take cup size into consideration, if you know what I'm saying...

Woo, only 1.8lbs away from my halfway point... feels like it's taken forever so far though. :p

I've really enjoyed my wii fit since I first got it a week ago - it's made my workouts new and enjoyable. Plus I'm extremely competitive, so I'm always trying to beat my own scores or other people's scores who have played on it.

This week has just been beyond hectic, so I apologize for the short post - but I'm about to go pass out. I hope you ladies have been having a happy and sexy week. :cool:

Hi Ladies!

I've been in a rut for a few weeks but I think I'm finally snapping out of it. Last night I felt so awful after eating junk. So, after work today when my daughter invited me to go with her to the Y, I took her up on it and finally I exercised!! I don't know what it was, but I was really stubborn about getting back to exercising. It's so key for me because it helps me feel more positive and make better choices with my diet. I hope to get control of my calories again now and start losing again.

Smooshmcsmeesh - Thank-you very much for your kind encouragement last week when I posted about being in a rut. It encouraged me very much and helped me not to give up.

so i have lost about 6 pounds in 7 days. im not doing any crazy diet or anything though. im doing the diet my mom is doing which is pretty much called the 1 cup diet.. i feel better already! only 113 pounds to go.. i just ordered a digital scale. i made the mistake of buying a dial weight scale. they dont seem to be as accurate. i cant see over my stomach to even see how much i weighed anyway hahaha.. lesson learned!:rolleyes:

Start weight:260 lbs
Current weight:254 lbs
Goal weight: 140 lbs

With a little bit of help from some medium control knickers I'm finally wearing my next size down jeans. :D With no lumps, bumps or muffin top in sight! This is the first time in a looong time that I've felt good looking in the mirror.
Still a long way to go and while I'm still struggling to see a difference in my size I think I'm just over a quarter of the way there now. :o
It's so much easier than I thought it would be, and I'm so happy that I finally kicked my own a*** in to gear and started my battle with the bulge. And I definitely owe some thanks to my FitDay ladies, who have unwittingly unleashed the competitive beast within. ;) Big love to you all!

Weight watchers says I should be 124-155. I am 5'6". I am large frame, built like my dad a 6'3 265 ound man lol. When I met my husband 13 years ago I was 155 pounds for 8 months only and that was the only time I was actually healthy in my life. I remember thinking I was still fat so that is why I would like to maybe get to 140 but I would be really happy with 155 again for sure!

Bleh. My weight is all over the place. I couldn't figure out why, but now I am wondering if its going to be TTOTM early... because my breasts have been super tender :( (Sorry, TMI).
Anyways, its disappointing to say the least!

I was right about 155 before we left on vacation and I gotta say that one of the reasons I think I've slacked off on my dedication to dieting is that I actually quite like that weight for me as well. Although I do know that at 155 I'm still 20 pounds overweight I still have a bit of jiggle all over and the longer I'm at this weight the more I realize that I still do need to lose more. For my height, my weight should be 99-135 pounds. When I first read 99 pounds I was like "good grief there is no way", my mother would check me in to an eating disorder home. I picked 120 because that was close to my doctor's recommendations and smack dab in the middle of the recommended weight, that way I can go up or down and still be at a healthy weight.

Funny that you say you're built like your dad, I'm built just like my dad's sisters. My dad has a much blockier build, he's all torso with short legs, we always joke that he's built like a field stone privy (or a brick sh** house). Personally I'm hoping to get my figure all the way to "built like a sack of wild cats", it's a work in progress.

Oh and ladies I'm starting a new thread for September, I thought a funny one the other day and have been chuckling to myself over starting it.

Blue Jean Breakthrough!
 

BOO: How exciting is that! I know exactly what you mean! I bought a pair of sz '20P SLIM' yesterday and could not stop staring and smiling in the dressing room mirror. Like everyone here, I can not remember being THAT size for at least a decade - maybe two! Keep up the great work and walk that butt off. It sure helps to get into the Jeans! :D
Carren

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