Weight-loss check-in

[hamster]

There was a bit of interest in having a MM check-in in my plea for staying on track last week, so today seems like a great time to start!

How did everybody do over the last week? What about over the weekend? Successes or failures?

[hamster]

Overall, I'm generally happy. I did my PiYo twice last week, and this weekend moved 2+ cords of wood so I got in some muscle building. I ended up not going for a run, but I'll plan on Tuesday. Weekend eating/drinking could have been better, but it's always a struggle for me to stay on track on sunny saturdays. Especially while hauling wood. Gotta stay hydrated ;-)

H's birthday is this week, so we're having pizza on Wednesday. I'm going to try and limit myself to less pizza and add a side salad. My other goal is to do my PiYo Monday-Thursday, run on Tuesday, and another run on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

[maddiepaddy]

I'd love to start participating in a check-in!

The last week was awful. I have a billion excuses I could use, but I definitely could have been better despite being on a work trip to my hometown where I just had to visit many of my favorite restaurants, etc...

I weighed in today and am officially the heaviest I have ever been - so I need to try anything I can do to help myself stay accountable. I'm planning on loosely following the W30 plan and will be cutting/limiting sugar, dairy, and grains. Primarily focusing on veggies and proteins. I don't want to commit yet to a real W30, as I'd like to plan on having a glass of wine now and then. 

Ugh, it was so much easier to lose weight in my twenties 

[maddiepaddy]

Sept 14, 2015 11:01:10 GMT -5 hamster said:

Overall, I'm generally happy. I did my PiYo twice last week, and this weekend moved 2+ cords of wood so I got in some muscle building. I ended up not going for a run, but I'll plan on Tuesday. Weekend eating/drinking could have been better, but it's always a struggle for me to stay on track on sunny saturdays. Especially while hauling wood. Gotta stay hydrated ;-)

H's birthday is this week, so we're having pizza on Wednesday. I'm going to try and limit myself to less pizza and add a side salad. My other goal is to do my PiYo Monday-Thursday, run on Tuesday, and another run on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

Do you do PiYo at home? Or go to a class?

I sometimes get bored in regular yoga, maybe I'd like PiYo more.

[hamster]

maddiepaddy I do it at home. The "coach" is super nice, and I don't feel like a total idiot while doing it.

[mccallister84]

I'm down about 3 pounds in 3 weeks, which I'm happy with. I'm getting married in 5 weeks and the dress fits but I'm really hoping to drop another 5 before the wedding.

[pumpkin]

I'll "check-in" by saying I'm getting it together today and for this week; meal plan, shopping, water consumption, etc, so am hoping this will be a good week

[steph96]

I'm officially on week 5 of C25k. I had to repeat week 4 a few times. I bought a Fitbit on Saturday. I only wore it the last half of Saturday and I managed to get 5k steps. On Sunday I managed to get 12k steps! It made me so happy when I got the 10k step alert on my Fitbit.

I'm finally starting to see a difference in my muscles from lifting weights with my husband. I've also been able to up my weights a little bit.

I'm only down 7 pounds in about 2 months. 78 pounds to go! I'm disappointed that I haven't lost more, but I think I may be gaining muscle weight. Today is the first day that I've noticed my clothes fitting differently. I definitely feel better!

[Deleted]

Weekends always kill me. Alcohol specifically. I did ok with eating, but could have done better. I forced myself to order a salad at the bar while we were watching football, which is better than the fried chicken sandwich and tater tots I WANTED to order... but I also drank like 5 drinks that day and had popcorn when I got home, so that could have been better. Grr.

Yesterday I "ran" a 5k and actually did pretty good. I bet I ran about 2 of the miles, which is better than I expected considering I'm not a runner. I guess my time on the elliptical has helped a lot with fitness. I finished in about 40 minutes which, laughably, was only about 5 minutes slower than when I used to run entire 5ks. I must either walk fast or run really slow, lol.

I weighed myself Saturday morning and I was down to the lowest weight I've seen in a while, but today I was about 4lbs heavier. I have a feeling that's largely salt/water retention so I'm curious what I'll weigh at weight-in on Wednesday. Hopefully down a bit. My diet/exercise, while still needing improvement, is a lot better than it was when I wasn't paying attention to what I ate, so I am hoping that will mean I'm still losing.

[jennybee1018]

Lurker checking in! I gained too much weight on vacation this summer so I need to get on track!

I love the Piyo workouts! And I'm always sore afterwards so I know they're working! I need to check out the diet that goes along with it. I'm doing Piyo, couch to 5K, and im a Zumba instructor! My plan is to exercise every day except Saturday!

I've been trying to be good, and log my calories into MFP and I use my heart rate monitor for workouts, but the scale doesn't seem to be moving! So I'll need to get more serious about what I'm eating & not eating (and drinking)!!!

Hopefully I'll have a better update next week :-P

[hamster]

My boss brought pie. Nope! Not even letting it tempt me!

[msmerymac]

I had a total of 5 beers and more cheese than I should have, but otherwise, tried to be good. Better than some weekends!

I still have 5 pounds I'd like to lose this month to reach the goal for the transformer diet bet.

[Deleted]

I'm starting when I get back from Miami. I plan to eat like a queen, a queen on a budget, but a queen nonetheless in Miami.

[compassrose]

Overall, I'm happy. I've lost 10 pounds since May and I'm still working out 4-5 times a week. It's been rough adjusting to the school year starting, both in my workout routine (literally when I work out) and eating. There's so much free junk food that it's very difficult to resist. And most work events after work involve alcohol, so even if I only have one beer, those calories add up. When I can plan every meal, life is easier. I have to figure out a way to deal with eating out and other people cooking.

[hamster]

I really wanted to skip my workout, but I didn't. It went so much better then last week. I almost did upper body, too (can do individually but seem to be intended to combine the workouts). Decided to save it for tomorrow so I could end on a positive note today.

[foodiemom]

I did ok late last week, horrible on Saturday though negating anything I did.

This week I am travelling to a city with fabulous restaurants and going without kids so probably lots of late nights and lots of wine. That's not going to help.

[carrieq]

I feel like I've been on the struggle bus lately when it comes to being consistent and this week was supposed to be a fresh start.  I meal prepped some salads on Sunday to have lunch most of the week and I consistently eat the same thing for breakfast, so those meals are healthy.  It's the rest of the day I'm working on.  I'm TTC so I haven't really started any exercise lately, I'm trying to do one thing at a time and I figure conquering the food issue will be better for me once I'm pregnant anyway.  I started using an app called Ultimate Value Diary which tracks weight watchers points without being signed up for weight watchers.  That's really the only way I lost weight before, so I'm hoping this helps me stay in check.

[steph96]

I'm really annoyed. I'm losing fat on my hips, but that's it. So all of my pants have saggy butts. Why can't I lose more weight in my stomach and love handles?! That's the area that I really need to lose.

[steph96]

Sept 15, 2015 4:11:32 GMT -5 carrieq said:

I feel like I've been on the struggle bus lately when it comes to being consistent and this week was supposed to be a fresh start.  I meal prepped some salads on Sunday to have lunch most of the week and I consistently eat the same thing for breakfast, so those meals are healthy.  It's the rest of the day I'm working on.  I'm TTC so I haven't really started any exercise lately, I'm trying to do one thing at a time and I figure conquering the food issue will be better for me once I'm pregnant anyway.  I started using an app called Ultimate Value Diary which tracks weight watchers points without being signed up for weight watchers.  That's really the only way I lost weight before, so I'm hoping this helps me stay in check.

Are you struggling with snacking or dinner?

[hamster]

Sept 15, 2015 9:05:15 GMT -5 steph96 said:

I'm really annoyed. I'm losing fat on my hips, but that's it. So all of my pants have saggy butts. Why can't I lose more weight in my stomach and love handles?! That's the area that I really need to lose.

I will say my butt looks so much better with these 15-20 extra pounds! I really wish I could keep that but lose it everywhere else. 

[steph96]

Sept 15, 2015 9:08:03 GMT -5 hamster said:

Sept 15, 2015 9:05:15 GMT -5 steph96 said:

I'm really annoyed. I'm losing fat on my hips, but that's it. So all of my pants have saggy butts. Why can't I lose more weight in my stomach and love handles?! That's the area that I really need to lose.

I will say my butt looks so much better with these 15-20 extra pounds! I really wish I could keep that but lose it everywhere else. 

You can! Squats and other butt exercises are your BFF. Since I've started doing those, my hips have shrunk and I'm gaining a nice bubble butt. In 6(?) weeks, my butt has gone from fat/flat/sad to nice/round/perky. I just wish my pants didn't make it look so sad.

[purpleminion]

I'll chime in. I've been settling in at my new job and I'm finding it easier to drink lots of water here than at my old job. So I've got that going for me. Since I started working 2.5 weeks ago, I'm down about 4 lbs. I decided today that I need to make sure I only weigh myself once a week, otherwise I get frustrated if my weight is up from the day before and feel like quitting. I'm thinking I might make Wednesday my weekly weigh-in day. It's far enough from the weekend to recover if I've splurged, yet not close enough to Friday to make me want to "treat" myself on the weekend for losing. Maybe I'm putting too much thought into it.

[carrieq]

Sept 15, 2015 9:06:25 GMT -5 steph96 said:

Sept 15, 2015 4:11:32 GMT -5 carrieq said:

I feel like I've been on the struggle bus lately when it comes to being consistent and this week was supposed to be a fresh start.  I meal prepped some salads on Sunday to have lunch most of the week and I consistently eat the same thing for breakfast, so those meals are healthy.  It's the rest of the day I'm working on.  I'm TTC so I haven't really started any exercise lately, I'm trying to do one thing at a time and I figure conquering the food issue will be better for me once I'm pregnant anyway.  I started using an app called Ultimate Value Diary which tracks weight watchers points without being signed up for weight watchers.  That's really the only way I lost weight before, so I'm hoping this helps me stay in check.

Are you struggling with snacking or dinner?

A little of both I think, but mostly snacking. I eat 3 meals and 2 snacks each day but I'm finding that my snacks either put me over my points or I'm still hungry and need another snack. I drink at least 72oz of water every day so I know thirst/dehydration is not an issue.

[kittenponypony]

I'm doing great! Almost three weeks completed with my low carb (and no refined carbs like sugar or flour) 6 out of 7 days of the week. My daily goals are less than 50g carb (minus fiber) and less than 20g of sugar per day. I track with LoseIt, and track my weight with Weightgrapher. Feels awesome to see the line trending down and the date prediction for when I'll meet my goal. It's a lot easier this time around saying no to all the junky snacks at work and meal planning with buying groceries once a week than trying to track calories.

[kittenponypony]

Sept 15, 2015 9:23:36 GMT -5 steph96 said:

Do you do weighted squats? If so how heavy do you go? I'd love to just be able to do these at home... I have PCOS and always store weight around my stomach and love handles too. 

[steph96]

Sept 15, 2015 11:45:24 GMT -5 kittenponypony said:

Sept 15, 2015 9:23:36 GMT -5 steph96 said:

Do you do weighted squats? If so how heavy do you go? I'd love to just be able to do these at home... I have PCOS and always store weight around my stomach and love handles too. 

I do weighted ones. I think I do 25-35 on each side. I'm slowly working my way up. I think weighted squats are worth it. When I compare the women that do body squats vs weighted squats, the latter group has way better butts, hips, and thighs.

[steph96]

Sept 15, 2015 11:30:11 GMT -5 carrieq said:

Sept 15, 2015 9:06:25 GMT -5 steph96 said:

Are you struggling with snacking or dinner?

A little of both I think, but mostly snacking. I eat 3 meals and 2 snacks each day but I'm finding that my snacks either put me over my points or I'm still hungry and need another snack. I drink at least 72oz of water every day so I know thirst/dehydration is not an issue.

wambam is great at giving food and snack advice. She taught me a lot about making sure all of my meals and snacks are balanced. Fats made a huge difference in curbing my hunger.

[carrieq]

Sept 15, 2015 11:56:17 GMT -5 steph96 said:

Sept 15, 2015 11:30:11 GMT -5 carrieq said:

A little of both I think, but mostly snacking. I eat 3 meals and 2 snacks each day but I'm finding that my snacks either put me over my points or I'm still hungry and need another snack. I drink at least 72oz of water every day so I know thirst/dehydration is not an issue.

wambam is great at giving food and snack advice. She taught me a lot about making sure all of my meals and snacks are balanced. Fats made a huge difference in curbing my hunger.

wambam help!

[wambam]

Sept 15, 2015 11:30:11 GMT -5 carrieq said:

Sept 15, 2015 9:06:25 GMT -5 steph96 said:

Are you struggling with snacking or dinner?

A little of both I think, but mostly snacking. I eat 3 meals and 2 snacks each day but I'm finding that my snacks either put me over my points or I'm still hungry and need another snack. I drink at least 72oz of water every day so I know thirst/dehydration is not an issue.

Thanks for the tag steph96!

I don't know much about WW at all, so I cannot speak to that. But what steph96 is referring to is using the Whole30 meal template as a guide for portion sizes. Obviously, since you're not actually doing a W30, it may look a little different, but I think the basic principles can apply to most diets. The main thing is that every meal contains protein, fat, and vegetables, and sometimes fruit. But the same thing applies to snacks. Snacks become a smaller version of a meal. So rather than eating an apple only as a snack, you might add almond butter to make it more balanced and complete and this keeps you satiated longer.

Here's the meal template guide in case you're interested: whole30.com/downloads/whole30-meal-planning.pdf

[steph96]

Sept 15, 2015 12:10:39 GMT -5 freedom said:

Sept 15, 2015 9:23:36 GMT -5 steph96 said:

You can! Squats and other butt exercises are your BFF. Since I've started doing those, my hips have shrunk and I'm gaining a nice bubble butt. In 6(?) weeks, my butt has gone from fat/flat/sad to nice/round/perky. I just wish my pants didn't make it look so sad.

How many a day? My butt is pretty sad right now

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I do 3 sets of 10-12 twice a week. I could probably do more, but I'm running short on time most days. You could probably do more weight than me. I am trying to take it easy due to an old knee injury.