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[Maxi'sMinis]

Oopps sorry double post oh well gonna go shovel some cr*p that counts for exercise don't it?

Exercise challenge!!

Do 40 stomach crunches. Just lay on your back hands behind head lift head to chest. (Don't sit all the way up.) or use you ablounge if you have one great for those that can't get down on the ground.. I do my butt cruches sitting at the computer just tighten your butt and release, so easy do 150 you will feel that butt burn. You can do leg extentions, calf raises and if you have handles on your chair do dips all sitting at your computer! Do 40 of each. Come on you can do them!

 

[Buckskin gal]

You really are doing a great job!!! Keep it up!

The most I can say I have done this morning is excercise my fingers on this keyboard.

Just takes me awhile to get going on a Sunday morning.

Mary

I am down 2 lbs this morning. I have done 65 stomach crunches and bicycled 15 minutes per day the last 3 days. I have done 150 butt crunches, lol and 3 reps of 20, 10 lb dumbells bicep curls, over head lifts and lat presses each day too. Oh yeah felling good.

 

[Charley]

Well, I am up one half pound....but am getting lots of exercise. We are staining our garage this weekend, just came in for lunch....soup. I figure that has to count as exercise. I am going to start one half hour of exercise (crunches, etc) on Monday, tomorrow. Now my goal it to loose 15.5 pounds by the end of the year.

 

[The Dynamic Duo]

I've been working on losing weight for the Softball season

 

[Laura]

My weigh in today was 166.6, starting weight 178.6 on 8-12-08. Today Dana's cooking for a double surprise birthday party for Steve & Mia. so I won't weigh tomorrow~LOL

 

[minisch]

Sign me up too

 

[wantminimore]

Count me in too

Leslie

 

[RockRiverTiff]

Well since I just started I won't be weighing myself today, but I'm gearing up for my run after the horses get their dinner. It's been so hard to drag myself from the Nationals coverage though!

 

[Elsa]

I'm a very health conscious person and almost obsessive about what I put in my mouth. These are some of the things that have worked for me.

http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/
shows you how to stay away from fats (oil, margarine, and shortening) in cooking. And even if you are no vegan, these recipes can easily be tweaked to suit your taste buds.

http://www.healthcastle.com/
great site with info about food and what you need in your diet

some diet tips I use

• Resolve never to supersize your food portions "unless you want to supersize your clothes.
• Use a salad plate instead of a dinner plate.
• Eat the low-cal items on your plate first, then graduate.
  Start with salads, veggies, and broth soups, and eat protein and starches last. By the time you get to them, you'll be full enough to be content with smaller portions of the high-calorie choices.
• Juice has as many calories, ounce for ounce, as soda. Set a limit of one 8-oz glass of fruit juice a day. Kicking the soda habit all together will give you fast and noticeable results.
• Eat more soup. The noncreamy ones are filling but low-cal.
• Dilute juice with water.
• Follow "Serving Size" on the Nutrition Facts panel
• Eat your evening meal in the kitchen or dining room, sitting down at the table.
• Brush your teeth right after dinner to remind you: No more food

"I'll ride the wave. My cravings will disappear
after 10 minutes if I turn my attention elsewhere."
"It's more stressful to continue
being fat than to stop overeating."

 

[Wee Mite Miniatures]

I will try this one more time. My computer keeps losing the internet and I lose my post.

Over the last 5 years I have lost 180 lb. Too bad it has been the same pounds over and over. Currently I am 80 lb below my high weight from 5 years ago. I would like to lose another 25 pounds. I started Weight Watchers on March 25, 2008 and have lost 46 pounds since then. As long as I have ice cream and chocolate every day I do well on the diet.

As others have said keep track of what you eat. It is amazing to see how much we really eat. The other thing that surprised me is if you do not eat enough you will not lose weight. Instead your body starts to store fat.

Some foods that I have discovered in my new life style:

Arnold's Sandwich thins

Friendly's low fat low sugar ice cream

Frappes made from the ice cream and fat free milk or silk soy milk

Kraft fat free pepper corn ranch

Low fat Italian bread

sugar free sweet pickles

Weight watchers cream cheese

weight watchers ice cream bars

Eggo's whole wheat low fat waffles

Smuckers sugar free jelly

Exercise. The weeks I do more I lose more. I am enjoying kayaking and hiking.

So counting down 27, 26, 25...............

 

[Laura]

Whoohoo everyone! You are all doing great!

 

[Watcheye]

Hmm I am not sure where I fit in but I really admire everyone here. I dont know that I really want to loose more weight but I do want to tone up. I used to be rather pudgy but thankfully I lost about 20 lbs one summer and then 25ish last summer. I am so much more comfortable now than I was. I would never want to go back. I am still toying with my diet but I eat a small breakfast every day, love fruit and vegetables, and I am obsessed with this sandwich that I have to have every day. It is made with Sara Lee honey roasted turkey and is on a perfection deli sub bun. I use swiss cheese and a smidge of mayo. I ate that one a lot last summer. The humidity also prevents me from eating much.

I love chocolate and do eat some of a plain hershey bar every day. I cut back on my orange juice (I am a orange juice freak) and try to run around with the animals every day. I am not sure what types of goals to set but I think this will inspire me to keep trying.

 

[Laura]

Hmm I am not sure where I fit in but I really admire everyone here. I dont know that I really want to loose more weight but I do want to tone up. I used to be rather pudgy but thankfully I lost about 20 lbs one summer and then 25ish last summer. I am so much more comfortable now than I was. I would never want to go back. I am still toying with my diet but I eat a small breakfast every day, love fruit and vegetables, and I am obsessed with this sandwich that I have to have every day. It is made with Sara Lee honey roasted turkey and is on a perfection deli sub bun. I use swiss cheese and a smidge of mayo. I ate that one a lot last summer. The humidity also prevents me from eating much.

I love chocolate and do eat some of a plain hershey bar every day. I cut back on my orange juice (I am a orange juice freak) and try to run around with the animals every day. I am not sure what types of goals to set but I think this will inspire me to keep trying.

It sounds like you are doing great! Keep up the good work!

 

[Reijel's Mom]

ok--I actually thought about this first things this morning and weighed myself. I have my "ideal" weight and my "I could live with this" weight...

This made me chuckle, because I think that way, too!! Right now I'm 10-15lbs from my "I could live with this weight" and about 20-25lbs from the "I LOVE ME" weight

!

 

[Maxi'sMinis]

Ok so I fell off the routine for the last 2 days, dang Popeyes chicken. To tired to exercise too. Soooo anyhooo. I am stating here, I'm gonna do my exercises Wed. Going to come up with a what not to eat list!

Everyone is doing so well. Keep it up.

 

[Laura]

Ok so I fell off the routine for the last 2 days, dang Popeyes chicken. To tired to exercise too. Soooo anyhooo. I am stating here, I'm gonna do my exercises Wed. Going to come up with a what not to eat list!
Everyone is doing so well. Keep it up.

[SIZE=12pt]It happens Mary

The key is to remember not to think "well, I already blew it today, so I might as well eat a pint of ice cream"~LOL[/SIZE]

Yesterday's challenge for me-Steve and I left early with the kids. MY car had been in the shop for preventative maintenance (a stupid thing IMO~LOL, new timing belt, water pump, check brakes, etc-OUCH on the pocketbook!) We dropped Mia off at school and headed to town...past the 2 sonics and 1 McDonalds, where in past days I would have stopped SOMEWHERE for a fast food breakfast. Instead I (grumpily) ate my lowfat yogurt and a banana.

After picking up my car, Steve headed to work and Zac and I went to wal-mart...land of lovely, yummy foood~LOL I was STARVING!!! Zac had a fit (SUPER RARE, he loves shopping and flirting with everyone), apparently he was tired from sleeping horribly the before (as was I) and he had not eaten a lot of breakfast (lots of "NO! Not want it!") . We hurried through our shopping and I handed him a banana as soon as they were weighed and scanned.

He was happy, *I* on the other hand wanted a candy bar and diet coke SO BAD!!!! That has always been my "kids are driving me batty" quick fix

At home I have my Hershey's Special Dark Kisses for kid related stress emergencies, but I was SOL yesterday. I settled for a Sonic diet coke (more grumpiness~LOL). Zac fell asleep as soon as we left wal-mart too, so at least one of us was more rested

My LOVELY husband

sat in here last night and ate homemade carrot cake and ice cream from his birthday party last weekend....the turkey! Ah well, I'm proud of how I'm doing and Steve is stunned. I see his "maybe I should be doing this too" wheels turning~LOL

 

[Wee Mite Miniatures]

Today was my weigh in day. Down 4/10 of a pound. Not as much as usual. I have not been drinking enough water. Bad me, not enough water leads to constipation which means you are not losing.

Drink your water!!!!!

25

24.6

and counting

breakfast- 1 egg on a sandwich thin with cheese

snack- pear

lunch- salad with bread chips

snack- chocolate pudding

dinner-chicken, rice, cauliflower, milk

snack- low fat low no added sugar coffee ice cream

 

[horsehug]

I'd love to be counted in

I was about 125 lbs. most of my life til after my 5 kids. I crept up to 160 lbs!!

I tried lots of things, but last year I found that I LOVE Veggie delite Sandwichs from Subway and they REALLY helped me to lose weight. For the first time in lots of years I lost 20 lbs and then kind of hit a plateau and am still around 140 most days.

I am addicted to sugar so have to have a little of it every day but I figure that into my calories. And my barn chores actually do keep me pretty active and help. I can lose very gradually if I keep my calories under about 1900.

I eat a smal bowl of Wheaties most mornings and a Subway Veggie Delite most suppers. I also started to lose when I got so I could cook for my hubby and not have to eat the same thing.

Oh.....and I definitely lose more when I drink about 4 Big glasses of water throughout the day!

My snacks are things like tootsie rolls, which are low in fat, and I keep a bag of dark semi sweet chocolate chips in the cupboard also.

Anyway I'd love to lose 10 to 15 more lbs.

So thanks Laura, for this idea!!

And good luck to everyone!!

Susan O.

 

[SWA]

Well, over the last 3 years since my brain surgeries, I have slowed way down, and shamefully, I am wayyyyyyy overweight and currently about 183lbs.

But, I am SUPER EXCITED about that, in that I am down from 198lbs

from just 5 weeks ago. My main weaknesses are for soda and coffee, with emphasis on the soda.

If I could cut those out, I think I'd be able to lose much easier. I try to keep active best I can, my main source of exercise right now is feed time with the horses twice a day, and then I also take our 5 dogs (individually) for their "potty walks" twice a day. I'd be grateful for any help to keep losing weight. Thanks so much Laura for posting this thread "publicly". I don't think I would ever have been brave enough to post my weight like this if not for others here having done so too. I think it will "hopefully" help with keeping me accountably focused to keep forging on toward my goal of shedding off at least another 40lbs or better.

Lord have mercy.

 

[Charley]

Well, I dieted my three days, and am back down to 155...right where I was a week ago. So I am continuing to diet and adding in exercise. Good thing I like soup.

We went out for pizza last night and I stayed under 400 calories with two slices of veggie lovers thin & crispy crust pizza and water. One of my favorite eat out meals!