Weight Loss Buddies - Fall 2012

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Hi All and Happy October! We are starting the new season of weight loss buddies. Join us to lose the baby weight, get ready to TTC, help maintain a healthy weight, deal with annoying dietary restrictions, or just get in shape for the heck of it.

We are here to support everyone's weight loss and fitness goals. We come in all shapes, sizes, and activity levels. Everyone is welcome.
There are no rules for WLB. Many people post their starting weight, weight gain/loss for the week, and their goal. You don't have to post numbers if you don't want to. I think it is a good idea to weight in regularly and track my weight loss, but I understand not wanting to do it publicly. I will try to check in on Mondays, but feel free to drop by whenever you can. There is no requirement to check in weekly or make any commitment to stick with it. We also use this group to trade healthy recipes, fun workout ideas, and motivation to stay out of the chocolate cake.

Starting weight: 144.4
Gain/loss: 0
Goal weight: 139 by 12/1
Goals this week: Get in at least two weekday workouts.

[littlebbigb]

Baby coming soon. Consider me in after I recover!

[flori]

I'm so shy to do this, but here i go:

Starting weight: 207.7
Change: n/a
Exercise Goals this week: Use elliptical at least twice, one day of yoga
Diet goals this week: Pack healthy lunches and go all week with no fast food (baby steps lol)

First goal: 200 by 11/1

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littlebbigb - we are looking forward to having you join after the baby is born! Good luck!

Flori - Welcome! Your diet and exercise goals are really reasonable and achievable. They will get you on the path to healthy weight loss. You can do this! I really struggled when I tried to start losing weight two years ago. I found this group really helpful, and I hope that you will as well. Let us know if you want to trade some healthy lunch ideas or some good motivators to stay out of the fast food.

[princess purr]

I will be joining soon... Last time I weighed myself I was 222ish... I went way up from 208 (stressing, and not being able to eat veggies LOL) Sooo I'm not sure what I am right now.

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We are ready when you are.
Stress is a huge food trigger for me. I keep telling myself that the refrigerator is not a therapist, but I struggle with it every day.

[princess purr]

It is funny, certain kinds of stress make me not want to eat, and other kinds make we want to eat everything in the house. Once I get my biopsy results back HOPEFULLY I will be calming down... hopefully the results will be good and then I can calm down.

[marilyn621]

I need some weight loss buddies. I gained 60 lbs this pregnancy (despite busting my hump in the gym all the way up until my third trimester) as opposed to 30 with my first. I went from about 150 to 210. I was down 18 lbs at my two week checkup but I'm still really swollen and can't wear my rings or shoes yet so I'm not even sure what kind of goal I should set or how much water weight I can expect to lose.

[ellemoon]

I'll join you guys!
I'm wanting to lose 15-20lbs before TTC in April.

My current weight is 155 and I'm 5'4". This is actually what I weighed before I got pregant in 2010 with DD but I really would like to start the next pregnancy at a healthier weight. My goal is to get my BMI right at or less than 25. So, here goes!

My weight loss goals are to eat less than 1200 calories a day. I'm not great at exercising so I will try to add that in after I get the hang of eating properly. My biggest downfall are sweets. I have GOT to learn to stay away from those.

Thanks for the motivation guys! I definitely need people to help me feel accountable!

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Welcome Ellemoon and Marilyn!
Ellemoon - Getting to a BMI of 25 sounds like a really good goal. Diet had a much bigger impact on weight loss than exercise when I was starting to lose. Exercise matters now that I am closer to my goal weight. 1200 calories is pretty restrictive, unless that is close to what you eat now. I was really hungry and cranky when I was down that low. I found it really helpful to consider fruits and vegetables as "free" and eating them when my allotted calories or points didn't do the job.

Marilyn - I was on a hormonal and swelling induced weight roller coaster for a while after my c-section. I think that the weight started coming off about two weeks after the section because I was able to walk more and we were out of the NICU. I really struggled for almost a year to start getting those extra 60 lbs off. I feel your pain. In hindsight, I wish I had committed to getting on the scale once each week to make sure my weight was trending down and that I hadn't drowned my sorrows about breastfeeding in Ben and Jerry's. What does your doctor think? Can you set a goal to keep losing until your six week appointment, then set something more formal when you are fully recovered?

Val, Stress eating is going to be the worst part of this battle with the scale. Work really wants me to eat more chocolate.

My Check in for the week:
Starting weight: 144.4
Weight this week: 145.2 (+1)
Goal - 139, because I just want to be below 140 for the first time since my wedding.
I would be bummed about the weight gain, but my scale tells me that my body fat is down to 30%. I hadn't checked it in a few months, but I had been stuck at 34% for a year. I did get my goal workouts in (barely) with a 2.5 hour bike ride on Wednesday and a short run on Friday. I went out for a 45 minute run today, and I would like to get in a ride and a yoga class this work week, plus a good long workout over the weekend. What are your plans?