Hi, is it too late you join you guys? Some of the pounds I thought I'd lost last fall seem to have found me again, so it's time to banish them for good.

I lost 25 pounds between the end of June and Thanksgiving last year but have rediscovered 5 of them over the last 2 months or so. This reinforces my belief that "losing" weight isn't the right term; when I lose something, I usually look for it again; I don't want extra pounds back, ever.

Anyway, my current goal is to weigh 10 pounds less than I do now on the last day of school, in 10 weeks. Should be easily do-able, with boomer help, of course. That will still leave me with about 40 more pounds to banish forever, but I'll think about after the next 10 are gone.

Goals for this week:
1. drink at least 2 liters of water every day
2. track calories on sparkpeople
3. continue running approx 10 miles/week
4. add strength training 2x/week

Eliz

Hi Eliz, sure it's fine to join this thread, Welcome!
Lynne, thanks for starting and have you found your mojo yet?
Sherie, I could have sworn I saw where you were eating more then 1300 earlier.
Anyway I am going to try to keep it between 1300 and 1400 instead of my earlier under 1550. If it goes to 1550 so be it, I'd rather it be a little slower losing then starve myself. Also going to cut down on carbs a bit at the suggestion of the nutritionist I saw Friday. Not cut out, just down. Which is fine with me, I was only having so much because of the pie chart at SparkPeople where I keep my food journal saying I was under in them. Pie chart, not a user friendly term for someone endeavoring to lose weight

Good eating and good health to everyone this week
Barb

ooogly wooogly, why are you insistent on running through your PF?
sigh

Barb

Morning everyone and welcome Eliz!

I had a pretty good weekend. The only alcohol I had (empty calories) was Easter morning when I had 2 bloody Mary's. I got out for runs both days, but they were really slow and I had no energy! Have you all experienced this with the lower calorie counts? It may have just been because of the colder than normal weather and snow - but I had zip in the tank.

I had a few chocolate eggs - I mean it was Easter afterall! But I am happy that I didn't over-indulge in anything at all. I would like to be able to just eat "normal" and have a treat once in a while without going overboard. That is my goal anyway.

Eliz - congratulations on the 25 pound weight loss! I agree that 10 pounds in 10 weeks should be doable and we will help you along. I think it is smart to loose the weight in segments - it seems more manageable that way.

Sherie - Congrats on your 5 pound loss! Sounds like you are on the right track and doing well.

Barb - I have to go back and read what your nutritionist said. I could not ever cut out carbs altogether - I love them TOO much! So true about the pie chart!!

UMWB - be careful with your running. You don't want to make matters worse do you? I bought my scale at Target - $20 and I love it.

I'm so mad - I cut up some fresh honey dew and watermelon last night and left it at home!! argh . . . .

~mary

Hally/barb, I'm not so sure about the statistic you gave us. My past experience is running has always burned more calories then weighlifting. I workout with a personal trainer now. It wasn't until I was able to run again did I start to see the scale go down. I don't know, maybe it's just my body or me - but anytime I've started a weightout routine, I never see the scale go down. Weights does do a lot of other wonderful things to the body, but I just don't know about weightloss on the scale. I think a wellrounded workout of both cardio and weights is the optimium.

I was eating more then 1400 calories a while ago,but I wasn't making any headway, so I lowered it to around 1400 for now. That's when I saw movement on the scale. That, and it just takes time to build up the amount of added energy to burn off that pound.

Uglyman, oh... be careful, running in your condition will not allow your body to heal. Maybe power walking?

ooogly.... why???? well, that was stupid. I know why. just adding my agreement to everybody else. we don't need another boomer on the DL. what other choices do you have that won't hurt you?

Hello all, just got back from the hospital after visiting with Haven, she is doing better and finally off of the oxygen. even though she was premature her hair wasn't. I posted two photos below.

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I will be back later to comment.

patrick