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14 Replies Last post: Oct 19, 2006 5:33 AM by hermowninny

sweetiepie083

224 posts since
Jul 27, 2005

Oct 15, 2006 10:33 AM

SEVENTH WEEK OF WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE

Well I for the first time since we started doing this would seriously like to erase last week. I ate my way through it. I have been doing this too long to get to discouarged and realize that when I return to doing what I know works, the weight will again come off. So, today is a regroup day for me, a recommit day and a back to basics.

I didn't even weight as I know I am UP. I don't want to know by how much. YUCK.

Tell us how you are doing.

Dani, I hope your dance party last night was fun and that things are looking up just a bit this morning. It was nice to talk to you on the phone. Although I am still reeling from hearing a NY accent instead of a Florida one. hehe.

How about the rest of you. I am so glad so many have hung in there with us.

Tracy

GreenEggsAndHam

314 posts since
Jun 4, 2006

1. Oct 15, 2006 3:54 PM

in response to: sweetiepie083

Re: SEVENTH WEEK OF WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE

Gah, I just keep getting more and more frustrated.
159.6 this morning, 41.5-31-40.5... My waist is up from what I had gotten it down to, my hips seem to be going back up (Though, of course, my bust seems willing to stay at it's new smaller size)

Of course, I can't claim I was perfect this week.
One night with spanakopita and somosas == very bad.
Plus, I was sick for a significant portion of the week (M-R) with a sore throat and breathing difficulties, so I obviously played it safe and took it easy on the exercise

Exercise for the week:
35 miles run, 60 miles bicycle

Average Day:
1797 Calories, 44% Carbs, 23% protein, 32% fat.
You can definately see that one bad night in there! I normally average around 22% fat... but that one day was like, 3400 Calories and 45% fat from those two items. That can bring up your averages for all week, I'll tell you what!

Well, I'm getting more and more frustrated, but I'll try not to be too hard on myself--
I ran 20 miles yesterday, I did it!

sweetiepie083

224 posts since
Jul 27, 2005

2. Oct 15, 2006 7:08 PM

in response to: sweetiepie083

Re: SEVENTH WEEK OF WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE

Woo hoooo nice long run Green, you peaking for an up coming marathon? If so, which one? Is this your first or are you an old timer at them?

I had an awful week eating wise, but I really took it easy trying to recover after my marathon. I am itching to get back at it tomorrow. I have a 5k race this Saturday. I am going to do the gym thing and work out on the elipiptical and the rower and only run about 3 miles a day to save something for Saturday. Friday I will probably take off. I am hoping for a 5k pr. My best time is around a 34 min and change. I want anything lower than that....but gonna try for a 30 min.

Chalk last week up to experience and nursing yourself back to good health. Heck you had great mileage and cycling even with your setback.

Tracy

GreenEggsAndHam

314 posts since
Jun 4, 2006

3. Oct 16, 2006 12:20 AM

in response to: sweetiepie083

Re: SEVENTH WEEK OF WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE

quote:<HR>Originally posted by sweetiepie:
Woo hoooo nice long run Green, you peaking for an up coming marathon? If so, which one? Is this your first or are you an old timer at them?
Tracy<HR>

Tracy,
Nah, I'm just running for fun. I might pick up a marathon next spring, but no concrete plans. For now, just building and maintaining a base and getting ready to add back in speed work. My 20 miler was around 11:45 per mile not counting my several second stops at water fountains, and I'd like to get that down quite a bit.

Good luck on your 5K!!

hermowninny

41 posts since
Sep 11, 2006

4. Oct 16, 2006 8:52 AM

in response to: sweetiepie083

Re: SEVENTH WEEK OF WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE

Tracy: good luck with the 5K & I guess eating is healthy in a PM week!
Green: congrats on the 20-miler & don't be bummed about the weight, it'll get back off!

I weighed in this weekend which was good and bad. Bad because I only had the courage to do it because I had been drinking lots of alcohol. Good because despite all the alcohol and 1 day of having to be polite and eating 1 or at least 1/2 a portion of all the different fatty foods prepared for us by my in-laws, I still lost THREE POUNDS!!! Yey for me (even though that won't get me to the target before Halloween, it's looking good for X-mas).

For the first time of my life I am considering to throw away perfectly good food: my MIL forced us to take all the leftover cake, chocolate mousse and cream sauce back home with us, because she was afraid she'd eat it all and blow up - at least there were two of us to eat it. My hubby does not want to eat all of it & I refuse to eat any more. Not with the way my weight is coming off - I'm not going to ruin all that for a MIL who can't control herself. Told hubby to tell her next time make less or make something healthy.

sweetiepie083

224 posts since
Jul 27, 2005

5. Oct 16, 2006 9:10 AM

in response to: sweetiepie083

Re: SEVENTH WEEK OF WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE

Hermoninny,

Throw it out. You don't need it and nothing in this world says you have to eat it. We were all raised with the mindset of ...."starving kids in Africa go hungry while we throw out food". Well even that is not a good enough excuse to eat things that really aren't good for us. Throw it out.

Greeneggs......you do 20 milers for fun?!! Are you nuts???!!! LOL, I don't do them unless I have to. What is your weekly base? I keep it around 25 miles right now but as I build towards my December marathon it will peak around 40. But I "ONLY" do 20 milers when prepping for a marathon. They are just to hard on my body. Then again I am "OLDER". Gonna be 48 in November and still trying to shed the remainder of this excess weight.

Yikes I can believe that. Good for you and kudos to the kind of fitness that allows you to do that. Keep it up.

Where is everyone else? Lets here from you folks.

Tracy

ultramom

63 posts since
Jun 9, 2006

6. Oct 16, 2006 11:15 AM

in response to: sweetiepie083

Re: SEVENTH WEEK OF WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE

Well... I am sooo excited, because I actually did a long run on Saturday (in addition to my weekday 4 miles) My foot is fine, so I guess I have finally gotten over the plantar fascitis!!! Hooray!! The trick will be not to rush things as I get going with my 50 miler training. So for now, I will weigh in on Tuesday or Wednesday so that my weight can even out after my back to back long runs.

Tracy - don't get discouraged!
Hermowninny - way to go!! 3 pounds is great. And I agree with Tracy... throw it out!!
Green eggs - way to conquer that 20 miler after being sick all week!

Where are Boosie and Dani?

danilynng

78 posts since
Dec 5, 2007

7. Oct 16, 2006 2:43 PM

in response to: sweetiepie083

Re: SEVENTH WEEK OF WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE

Hi, guys

I'm going to be MIA a few days... I'm leaving in the morning for my uncle's funeral.

Ultramom, thanks for the good thoughts, and Tracy, it was great talking to you. Yes, the dance was fun... hard to feel bad when you're doing the cha-cha. Unfortunately, dances end, and you come home to find out that sick people just get sicker as the time passes, nothing to be done about it.

hermowninny, throw that stuff away! You don't need to sabotage your good work. Better yet, toss it my way.... I seem to have eaten all my ice cream.

Have a good week ladies, I'll check in later in the week.

sweetiepie083

224 posts since
Jul 27, 2005

8. Oct 16, 2006 2:57 PM

in response to: sweetiepie083

Re: SEVENTH WEEK OF WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE

Dani....you going back this weekend? I am going to be in pennsylvania from Friday through Monday. Is it getting close or has he passed? Keep us posted if you can, or better yet I will call you again.

Way to go ultramom. Lets hope that the pf is GONE! That would be great. What is your weekly mileage at presently. What are you hoping to peak at as you train for your 50 miler? Is it a race? Which one?

Don't ask me why but 2 of my 3 pounds were off this morning. Not sure what is up with that, but very grateful.

Tracy

dubyah

93 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

9. Oct 16, 2006 4:03 PM

in response to: sweetiepie083

Re: SEVENTH WEEK OF WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE

Good week for me! Down three pounds

My leg is getting a lot better and so is my eating! I have no clue where it came from but i am full of motivation! My goal is to lose 7 more pounds before our date! Even if i dont make it i'll be happy that i'm sticking with a plan... for once.

i have to admit that i did not eat healthy at all this whole time and thats why my weight as dropped and then risen the next week- sucks!

I'm off to the gym guys- see ya later!!

boosiebutt

101 posts since
Jul 25, 2006

10. Oct 17, 2006 9:51 AM

in response to: sweetiepie083

Re: SEVENTH WEEK OF WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE

I'm still here! I'm taking a week off of work to use up vacation time and because my sister's home for fall break.

Not much to report. It has warmed up a little since last Friday, thank goodness, but it has been drizzly for the past few days which is not so much fun. I love the Runner's World clothing calculator thing. You put in the temp, wind speed, sunny/overcast/rain/snow/other, and whether you like to be warm, just right or cool when you run, and it tells you what to wear. Very handy!

I'm trying to motivate to exercise this morning, since this afternoon I'm going shopping with my sister, and I don't like to work out to late, so I have plenty of energy to run.

I think that I'm going to finish out this week running 3 mi/MWF, then next week add a 4th day. My mom never got started with the C25K, but both she and my sister want me to look up the C25K podcasts, so maybe she'll start it soon.

My mom got laid off Friday, so we're having stressful times here. Hopefully she'll find something soon! Cross your fingers for us!

Hope everybody's having a good week!

Dani - Sorry to hear about your uncle!

sweetiepie083

224 posts since
Jul 27, 2005

11. Oct 18, 2006 11:00 AM

in response to: sweetiepie083

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Dubyah....way to go on the 3 pounds!! Keep up the good work.

Boosie, kudos to you for inspiring others to take up your healthy habits. Your doing good. Consistency is the key for all of us. I think the biggest single factor that has helped me out is realizing just because I might not eat great on one day ...it doesnt' mean I have permission to continue to cheat. So, I put the past behind me (thankyou Timon from the Lion King) and move forward.

We can all do this. I am down the 3 pounds I gained last week and back to where I was before the marathon. If all I do is hold this through Monday when I return from Pennsylvania, I will be a happy woman. When I go home, I eat pierogies and philly steak sandwiches, not exactly diet food. I will allow myself to eat some of it but will try to not over indulge.

Tracy

dubyah

93 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

12. Oct 18, 2006 3:25 PM

in response to: sweetiepie083

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Thanks Tracy

I love this thread so much, it makes me want to try so hard! I wish i would have had this much motivation in week 1! haha!

Are we going to have another weight loss challenge? Like a christmas or thanksgiving one? That would be fun

sweetiepie083

224 posts since
Jul 27, 2005

13. Oct 18, 2006 4:18 PM

in response to: sweetiepie083

Re: SEVENTH WEEK OF WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE

We are going to keep it up until I reach my goal weight of 140......then someone else can take it over....or perhaps by then I will be addicted to you all so much I will have to hang on while you all reach your goals?!!

I'm at 162.5 at the moment so still abit to go.

Tracy

hermowninny

41 posts since
Sep 11, 2006

14. Oct 19, 2006 5:33 AM

in response to: sweetiepie083

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hello everyone, glad to see you all doing so well in the lost pounds department.

Had to go to lunch for work yesterday and I was soooo planning on having a salad, turns out we were going to an italian restaurant where there were no salads (i could not believe it!!!!). So here was the choice: pizza, pasta or steak and french fries. I naturally went for pasta, with shrimp (because fish seemed healthier than anything else), turns out the shrimp pasta comes with tomato cream sauce!!! yikes! (well, yummy, but yikes, and this after throwing out all of my MIL's cream sauce).

I picked the shrimps and most of the pasta and left the sauce in my plate as much as I could. We also had an aperitive and it turns out I went for the worst choice: port wine - I didn't have any idea which would have the least calories, turns out port wine has a lot a lot a lot, but at least it comes in small glasses. Luckily, I did have the sense to refuse the wine during lunch.

Anyway, I now know that next time
a) I should suggest a restaurant myself, one where I know there are salads
b) I should order dry tablewine or port in a very small glass or try to get out of taking an aperitive.
c) I should always ask whether there is cream in a pasta sauce
d) or safely bet on spaghetti bolognese (save the cheese) which is a safer choice than fish because all fish seems to go with cream

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