8 Week Healthy Weight Loss Challenge 7.0 (enrolling through Feb. 6, starts Feb. 4) - Page 3

[mamatoabirdie]

holly - don't worry, I already fell off lol.  I had a salad (fine) with dressing that was probably not totally whole30 and then half a slice of cake.  whoops!  it's at my weekly girls' night out (we get cake at a local cafe) and is a super weak spot for me.  I figure once a week isn't awful.  whole30 is HARD but I'll do my best to stay on it all the time.  the fact that you are even running with newborn twins is SO impressive to me.  well done!!  

[Junzen]

Hi, my weight is 162 and i am 5'5. Ideally I would like to loose 20 lbs. I am a bit nervous, since I am breastfeeding. I think diet is so important for weight loss! But sometimes I am just so hungry:)))

[Ruthiegirl]

Hello Day2!

Yesterday went really well.   I ate enough protein and that always keeps me feeling full.  Last night's yoga class was nice.  Not really Yoga, more like gym-yoga, but it did feel good to stretch my achey hips.  

And watching myself in the mirror (and comparing myself to the other 40-ish yo moms) helped me realize that my post-partum body is well within the spectrum of body shapes.  Lately, I have been feeling freakishly big and uncomfortable.  But I really just look like a mom who could stand to lose some weight and get more exercise.  And that seems really do-able.  Especially when the exercise makes me feel so good. 

On to day 2:

Breakfast -- oatmeal, banana, sunflower seeds, milk and tea (8)

Lunch -- eggs, salad, chick peas, banana, tea (8)

Dinner -- (planned) chicken enchiladas, salad (8)

Snack -- milk (2)

Total -- 26

Edited by Ruthiegirl - 2/5/13 at 9:04am

[newmamalizzy]

Any room for 1 more in this challenge? I'd love to give it a try. And just in case- 5'4", 158lbs, 1st tier goal is to get under 150. Long term goal is 140.

[Junzen]

Day 2 and I am yet to go for my run. I follow a running plan, but I think I am doing it a bit slower, just to build some strength. My challenge is that I am not entirely sure that just by exercising I will loose weight. Tone maybe, and become stronger, but how much can you loose while exercising? I lost weight when i restricted my calories. I found it the most effective. I still will do running, it makes me feel good. However, it is a slow process, and I feel self conscious when i run, almost stupid. I think it is a confidence issue for me. I run in the dark. Now, the days get longer and I will have to face the light!!! I am going to just do it! I hope eventually I will regain my confidence. 

[Adaline'sMama]

Day 2, and Im just now getting to my sittups/pushups

I've had a crappy day and Im really resisting the urge to eat junk food. The very last junk in the house is almost gone (1/2 a frozen pizza that I made for DD) and Im tempted to just throw it in the trash so I wont eat it, but I just cant waste. 

Im going grocery shopping tomorrow and the next day (one day at a regular store, one day at a health food store) and I am promising you all that I will buy zero junk food! No wheat thins, chips, pasta, or crappy condiments. DH and I are both really bad about the condiments. 

[mamatoabirdie]

day twoooo - 

bfast - two slice of applegate bacon, two pastured eggs fried in coconut oil, bunch of asparagus 

rest of the day was just grazing.  a lot of grazing.  two hard boiled pastured eggs, small handful of brazil nuts, probably 3/4 cup of guacamole, about 25-30 baby carrots, a few bits of paleo shephard's pie w/ lamb and cauliflower "potatoes," black coffee, a salmon sushi piece

it was an okay day.  could have done better.  still working on it!

[IsaFrench]

i seem to have lost weight already ... (surprising when i stuffed myself with junk food on Sunday ...) so on the one hand i'm happy about it .... but on the other hand, i know that in the past i had a good start into the challenge ... and then regressed as weeks went by

hoping to have more stamina for the long term this time ....

[lilacvioletiris]

newmamalizzy, you are in! 

I weigh myself every day and the last two days, since my initial weighin haven't been as good as the weight in.  Exercise and moderate changes in eating need to be upped for me!

[sarafi]

Is it still the 6th? Can I hop in.

I have about 10 lbs.. to lose at this point, mostly I just need to build muscle.

5'8", and I was around 148-150 a few days ago--my scales a bit wonky. I am small-boned, both my sister and cousin are the same height and weigh at the most 120. That's not for me, I would like to fit into some of my old clothes again though!

Starting doing "Slim in 6" three weeks ago with a neighbor M-F and I lost 6 lbs! Ladies, I can do push-ups now!!! Also I am mainly trying to eat more, and not less as I am still nursing a bit and am terrible about actually remembering to eat. So no dieting or food restrictions for me at this point, just trying to eat more often. Baby steps, right?

[Millie Ivy]

Tuesday was my food coop day. I run one with my mom and sister.  We now have 4 kids ranging from (almost) 6 down to 7 weeks "helping".  Oy.  No formal workout yesterday. I barely got my food put away when we got back and my kids made dinner under my seated-while-nursing-baby direction. lol

I went out to yogurt story and got froyo with my sister and most of our kids after coop.  That wasn't really great but I hadn't done that in months and it was my only "treat" for the past few days at all.

I didn't snack on muchies after dinner.  I did stay up too late. :(

So not great, but considering I was doing coop with my 7 week old leech, I'm ok.  Today we are walking!

[Millie Ivy]

Oh and food-

B coffee with cream, 2 fried eggs, 3 bbq meatballs leftover from superbowl (B and L were eaten in spurts when we got moments!) a bit of an almond biscuit. lol

L-Homemade Coq au Vin with all the good traditional stuff.  Mom made it in prime rib broth we made a couple weeks ago.  1.5 pieces of heavily buttered coconut bread

S-Yogurtstory yogurt with fruit, nuts, coconut, a little mochi and like 10 chocolate chips (baby is sensitive to chocolate)

D- 3 breakfast tacos on corn tortillas, with scrambled eggs, cheese, lactofermented salsa, cilantro.

and too much wine. :(  That's the only thing about yesterday that I'm not ok with.

[Adaline'sMama]

Day 3!It's the day to join!

Welcome to the new people. 

Whew, I had a rough night last night. Operating on less than three hours of sleep, I took DD to the sitter this morning hoping to get a nap in. As it turned out, we had too much business stuff that we had to take care of and I just never got my nap in. Everything took longer than it should have.

On the way to the sitter, we stopped at the grocery and mama had a York peppermint patty and a diet coke for breakfast :(. 

But, I didnt get the chance to eat anything other than a few handfuls of cashews and an apple again until right now, at 8:45 pm.

Spinach salad with cranberries, almonds, avacados, sausage, and tilapia.

c25k w1, d2- ouch. running on no sleep is h.a.r.d.

sits- got em done

push ups- got em done

now, off to bed for me. Tomorrow Im going to be away from home all day, so Im going to eat crappy food and probably not do my situps and pushups. But, Im sure Ill burn some energy hauling all these kids all over the place. 

[newmamalizzy]

Originally Posted by lilacvioletiris 

newmamalizzy, you are in! 

Yay!  Not starting out too well, though.  Yesterday was a good day, but today I fell prey to my early evening tendency to binge eat.  Still trying to figure out what causes that insane urge and how to stop it.  On the up side, DD and I test-drove our new stroller on a cold, windy walk, AND I did some stair-exercises in the evening. 

I'm trying to set goals that I can attain, focusing on what TO do rather than what not to.  Somehow I have lost all semblance of self-control, and the more I try to "watch what I eat" the worse it gets.  So this time around my goals are 1. Eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day.  2. Go to bed earlier ('cause I think tiredness is part of the binge eating) and 3. Walk with DD every weekday.  So, I DID attain goals 1 and 3 today, and am currently NOT attaining goal 2, so....I'd better get to bed :)

[mamatoabirdie]

strange day.  did alright UNTIL THE END ugh.  really working on that.

bfast - really an early lunch with DP and our littlest at a thai place.  I got chicken and veggies in basil sauce...which tasted pretty sweet.  small portion but I will most definitely get it without the sauce next time.  small cup of soup.

snack - pot of green tea

lunch - about a cup of paleo shepherd's pie and a half cup of cumin-cinnamon-parsley roasted carrots

snack two - two pastured eggs fried in a teeeeeny bit of coconut oil with about 1/4 cup fresh raw salsa

dinner - about a cup of roasted veggies (rosemary-garlic-thyme butternut squash, sweet potato, celery, carrots, ect) and maybe three ounces of roast.  all in kerrygold butter.

THEN I FAILED MISERABLY, GUYS.

my dad popped in with one of my arch nemesis.  one of the worst offenders to any diet I am ever trying to perfect.  I am talking about GIRL SCOUT COOKIES.  the most horrible things ever created because they are so freaking irresistable to me.  so what did I do?  I ate EIGHT, yes EIGHT, thin mints.  eight of them.  I stuffed myself silly.  I couldn't stop.  awful.  they need to leave my house pronto.  they added 400 cals on which isn't a devastating number or anything, but I'm honestly really just upset about eating sugar period.  blah.

tomorrow is a new day.  it is all a journey.

oh I did an hour of pretty hard yoga to make up for it.

[emma1325]

Too late for a newby?

[Ruthiegirl]

Originally Posted by mamatoabirdie 

my dad popped in with one of my arch nemesis.  one of the worst offenders to any diet I am ever trying to perfect.  I am talking about GIRL SCOUT COOKIES.  the most horrible things ever created because they are so freaking irresistable to me.  so what did I do?  I ate EIGHT, yes EIGHT, thin mints.  eight of them.  I stuffed myself silly.  I couldn't stop.  awful.  they need to leave my house pronto.  they added 400 cals on which isn't a devastating number or anything, but I'm honestly really just upset about eating sugar period.  blah.

I was reading about sugar and its addictive qualities.  Sugar stimulates the brain like a highly addictive narcotic.  It excites our brains in a way that says "feeding frenzy" which would have been adaptive if you were foraging and happened to find a tree laded with sweet fruit.  It is a problem in our modern world where sugar is so pervasive.  

I like having a bit of science in my corner.  And what this tells me is that sugar is 1) addictive and 2) very difficult to control.  Just knowing this makes me feel better.  I know that I have very little control when it comes to cookies and treats, so I am more likely to eat none than try to exercise portion control and eat one or two.  

And if I had a box of thin mints, I would eat them till I made myself sick.  So, don't be hard on yourself.  I am impressed you stopped at eight.   

[Ruthiegirl]

Yesterday went well, not perfect, but pretty good.  We were out all day at the science center.  I packed lunch for myself and carried the baby in the back pack all day while walking  and walking.  I am sore today!  I was starving when I got home and had a bowl of yogurt that was too big and didn't count points at dinner.  I went over, but nothing dramatic.  

Day 4 

Breakfast -- oatmeal, sunflower seeds, banana, tea with milk (8)

Lunch -- brown rice, broccoli, eggs (8)

Dinner -- chicken, big salad, beans, avacado (9)

Snack -- orange (2)

Total -- 27

Edited by Ruthiegirl - 2/8/13 at 5:49am

[MZEMILY]

Thank you for the  welcome and the heads up on the all caps.  Actually I met a young lady that was starting a fit club. Having a partner to walk with was a good thing for me as she gave me a lot of support. So we started jogging/walking 3 times a week. It only lasted 2 weeks due to the fact the she ended up moving. The rest of the weight came off by eating right.. I am doing the Zumba Rush on the Xbox and the Pilates from Internet videos I find on You tube. Hoping to see some results soon. 

[C is for Cookie]

Originally Posted by mamatoabirdie 

my dad popped in with one of my arch nemesis.  one of the worst offenders to any diet I am ever trying to perfect.  I am talking about GIRL SCOUT COOKIES.  the most horrible things ever created because they are so freaking irresistable to me.  so what did I do?  I ate EIGHT, yes EIGHT, thin mints.  eight of them.  I stuffed myself silly.  I couldn't stop.  awful.  they need to leave my house pronto.  they added 400 cals on which isn't a devastating number or anything, but I'm honestly really just upset about eating sugar period.  blah.

Oh believe me! I know how hard it is to control sugar intake. DBF's dad brought in a chocolate bundt cake from Sam's Club... ARRGGG! Girl scout cookies are the enemy, especially the samoas... Yeah, once I see caramel and it's in the house, I would be munching on those things to my heart's content... lol. I don't ever buy junk food but DBF and DBF's dad are junk food maniacs so I have to keep telling myself everyday "stay away!!!! Eat this instead" It's tough.