Weight Loss Group

[MrsMay]

well ladies I kinda did ok today...

First off I managed to resist the Krispy Kreme donuts my boss brought back from her interstate trip (we dont have them in my state) and these are my favourite!

We had our Secret Santa this afternoon along with wine/beer and nibblies provided by the company... so I limited myself to 1 glass of wine and some ham and vegies and dip. No crackers, chips or sweets as they are not included in my diet!

Dinner tonight I couldnt be bothered cooking as we were eating at 9.20pm, so we ended up going to McDonalds, but I had their healthy chiciken caesar salad and it was surprisingly good!

Not too bad today - now I just need to survive all the goodies I'm making on the weekend! (almond pies, gingerbread, mars bubble slice, mini xmas puddings etc)

 

[MzzRach]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shimmer Just to tell you how misleading a scale and the numbers can be: I weigh 150 lbs. I'm 5f3. I'm also around a size 6 or 8. My dr stares in disbelief that my weight is what it is, but I'm densely packed. I'm just saying, don't believe the numbers, believe the fit.

So true. And given how strong you are, it makes sense. We all know muscle weighs much more than fat.

 

[NutMeg]

I'm home. My mummy makes yummy food. I just had about 5 sour dough waffles.

 

[snowflakelashes]

Lizzie : Congrats on Completing the Semester

Nutmeg - Enjoy the time with your family

Everyone else

Keep up the good work

Me, I was out late (1pm) on a work night whoops so I did not get up early to work otut his AM and i'm kinda sleepy. I will force myself to work out tonight the GYM is closed but I can watch DVD's while riding stationary bike for light cardio. And I can FORCE my sorry self to do a pilates video, I have a hard time making myself do that. It won't be as intense as usualy but it will be better than nothing.

 

[Shimmer]

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Originally Posted by MzzRach So true. And given how strong you are, it makes sense. We all know muscle weighs much more than fat.

Muscle is definitely denser, but a pound is a pound.

Take a pound of steak and hold it up, then take a pound of marshmallows and hold it up. They weigh the same, but the volume of the marshmallows is different.

 

[MrsMay]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shimmer Take a pound of steak and hold it up, then take a pound of marshmallows and hold it up. They weigh the same, but the volume of the marshmallows is different.

mmmmmm..... Marshmallows.......

ok, sorry... Shimmer just distracted me with the marshmallows lol...

I actually had a half full packet of marshmallows in my desk drawer but on Friday (yesterday) I gave them to my coworker and said - here.. eat these so I dont lol...

 

[MzzRach]

This weekend will be challenging as I am making my monster holiday batch of cookies to give to friends, family and colleagues.

As long as none of them end up in my mouth, all will be well.

*prays for strength*

 

[Shimmer]

Chew gum while you're cooking them.

 

[bebs]

yeah.. yesterday wasn't a good day for me, we were having parties at work all day (I work with kids) and so every ten minutes they were giving us pizza, cookies, chips and other goodies, I resisted almost everything but the pizza and half a cookie (pizza is my downfall) I just need to remember that it makes me feel so sick to my stomach when I eat more then a few bites and that should (hopefully) make me lay off of it from now on (just limit it instead) and I'm off to go get a healthy breakfast this morning.

apple
tangerines
and an egg

doesn't really help that last night my friends dragged me away from my carefully planned tuna, carrots and celery dinner to a yummy mexican place full of things I had to say no to. However my fav thing is rice water, I have no idea how bad that is for you.. but it was really sweet.. so it much not be good. and I had a chicken taco salad.. ate a lot of the chicken and the salad part, and then noticed the taco bowl it was in you could eat.. and picked on that for a little bit... these past few days haven't been really good for me.

however I have been walking a lot with my dogs, and since the next few weeks will be at home I can mostly resit the sweets and pizza and what not, and no work equals a lot more time and energy into working out, I'm already planning on walking the dogs at least 80 minutes a day, (work out with some other things) plus the bike for at least 20 minutes and I'm promising my self since its going to be raining a lot that even so my lazy ass needs to work out at home even if I can't walk the dogs those days

and as for what you all are saying about the muscle vs fat makes a lot of sense (so should I be going more on clothing sizes then?) I do need to go and get out some of my old jeans that are put away cause my current ones keep sliding off and down which I couldnt be more thrilled about

 

[NutMeg]

Hey guys, my eating hasn't been as good as I would like because I'm not doing all of my cooking right now. My mum is an awesome cook, but she makes heavier meals than what I'm used to.

But! I did 40 minutes of pilates this morning, and I figure as long as I can stay in a decent exercise routine while I'm here it won't be too hard to get back into a healthy pattern when I get home. On another note, I wanted to do 50 minutes but it became very obvious to me that I'm about 3500 ft higher in altitude than what I'm used to. I was panting and out of breath waaaayyy faster than I should have been.

 

[snowflakelashes]

Closest thing to working out so far has been some housework, might go on the bike tonight for a bit but all together a LAZY weekend. Need to develop a holiday routine until the gym re-opens I can't keep making excuses.

 

[NutMeg]

That's my concern right now too. I was thinking about doing a bit of a workout today, but I was at a party last night and didn't get a lot of sleep. Also woke up with a wine hangover which made me resolve to only drink wine for enjoyment, not intoxication. I'm feeling a little icky at the moment. Tomorrow I'll do a 50 minute pilates workout.

I think I want to go eat a salad, I feel like I haven't had enough veggies today.

 

[emmy282]

Um.. Hi!

First off, just wanted to say that I think you're doing great! And this thread is a wonderful idea.
Ok, so I've known for some time that I need to lose some weight, in fact, I've battled with my weight since I was about 18. Also, I'm a bit of a couch potatoe, and that's got to stop!
So I've decided it ends now. My main problem is snacks, I love them, and when studying or at work I'm always munching on something. So I'll try to stop snacking, and do more exercise.
And now... The horrific stats!
I'm 24, 5'7'', and weigh... 165 pounds (I think that's right, in kilos it's 75). 11 of those pounds (5 kg) I've put on in the last 2-3 months.
Ideally, I'd like to go back to 135 pounds more or less. But in the short term, I aim to be around the 145-150 (66-68kg) mark in February.
And so it starts!

Hope I'm not intruding in the thread, but it looks like this is just the motivation/inspiration I need!

 

[Willa]

Hey girls!
Sorry for no updates in a long time
I've been busy for the last week
I'm doint very well, last night had a dream I've lost 15 pounds
I can't wait for it to be true

Last time I weighted myself, it was 2 weeks ago and I had lost 5 pounds...

Can't wait to weight myself again, but I'm afraid of the christmas eating. Last night I made 4 onion quiches, mini stuffed breads, tonight if I'm not called to go to the MUFE counter I'm supposed to make scones to give to my mother in law...

 

[MzzRach]

Welcome emmy282! All are welcome here.

 

[Nzsallyb]

hey everyone - havent touched down for a wee while. have only been able to exercise 3-4 times a week as been busy doing doing late nights (oh how i love late night working in the mall at xmas time!) and trying to find a new flat for next year!
but me and my bf have been doing a bit of you know what every night

 

[MzzRach]

*screams*

It's so hard to eat clean during the holidays. Grrrrrrr.

That is all.

 

[MrsMay]

ok... well I have been reasonably good considering my fridge and kitchen are full of all the goodies I made on the weekend!

But.... my diet will go into full meltdown tonight as I am heading out for our work team xmas dinner... set menu and we will probably be drinking cocktails all night too... I have resigned myself to the fact that I will just enjoy myself and not worry about the diet too much tonight.

 

[emmy282]

Ok, so the diet (consisting basically of not eating crap) went out the window yesterday.
I was being really good till I went last minute xmas shopping with the bf, and he wanted a donut so I had one too

And because we were out so late I didn't even have time to exercise (unless you count shopping, lol)
Christmas probably isn't the best time to be dieting!!

 

[NutMeg]

I'm going to exercise tonight, I asked my brother if he wanted to do pilates with me and he said yes, so that is my motivation.